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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: 0.00 Month: 91.50 Year: 1815.45
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.750.002.500.0053.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

AM - 3.25 miles on the former golf course - still under construction.  Icy mud in spots - nearly fell slipping on a few icy areas.  Finn was off-lead and probably ran twice as far as me.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - 5.5 miles with Finn mostly on the WC golf course - to give my legs some more recovery on soft surfaces.   Slow going, not as cold today.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.002.500.0010.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and the dogs from his place - wet roads from overnight rains, but actually on the warm side with temps in the 50's.  
 

PM - treadmill workout 5 x 800 @ 3:05 pace with 3 min rest.  Mile warmup and half mile cool down.  Felt reasonably comfortable with this.  Will see how my recovery is doing in the next couple of days.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - just under 6 miles with Finn on the horsetrail roads - got caught in a pretty steady rain for the last couple of miles but it was warm, in the 60's today so the rain was not uncomfortable.   Left foot was a bit achy and felt like the ball of the foot was a little swollen and the left hamstring was also achy - which was probably from yesterday's treadmill workout.   We were both filthy with the dirt road / mud and rain when we finished.  Finn got a somewhat overdue bath to clean up when we got home.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - low energy levels this morning - shuffled through 5 slow miles with Finn in a damp/mist run in the neighborhood and on the golf course.   Everything is really wet and saturated from rains over the last week.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and the dogs through the WC neighborhood and partly on the golf course.  Rainy at the end.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.500.000.000.0018.50

AM - 18.5 miles from my house today.  Started with Dan and the dogs for the first 5 miles and then Dan left with Rosie for a meeting and I left Finn at the house because I didn't want him running that far - and I continued on for another 13.5 hilly miles.  Bright sunshine got me a little dehydrated in the last several miles.  Good effort.  Napped for like an hour after a shower and some food.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
50.750.002.500.0053.25
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