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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 7 of the World Marathon Majors 2025

Completed each of 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice. Completing Tokyo in 2024 and Sydney in its inaugural year 2025  

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

15 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)

 

 

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: 5.25 Month: 34.25 Year: 1797.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.250.000.000.0032.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

AM - 3.25 miles on the trail with Dan and the dogs.  Slow going - still recovering from the flu - very muddy trail.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.750.000.000.003.75

AM - 3.75 miles from Dan's house up to the horse trail roads.  Very cold at 16 degrees and a "feels-like" temp of 5.   Hands/fingers were painfully cold despite gloves and mittens.  Ran shorter due to that.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles on the Milton Trail with Dan and Finn - not quite as cold but I had some rechargable handwarmer pods as a Christmas present  - that I used for the first time today.   A little awkward, but they were effective.  Put them inside my mittens and rolled them around - they are like a large key fob.   Hands were warm and that was the key.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles from my house with Dan and the dogs over to the WC Golf Course - colder again today with a temperature of 14 degree with feels-like temps in the single digits.  Some snow hit the area just south of us - but we were spared.   Handwarmers were effective.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles on the trail with Dan and the dogs.  Under 20 degrees again this morning - and the trail was completely frozen - so the muddy track from the construction equipment was not sloppy, it was challenging because it was not smooth - and tough on the ankles.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan and Finn from Milton HS through Crabapple.  Temps still below 20 degrees this morning - pace was quicker today with mostly flat roads.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 8 miles with a considerable group.   Dan, Greg, Ryan and Darryl with Finn to start - and then we ran into two random guys doing a long run on the horse trail roads - and asked them to join us - Allen and Ben - two pretty accomplished runners of similar age.  Shared about 3-4 miles with them before they headed further out and we turned back.  Still quite cold, but a good pace and good conversation made it an enjoyable morning.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.250.000.000.0032.25
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