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Jingle Bell Run

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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
Sat, Dec 04, 2010
Race: Jingle Bell Run (3.1 Miles) 00:18:24, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.100.006.10

Had a good race this morning. Race was around a mall parking lot - several hills and many turns. It was two laps which was problematic on the second lap because of an abundance of walkers. Similar to the video game Frogger I was forced to weave in and around folks. Richie had a great race - with a 17:51 finish time and 9th overall. I ran through the first mile with him at 5:49 but he was feeling very strong and I told him to go. Another friend Brian Darrow who has his own blog www.arunnersblog.com was with us as well. He ran a PR of 18:55 today. Another friend - Justin came to the race too. We had a great time and had breakfast together afterwards. I was pleased with the race - I ran 6:01 and 6:05 for miles 2 and 3 - so I was consistent. It was the best time I have run for a 5k in at least 5 years.

* Officially I was first in my age group - but Richie actually won the age.  However they recorded his age as 71 instead of 41 on his registration - so they awarded him the Grand Masters trophy - astounded at the speed of his race at 71 years of age.  :)

 

 

 

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Dec 04, 2010 at 10:10:00 from 24.10.248.6

Now we're getting somewhere! That's a great time. I'll send you a note later... off to the gym now to try and do 10 miles in 60 minutes. Emphasis on "try".

From Tom on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 10:58:35 from 137.65.56.16

Great job, especially with the Frogger obstacles!

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