Bret

April 19, 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: 26.50 Month: 93.00 Year: 486.05
Fri, Aug 29, 2014
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PM - 10 miles after work on a hot afternoon.  Not too humid.  Tripped and fell scraping up my arm and knee.  (Jason should be pleased that others fall too -- though I think he calls them "diggers"). It was a pretty well executed tumble as I rolled over onto the grass and popped back up and was on my way.  No real harm done.

Comments
From Jason D on Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 19:33:58 from 68.80.27.222

Glad to see you have mastered the tuck and roll! I hit the same exact spots every time. I have two bruise-like scares on the outside of my hip that look like gun shots.

I assumed that "digger" was universally American, but maybe not. In Maine they might say something like "I took a wicked hahd [hard] diggah, guy!"

Be careful out there.

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 20:59:23 from 24.10.247.181

Being a hard charging former infantry officer, I'm thoroughly trained in the "combat roll" which I usually manage to successfully employ on my frequent falls.

I got a long email from Bill Loucks today. He grows blueberries and builds cabinets up in Brooksville.

Oh wait, it's down in Brooksville now. Forgot.

From Bret on Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 09:00:57 from 99.1.220.106

Jason - funny you mentioned hitting the same spot twice - I nearly tumbled again this morning in almost the same spot too!

Rob - seems like Loucks was building cabinets from the time he got out of school. Glad to see he's branched out to growing blueberries. Hope he's doing well. Pass along a "hello" for me next time you correspond with him.

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