Bret

Times Turkey Trot

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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:	21.00	Month:	87.50	Year:	480.55

Thu, Nov 25, 2010

Race: Times Turkey Trot (6.2 Miles) 00:40:06, Place overall: 51

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	3.10	6.20	0.00	11.30

Had a nice Thanksgiving Day tradition race this morning. My three daughters and my nephew lined up early for a 5k "Wing Ding" and Richie and I paced my youngest daughter Delaney through a 21:55 race - which is her second best 5k time. My other daughters and nephew sand bagged a bit and finished together. My wife took pictures and held sweatshirts while we ran.

About an hour later Richie and I lined up to run the 10k. We had talked about running even 6:30's as he is getting back into shape for a February marathon. Instead we cruised through the first 3 miles at 6:15 pace and were running along with one of the eventual top female finishers. We had been trading turns on the lead, but at that mile mark Richie pushed the pace just when I was starting to feel a little off. So I backed off and ran a 6:36 mile followed by a 6:30 then 6:38 - Richie fell off the pace at 5 miles and finished 39:48 a couple of places in front of me. I was pleased with the race overall - having not really done any fast training since the marathon 3 weeks ago - and having just done the Horrible Hundred cycling event on Sunday.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 14:15:37 from 24.10.248.6

Happy Thanksgiving to you too Bret. I always miss the Turkey Trot.

Not a bad time right? Definitely a good workout. How long until you race again under more ideal conditions?

From Bret on Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 17:31:50 from 96.228.230.35

Thanks Rob - Yeah I am good with the time today. Pleased with the fitness level etc. I have some options for a couple of 5ks and a half marathon in December - so definitely will build on today.

Just finished our dinner a little while ago - gettting sleepy....:)

From Mark on Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:22:18 from 24.129.132.74

Great job Bret!

I ran the 5K this year, hope to try the 10K next time around, or maybe do both.

That's a great time for being just 3 weeks from your last marathon.

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