Bret

December 22, 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: 0.00 Month: 91.50 Year: 1815.45
Tue, Jan 28, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM - on the treadmill at the hotel in ATL - (a few inches of snow fell here this afternoon - quite a big deal - my office is shut down for tomorrow because of it) 8 x 800 at 5k pace with a 400 rest after a 3 mile warm up and a 1.5 cool down.  Kept the pace under 6 mins per mile and did well getting through the workout.   Pleased with the effort. 

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 19:28:53 from 24.10.249.34

That's right, I heard on the radio driving home that Altanta has applied for federal disaster assistance for its two inches of snow.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

From Bret on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 09:52:32 from 96.45.118.12

LOL - it is crazy Rob. It appears that perhaps they did not salt the roads (or did not have the equipment or resources to do it) ahead of the snow and so, as soon as the roads started loading up with traffic in the icy conditions - there were expected problems. Folks were and are still stuck in their vehicles today over 12 hours later.

Quite cold out today, I walked from my hotel to the MARTA station and with the exception of a couple of buses there are no vehicles on the surface streets - and nothing has been done to clear them of the ice. Felt like a post-apocalyptic scene walking down the middle of a usually very busy road with no sound except for the wind and my feet crunching on the ice and snow.

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 10:54:11 from 159.212.71.17

After about 8 hours of being stuck in my car, I think I'd get out and walk!

From Bret on Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:18:27 from 96.45.118.12

Actually I think that's what some people did, Jake - and thus there are lots of abandoned vehicles in roadways, blocking the traffic.

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