| 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 | | 101.25 | 33.20 | 3.12 | 0.00 | 137.57 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - in St Pete for a client fundraiser function. 5 miles on the bay front and Snell Isle.
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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 very easy in St Pete ahead of a day of client golf.
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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 |
| Rest day before another out of town Marathon adventure. Head to NYC tomorrow morning for the race on Sunday. 2nd Marathon in 6 weeks. Running with Richie for fun this time.
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| No running - travel day to NYC
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New York City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:43:43 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| I was invited by my friend, Richie who sponsors a Team For Kids team to join him in this race after he was unable to join me in Berlin as previously planned. The plan for NYC was to run it together at a managable pace and perhaps finish strong if we both felt good.
We arrived on Saturday afternoon - and I met (was re-aquainted with) his two high school track and cross country teammates would would be running with us. Had lunch and dinner together, stayed in the same hotel and traveled via the Staten Island Ferry together to the start. Great time, commraderie and a nice time getting our way throught 5 boroughs together.
We ran consistently ran right at 8 min pace through the first half of the race. The weather was not comfortable for racing - high humidity and dew point, but with cloud cover and misting rain. Not too disimilar to Berlin a few weeks ago. When the conditions are unfavorable like that, I generally keep myself in check by locking into an HR rate that I know will get me through the race without a struggle.
Well - we happened upon another former high school running friend of theirs just before mile 13 - and she was running a bit faster than our pace. Perhaps due to the excitement of that connection - Richie latched on to that pace and we started running a series of faster miles all the way down to 7:20 pace at mile 17 - which include the climb over the 59th street bridge. Because of pushing the pace, my HR was well above my conservative range for those miles and having crossed that threshold - I was toast. If I had been running by myself or had just protested and just kept at the pace we were running, I think I would been fine. As a result, I lost contact with them just before mile 17 and then the last 8 miles I had to back off the pace - to attempt to get my HR down and essentially "ride the struggle bus" to the finish. Kind of a miserable experience to finish things up. But overall we had a nice time together. I ended up about 10 mins behind everyone - who all eventually split apart in the last miles as well. Was extremely pleased to hear that Shalane won the women's race.
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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 to shake things out from Sunday. No lingering fatigue or soreness at all. Going to take it easy for several days nevertheless.
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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 easy at lunchtime.
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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- a little over 6 miles on the treadmill.
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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 - hike with the family at Kennesaw Mountain- little bit over 2 miles.
PM - little over 3 miles on the treadmill. Struggling with a chest cold.
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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 |
| PM - still sick but wanting to get out - I did a mile with Finn outside and then another 2 indoors on the treadmill.
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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 |
| Sick!!
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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 |
| AM - took Finn out for a little jog this morning. I am still not feeling well. Cannot seem to shake this cold.
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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 - feeling a little better today. I think I had the flu (as opposed to a bad cold). Anyway - I did about 5 miles today at lunchtime. Really nice weather - sunny and cool. Had not planned to go that far after being that sick, but I felt fine for most of the run.
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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 mile treadmill run after work.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| PM - 4.5 miles on the golf course with Finn on his first proper run in weeks since he got sick. He’s doing so much better.
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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 - a little over 5 miles with Finn.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| AM - 5 miles along the waterfront in Corpus Christi- here in business for the day.
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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 |
| PM - 3 miles on the treadmill after work. Feeling “off.”
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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 without a watch around the neighbourhood- working from home.
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ATC - Thanksgiving Day 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:21:30, Place overall: 72, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 3.12 | 0.00 | 4.62 |
| Atlanta Track Club - Thanksgiving Day 5k. Normally we have a bunch of friends and family visiting us for the holiday and we “run” this event as a group. This year it was just two of my girls and Riley’s boyfriend- so I decided to give a solo effort for a change today. Hilly course had me cautious early-on but I opened up a bit in the last mile. 7:02, 7:07 and 6:42 with the last .1 at sub 6 pace. Great weather. Oddly, I finished 1st in the Grand Master category.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| AM - a few miles with Finn in the neighborhood and then a few more on the treadmill.
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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 easy in Gainesville- came down last night for the game today; Delaney is a senior and so this was our last opportunity to catch a game with her before she graduates in the Spring. Ran around campus before sunrise - pleasant weather.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - 2 miles easy on the treadmill before work. Beginning a focused aerobic base-training cycle.
PM - 6 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - 2 miles on the treadmill
PM - 6 miles after work on the Riverside Trail in Roswell along the Chattahoochee river. Was hoping for some softer trails but this was mostly paved or boardwalk. Completely flat though which was nice - and lots of runners.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - 2 miles easy with Finn in the early morning dark mist/fog.
PM - 6 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime. Felt tired/crappy.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM - 2.5 miles with Finn in the early morning cool fog.
PM - at lunchtime - just under 6.5 miles. Hilly route, but nevertheless on the slow side of my normal training pace. Warmer and more humid today and was just trying not to strain too much on this one. Feeling a little tired again today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 101.25 | 33.20 | 3.12 | 0.00 | 137.57 |
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