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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
41.000.000.000.0041.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.750.000.000.008.75

AM - got an early start before church, hoping to get a longer run in - but my body was not feeling it today and decided to end it just short of 9 miles.  Nice weather the last few days, but my phone app says there's a freeze warning for tomorrow and the next day. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - heavy thunderstorms with a tornado watch kept me indoors this morning.   Legs were pretty tired, so I did a very easy 4 miles on the treadmill.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - just under 5.5 miles solo in the neighborhood on an unexpected cold day this late in the winter - with temps in the upper 20's - we even got some snow late yesterday afternoon.   I had to get out my cold running gear that I thought I had put away for the season.  It really was not that terrible out and the run went well. 

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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.   Hoping this is one of the last cold weather mornings for the season.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - a little over 4.25 miles with Dan and his dog Rosie from his place.  Rosie kept our pace easy with several stops which seemed mostly were to sniff things - but it was fine and relaxing and Dan and I had good conversation.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles solo as Dan was out of town - ran through WC into the Grove and the cut-through to Tullamore and back.  Decent effort once I got warmed up.  Milder today - back to shorts. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.000.008.25

AM - a little over 8.25 miles with Greg and Venu from Summit Hill.  Because it was a small group with Greg the pace was quick - but I managed to hang-in - and thankfully he had an early game for his daughter so we ended a couple miles short of a normal Saturday run.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.000.000.000.0041.00
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