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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
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AM - 4 miles with Finn in the neighborhood before church. 

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AM - 5 miles with Dan on the trail - but we left it because it was too muddy and slippery and Rosie ended up not coming with him which is why he wanted to run the trail in the first place. 

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AM - 5 miles with Dan and dogs on the golf course.   A bit slow-going with Rosie but a pleasant morning.  

2000 meters of indoor rowing afterwards 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan and Finn from Dan's house up to the horse farm trail roads.  Last 3 miles were sub 8 min pace without Rosie running with us.   2000 meters of indoor rowing following the run.

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AM - 5 miles on the Milton trail with Dan and Finn.   Warm enough this morning in the uppper 50's for just shorts and a shirt.

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5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles with Finn through the neighborhood over to the Groves and back.  Quite warm compared to the last few weeks in the low 60's and humid.   Rough acclimation with such a rapid change.   Dan was heading out early to do a college visit with his son to Tennessee where he was accepted - (though he has acceptances to multiple schools already) but had not visited yet.  

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AM - 10.50 miles in total this morning.  Did a short run with Finn of a little over a mile or so because I did not think he should run quite as far as I had planned today especially with it being warmer.   Met Dan and Ryan at the Summit Elementary school and we ran for probably 5 miles or so and then went back to the school to meet Ben who had just arrived.  Greg never showed.  Dan headed back home and I ran with Ryan and Ben for another 4 miles or so before heading back home as Tracy had something on the schedule for early today.   Ran reasonably well, but not sure if the warmer humid temps the last couple of days, or the indoor rowing I did everyday or the combination of the two (and the slight increase in mileage) had me feeling a little overly fatigued today.   Too much perceived effort. 

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