Bret

April 25, 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:	25.50	Month:	129.50	Year:	522.55

Fri, Nov 20, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.10

PM - ran 5k around the perimeter of the Concourse property on the interior road - barefoot. Longest unshod distance attempt thus far. Takes a fair amount of concentration but I have no PF pain or discomfort. Still a bit tight with the posterior tibial tendonitis - but all seems to be resovling. Ended up with a blister on my second toe on the left foot and tight calf on the right; kinda expected something along those lines as I stretched things distance-wise out a bit.

Comments

From Jason D on Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 11:19:47 from 68.80.27.222

Nice! We tend to make fun of barefoot running but it is an excellent training tool and if we had the proper places to do it safely I think doing more of it would really reinforce good running form.

The biggest difference I notice is trying to lift from the hips rather than pushing off from the ground with your toes (I start to skin my underside of my big toe).

Glad you are getting some relief.

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