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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)

50 lifetime marathons (for which I am now retired)

 

 

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: 14.00 Month: 14.00 Year: 338.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.500.000.000.0039.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

AM - 3.25 easy miles on the treadmill.  Temperature dropped 35 degrees overnight from yesterday and it was super windy too; so I opted for an indoor run. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles on the treadmill.  Dan said he was not feeling well, and with the "feels like" of 11 degrees outside today, I stayed indoors. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - just under 5 miles on the trail with Dan.  Temps were same or a little colder than yesterday - but we had not run together in over a week with him out of town for his mom.  Good to catch up.  Pace was considerably faster than we normally run on the trail - not too sure why - perhaps it was because he did not bring his dog today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan starting from his house.  Was surprised to see a pretty decent pace per mile on my watch after we finished, especially since it seemed just like a normal pace and conversational the whole time.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles solo on the Nix route.  Had to do an early start as I have a meeting at the office before 8 today.  Pushed a little on this one to replicate yesterday's pace - which was close.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan starting from Milton HS and running through Crabapple at a much easier pace than I had run in the last few days.  Legs were feeling a little stressed yesterday.   Good run today and good conversation. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.0012.25

AM - 12.25 miles solo today.  Ben is doing Tokyo and Venu is doing the Atlanta marathon tomorrow.  Darryl's got a medical restriction and Dan is headed back to CT to move his mom to hospice.   Never connected with Greg and anyway I was not feeling up to a pace that he usually goes.  This was a decent mid effort longer distance than my normal long runs of late.  Cloudy dreary cool morning that I enjoyed nonetheless all by my lonesome.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.500.000.000.0039.50
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