Bret

April 24, 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:	20.25	Month:	124.25	Year:	517.30

Tue, Aug 23, 2016

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.25	4.00	1.50	0.00	8.75

AM - 3.25 miles early in the dark on the golf course with Finn before work.

PM - lunchtime workout - outside 7 x 400 at 5k pace with a 400 rest. Used the Garmin workout feature - only had planned to run 6 x 400 but I lost count. Warm outside, but a solid effort. First couple of reps were slow and awkward-feeling, but the middle few were better.

Looking on the Garmin Connect site for the data - it give you options to identify the type of activity, e.g. running, cycling etc. but one of the categories is "Wingsuit Flying". Interesting. Wonder how often that comes up.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 14:30:08 from 163.248.33.220

Was gonna say we don't run intervals in odd numbers. It just isn't done.

From Jason D on Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 14:53:23 from 24.127.111.174

I just looked up wingsuits. Woah. It seems right up Steve Anderson's alley though.

I really need a watch that speaks to me because even with the lap counter I sometimes forget about the warmup as a lap: "Jason, this is your last 400. Don't fall of pace!"

From Bret on Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 15:21:02 from 216.234.133.229

Totally agree Jason - I need it to call out splits and tell me how many have left to do. The beeps are the same whether I am doing a rep or a rest, or a cool down. Maybe we could get Rob to do the voice commands for Garmin.

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