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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: 9.25 Month: 69.50 Year: 559.95
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.250.000.000.0035.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Am - 4 very slow recovery miles before church.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan on the Milton Trail.  He returned yesterday evening from being with his mom in Connecticut last week.  She's in hospice care, and was not expected to survive more than a day or two, but after a week of being home from the hospital, she continues to persevere.   Spent much of the run just listening and trying to be helpful.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan on the trail.   Pretty significant thunderstorm overnight, but now that the trail has gravel trails that are raised a bit, the drainage is good, and we really did not have any mud to contend with on the run.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles solo doing the route out Dinsmore through North Bluff and coming back on the trail.  The gravel on the trail is causing me some achiness on the outside of my lower legs - stabilizing for the unevenness of the terrain.  May stay off it for a few days. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles on the treadmill due to storms outside this morning. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - slightly less than 4.25 miles with Dan at Milton HS - ran easy to his preference so that he'd feel good enough to run longer tomorrow with the group.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM - 6.5 miles with the guys from downtown.  Expected everyone to go longer, but as we looped back to the cars no one was interested in extending the already easy run and instead we all went for coffee and hung out for 30 mins or so post run - which was also very nice.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.250.000.000.0035.25
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