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

Fri, Jun 10, 2022

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50

AM - 3.5 miles on the Milton trail from Wood/Phillips Road - out and back with Finn. Finally felt a bit more strength or less weakness in the hamstring this morning. First couple of miles were mid to low 9 min pace, but the last mile and a half was sub 8 mins which felt like significant progress especially considering 9 days ago, it was so painful and weak, that I could not manage much better than 12 min pace.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:32:11 from 67.177.30.39

I'm glad you're making progress.It's crazy how excited I get about sub-8 pace these days!

From Bret on Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 09:51:47 from 104.129.207.10

Thanks Rob...all things are relative as we age I guess particularly with pace. I was actually seriously pondering this morning perhaps for the first time, wondering when there may be a point in which running is not something I can just do on a daily basis. May have been because I was reading something about 70 and 80 year old runners still getting after it.

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 10:55:39 from 67.177.30.39

More and more I don't wear a watch and I'm happy to make concessions if it means I can keep doing it. I believe Ed Whitlock ran every other day after 70 with long walks in between. I could definitely be happy with that.

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