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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: 29.50 Month: 133.50 Year: 526.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
55.250.000.000.0055.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM - 1 mile on the treadmill and an easy yoga session. 
 

PM - 6 miles with Finn on the former golf course.  They are still converting part of the course to running trails but I mistakenly run in the part that the city has allowed to be reclaimed by nature - and ended up in some really thorny brush and had some serious cuts and scratches from them.

oh yeah -- this was run streak day 700 for me.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - about 5.75 miles with Finn - around 4 of which were on the WC golf course.  I am actively seeking softer surfaces for the left foot - which is either showing symptoms of a mortons neuroma, or a stress reaction or both (or neither and it is something else).  There is definite numbness and mild diffuse discomfort in the ball of the foot early in the morning or following a run - no pain on the top of the foot and it causes me to turn my foot outward going downstairs - which then pulls on outside of my lower leg tendons.  But generally it is really not noticable during a run.  

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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.   Dan was cautious about a hamstring flare-up and so we moved slowly for a couple of miles and then he decided that was enough for him.   Finn and I continued and increased the pace as we got warmer.   Foot was less of a problem today than the last two days.   Hope this turns into a trend - :) 

PM - 2000 meters of indoor rowing followed by a 2 mile jog on the treadmill. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - 5.5 miles with Finn in the neighborhood and partly on the golf course - slowly.   Yoga and stretching afterward. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 6 miles on the treadmill - steady rain and mid 40's - just did not feel like running outdoors in that. 
 

PM - 2000 meters of indoor rowing and then 2 miles on the treadmill.  Last mile was 7:15 and felt pretty easy.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles in the rain with Finn - temps were in the mid-50's and Finn had no exercise yesterday - so I decided not to use the treadmill this morning - though it was tempting.  Ended up being a decent run despite getting acclimated to the cool rain at the start. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

AM - 15 miles this morning - decent effort - quite cold at the start.   Finn ran with me and we met Dan and his dog Rosie around 4 miles and then we ran about 4 mile together around the horse farm roads.  Dan's hamstring has been giving him difficulty - so when we got to his car, I had him bring Finn back home as he'd already done 8 miles and then I continued on for another 7 mostly on the dirt roads. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
55.250.000.000.0055.25
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