| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Miles: | This week: | 14.75 |
Month: | 118.75 |
Year: | 511.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 122.85 | 26.20 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 152.05 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.25 |
| AM - at sea for the day. Got up late - did about 4.25 miles on the treadmill in some rough seas - making balancing on the machine a bit of a challenge.
PM - when Tracy went to get a spa treatment- I did another run on the treadmill- but this time the seas were calmer and I felt good and got about 8 more miles in. We arrive in Amsterdam early tomorrow and then transfer to the airport for the flight home. It has been a sedate and relaxing experience. Exactly what we wanted.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Travel day from Amsterdam back to Atlanta
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| AM - 5.25 miles with Finn in the neighborhood this morning before work. Felt good and ran at more of a tempo effort.
PM - 3.5 miles for a short easy run at lunch time.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| PM - lunchtime - a little over 6 miles. Was not feeling it early-on, may have been nutritional - like I had not eaten enough. Finished up considerably faster.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| AM - just a little less than 5.5 miles with Finn and with Dan before work this morning. Dan has had a knee injury and had taken a few weeks off, so I expected a shorter/easier run, but he pushed the pace and insisted his knee was not bothering him.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 9.10 |
| AM - 5k with Finn before work. Late start, limited time.
PM - lunchtime - treadmill workout: 4 x 800 @ 5:45 ppm with a 400 rest; then 1 mile at 5:45 pace. Warm up and cool down. Felt solid the whole time. Pretty sure the treadmill's calibration is not accurate, but the HR effort is what I was seeking, which was right in the high tempo to threshold zone.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| PM - 4 miles very easy on the treadmill.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| AM - 10 miles early with Finn on Brittle/Summit and Wood Road trails. Rainy for a few days but we were fortunate to get about half of the run in dry before the rains resumed. He was a filthy mess from the dirt roads. Lots of wildlife and farm animals to check out at the daybreak including one very vocal rooster.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM - very early start- 4 miles on the treadmill before a lengthy day of travel to Asia.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No run - traveled to Kuala Lumpur for business - 26 hours of transit - left Sunday morning and arrived Monday evening around 11 pm local time.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| AM - 5 miles on the treadmill in Kuala Lumpur- no time to figure out a run outdoors as the road/highways and buildings looked like a labyrinth below from my hotel in the dark. Travel to Hong Kong after a morning meeting.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| AM - 5.25 miles in a steamy humid mire in Hong Kong - did loops around Victoria Park. Early meetings and then off to Amsterdam.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM - cool damp morning in Amsterdam - ran from the hotel to Vondel Park. Staying a little further away from where I usually stay when I am here. Temps in the 50’s and cloudy. Felt like a fall day instead of June. Here for 2 nights and then back home. Not sleeping very well with all of the travel and time zone changes.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - 6 miles quite early in Amsterdam- heading home today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| PM - 3.1 miles with Finn - jetlagged - just wanted to get outside and stretch my legs.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - 5 miles with Finn on Summit/Brittle and Phillips Circle - quite warm. Felt a little rough for the first mile or so. Warmed into it though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| AM - 5k with Finn before work.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - 5 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - just under 3 miles this morning with Finn before work. I awoke early enough for a longer effort, but decided I was tired and went back to bed; then got up and decided to squeeze a shorter run in, because Finn was jumping around and essentially begging that he wanted / needed some exercise. Happy dog. He was so pleased when he got back that he went back to sleep...and I went to work.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| AM - 5k with Finn before work.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running - travel day and race tomorrow.
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| | Race: |
Grandmas Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:13:27, Place overall: 748, Place in age division: 25 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| Grandma's Marathon 2019. I had a good day. I had no reason to expect the result that I had, but I am very pleased with how I did and how things went.
I am 6 months - post-stent implant in the LAD (aka - "the widow maker" artery that supplies blood to the left ventrical) due to a 90% blockage. Today I ran faster in the marathon than I have in 6 years.
I had low expectations coming into this race even though I had a decent training period leading up to the race. In the last 4 weeks I was traveling for vacation internationally, and then traveling for business both internationally and domestically - and though I was getting daily runs in, I was not really training or running very far.
When I originally signed up for this race - I had two goals: 1. Finish (as a statement that I fully recovered from the heart issue in the Fall) and 2. Run a Boston Qualifier (3:25 for me at age 52) in order to run in 2020 where my middle daughter is in school.
But I had pretty much tossed Goal #2 out of the realm of possibilities - because I just was not feeling as though I was fit enough to expect it. My longest long run was just 17 miles and I did not have too many lengthy runs either. Plus I was anxious about my health - although I had run a couple of 5k races and a 10k, this was going to be signficantly longer, and I wondered if I would I have a problem with such a long race.
So my race plan today was go with whatever my body would give me and to be conservative. I was pleasantly surprised that the first mile which felt relatively easy was 7:39, and then I ran 7:20 and then 7:10 and thought to myself - ok, don't get greedy or too excited. Run the mile you are in, and keep your HR at a manageable high tempo level. If the pace slows, so be it. Well, it really stayed consistent after that. I ran between 7:10 and 7:20 per mile all the way until mile 17. I slowed slightly from there on in, but still kept things between 7:20 and 7:30 and finished the last .2 miles at 7:15 pace.
The weather was a huge bonus too. They had predicted rain earlier in the week, and this morning the forecast called for 95% cloud cover and temps in the mid 50's. Well, as it turned out, we got bright sunshine, temps in the mid to high 50's and blue skies with a nifty tailwind for most of the race. Could not have asked for better weather - which brought out way more spectators than last year's event.
So - in summary - I had a good day and I didn't die.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| PM - 2 easy miles on the hotel treadmill in Las Vegas - just a shakeout to see how everything feels. Just a little soreness and fatigue but otherwise fine.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM - 4 miles on the Las Vegas strip - toward downtown and back. Easy effort.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - 3 miles in Vegas before heading home midday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| AM - 5k with Finn back home in the neighborhood.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Caught a cold...post-marathon - right on schedule. No running today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| AM - 5k with Finn before work. Cold is still with me, seems to be getting worse.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Still sick. No running
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - 6 miles before church. Way harder perceived effort than I had planned.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 122.85 | 26.20 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 152.05 |
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