Bret

May 07, 2026

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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 7 of the World Marathon Majors 2025

Completed each of 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice. Completing Tokyo in 2024 and Sydney in its inaugural year 2025

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

15 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)

50 lifetime marathons (for which I am now retired)

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:	18.75	Month:	33.00	Year:	680.95

Tue, Apr 14, 2026

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 solo today through WC and the Grove neighborhood and back. Decent effort. Read the Morning Shakeout and the piece about running without headphones, music or podcasts and how you should consider being intentional about being in your own head at times on runs. I think I have been running for over 45 years - and seldom do I go outside on a run with music or an audio book. On a treadmill, I would say the opposite is true.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 08:48:47 from 163.248.33.245

I'm trying to reign in my urge to be relentlessly productive all the time. I love podcasts and audiobooks but I'm trying to remind myself that it's ok to do just one thing. For example, I can "just walk the dog". I don't always have to walk the dog and listen to something. When out on the trails it's ok to just listen to the birds. Maybe we're cramming too much into our brains?

From Bret on Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 09:21:02 from 170.85.56.249

Yes, I think we always have to be doing something - even waiting in line or in a doctor's waiting room - we feel the need to be looking at our phones or doing work. This morning on a solo run (without headphones as is normal for me) I decided instead of thinking about the workday ahead of me - I would just instead enjoy the present. Springtime birdsong, deer out in the fields where mist was rising - the sound of my breathing and my shoes hitting the pavement. Lasted about 20 seconds and then I was back to my mind being on a mental todo list. :)

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