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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
67.250.000.003.0070.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM - 6 miles easy - shake out active recovery run.  Felt no aches or pains - slightly fatigued / bored near the end.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.250.000.000.0018.25

PM - had a nice run home from the office today after work of 18.25 miles.  Had never done that before, but it turned out quite well, with very pleasant weather.  Just have to coordinate getting a ride to work tomorrow as my car is still there.

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Although I felt like running - I have not taken a full day off in 10 days - so I just went to the gym and did some strength/core work and some stretching at lunchtime today.  Was reading on the forum about the % of quality miles - and did a quick review of my prior 3 weeks and I think I may be over 25% of quality miles as compared to my weekly mileage.  Something to consider in the next few weeks of planning for my training.

Heard from Ingrid - who ran with me at NYC in a complete random meeting - and turns out is a blogger on the board, but never posts.   Anyway - she ran a marathon in Albany GA this weekend and PR'd at 2:57!  Congrats to her.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM - easy 3 miles before work.  Body feels "off" today.

PM - 7.5 more at lunch.  The oak pollen is in abundance in the air this week - not necessarily allergic, but found myself coughing afterwards.  Pretty decent run nonetheless.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.003.0011.00

PM - lunchtime - treadmill - 5 x 1000 @ 5:42 ppm - 3 - 3:30 rest; 2 mile warm up and 1 mile cool down.  Felt very good on this workout.  Good recovery time since Monday's long run, and no run this morning seemed to make a difference.  Will plan to space my quality workouts with more recovery time in between for the remainder of my training this period. 

 

PM - during Delaney's soccer practice - very easy untimed 4 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM - easy 8 miles at lunchtime around Feathersound.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.500.000.000.0016.50

AM - Mid/Long run on an overcast cool but humid morning.  16.5 miles from my house through Greenbriar and Dunedin - surprised to see the old Nielson ratings building site completely razed off of Patricia.  Ran into Octavio Falcon on the trail near the Causeway and ran with him for about a mile.  Garmin battery gave out early, so this was mostly untimed and a relaxing pleasant run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.250.000.003.0070.25
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