Bret

December 22, 2024

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38    (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School) 

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.  

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 91.50 Year: 1815.45
Mon, Aug 20, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

AM - 7 miles easy this morning.  Had a hard time getting started today - perhaps a tad weary from the weekend of moving my daughters into their places and a stressful 3 hour drive in heavy rains at night.  Seemed to sleepwalk through the early part of the run, and then about 3 miles into the run I "woke up" and found myself moving along nicely.   

 

PM - 8 miles on the treadmill.  Wore the HR monitor to get a measure of where I am currently for proper pacing on aerobic recovery runs and was pleased to see 6:53 pace equates to about 140 bpm (ran the last 3 miles at this pace after a gradual progression from 7:19 pace from mile 2).  Same HR about six weeks ago had me at 7:30 pace.  May not seem like much to the elites on this Board - but to put it in a better perspective - 6:53 ppm is approximately the pace to run right at 3 hours for the marathon.  My conditioning for the last 3 months has now gotten me to the point where my aerobic training pace at 70% HRR is equal to my goal MP for the last few years.

 

Comments
From Bam on Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 14:47:04 from 95.83.231.255

Bret, that's some serious improvement, but I'm not surprised. Wait until you start doing some speed work - you'll be checking your watch to make sure it's not faulty. Exciting times.

Meant to ask you, what do you think about the Nimbus 14's? I liked them at first, but I prefer the 13's because I find them softer.

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