Bret

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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:	17.50	Month:	84.00	Year:	477.05

Sun, Sep 13, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

PM - 20 miles in the city of brotherly love. Had to be here for a work commitment early tomorrow. Arrived around 1 pm - and decided I had time to gear up and get my long run in. Found my way across town to the Schuylkill River Trail - then made a turn at the Wissahickon bike trail and then found myself on Forbidden Drive (Jason D). Really nice scenery. Beautiful area to run. Had great weather and the wind at my back after the turn around - 3 miles fast finish.

Comments

From Drew on Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 17:54:46 from 173.171.218.92

Nice run, Bret. I lived in Philadelphia briefly at 20th & Chestnut in Center City, if that rings a bell. A couple blocks from Rittenhouse Square. I wasn't running much in those days - not familiar with that trail.

From Jason D on Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 20:03:55 from 68.80.27.222

What time were you out? That's EXACTLY where I was today!

From Jason D on Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 20:07:01 from 68.80.27.222

That's about the time I was out. You don't have Strava do you? They have a "Flyby" function that is pretty cool.

From Bret on Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 06:00:01 from 12.54.87.3

Jason D - that's really funny. I think that I would have been there around 3:45 to 4:30. I don't have Strava - but I am pretty sure I would have noticed someone running at the clip you were going. I was in fact thinking while I was running, that I could possibly run into you particularly when I was on Forbidden Drive. Mind you, I never had a plan to head up there, but that's where I ended up.

Drew, the trail along the Schuylkill is pretty popular, but very scenic; but the one up where Jason D runs is completely canopied in trees and is in a gorge of sorts. Really cool. I would be really spoiled if I could have these kind of running trail options.

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