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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)

 

 

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: 140.00 Year: 1902.81
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
30.7514.253.000.0048.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - slightly less than 4 miles with Dan and Finn in the neighborhood going with a run/walk approach for Dan's hamstring injury recovery.  It was actually perfect for me after a hard long run with elevation yesterday and 2 days of yard work.  Big storms came through overnight keeping Finn on high alert for a few hours - fortunately we had just rain and wind with some lightning- but nothing more serious and really nothing in the way of damage.  

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5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - just under 5 miles this morning on the Nix route with Finn.  Considerably colder today and with winds at 15 mph - the feels like temp was 26.  Saturday I ran shirtless, today I had two shirts and wore tights.  Such is the Spring in Atlanta. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.003.000.008.00

AM - 3.75 miles on the trail with Dan - doing a run/wak thing for him every other day to recover from his hamstring injury.   Probably will do something later today to get a few more miles in. 

PM - I did a workout on the treadmill - 2 x mile; and 1 x 800 with a full recovery in between with a mile warm up and short cool down.   Felt good to run with some speed - I do not think I have done a workout in ages.   The miles were just sub 7 and the half was at 3:20 pace - but I really enjoyed it.  

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5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles easy through East Bluff with Finn on a chilly morning.  Enjoyed the solitude of that neighborhood in the dark. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - another walk/run with Dan and the dogs helping him recover from his hamstring issue.  We definitely ran much more today - and he seems to be improving.  The slow pace is good for him to gradually strengthen and it is a nice break for me to do these less intense effort - though I feel like I still need to run again later today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM - a little over 5 miles this morning.  Quite cold again just around freezing with lower "feels-like" temps - but I feel like this may be the last really cold morning now for a while - at least according to my weather app.   Decent effort with just Finn today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.5014.250.000.0015.75

AM - did a short run to give Finn a little exercise then met Greg at the Greenway and we did about 14.5 miles - and at a fairly fast pace- averaging 7:45.  Temps were cold but not as cold as yesterday.  Good effort today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
30.7514.253.000.0048.00
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