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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: 27.00 Month: 116.45 Year: 385.30
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.500.001.000.0057.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

AM - 2000 meters of indoor rowing and then a 1 mile jog on the treadmill before church. Feeling some of yesterday's effort in my hamstring and foot this morning.

PM - 5.25 miles around the neighborhood with Finn.  Bright sunshine and blue skies but deceptively colder and windier than I had expected.   Kept my pace and effort very easy.  Yoga session after. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 6 miles with Dan and the dogs on the horse trail roads -  28 degrees with a "feels like" temp was 24, but it was really not uncomfortable.   Strange how adaptable we become from the first cold weather in October.    Yoga session following the run back at the house. 

PM - 2500 meters of rowing followed by 2 miles of easy running on the treadmill.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - just under 6 miles with Dan from his neighborhood with the dogs.   I had been given a gps smart collar for Finn from my son-in-law.   Either the device is not working correctly or there was user error - as it indicated that he walked 2.7 miles :) 

PM - 2000 meters of rowing followed by 2 miles of easy running on the treadmill.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles with Dan and the dogs in the neighborhood and about a third on the golf course.   Quite cold again today in the 20's.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.001.000.009.00

AM - 6 miles with Finn very early before sunrise.  Yoga session following. 
 

PM - 2000 meters of indoor rowing then 3 miles on the treadmill.  Workout of sorts - 4 x 400 with 200 rest - just to test the legs and the engine.   Ran the first one at 6:50 pace and progressively got faster  - last one was at 6:15 pace.  Minor discomfort in the left hamstring and a little discomfort in the left foot - but not significant.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 6 miles with Dan and the dogs before sunrise on the horse farm road/trails.  Foot (I think it is a morton's neuroma) and hamstring had more discomfort following yesterday's double with the spontaneous 4 x 400 treadmill workout.   Foot was only an issue going downstairs this morning - but not really painful or limiting once I had my running shoes on.   Hamstring was more noticable at various points on the run - not limited to just uphills.   So - I will be a little more conservative with the intensity for a while longer.  Yoga session following the run.  

PM - 2000 meters of rowing followed by 2 miles on the treadmill   

 

 

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.0012.25

AM - 12.25 miles with Greg and Dan on the Greenway trail.   Quite cold even at 11 am - with temps at or around 25 and windchill temps at 16.    Good run - faster than I wanted but not unexpected when running with Greg.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.500.001.000.0057.50
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