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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: 5.25 Month: 34.25 Year: 1797.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.505.000.000.0040.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Finn before church up to Birmingham Rd and past the little Publix.  Less traffic on Sunday morning made this possible.  Decent pace for a change following a Saturday run of late. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles on the trail with Dan and the dogs.   Trail construction is proceeding and in some areas they have footbridges nearly completed across the ponds and some newly created creeks.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton Trail.  Good pace for a change - and good conversation. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - just about 5.25 miles with Dan and Finn from my house up the trail to Dinsmore and the East Bluff neighborhood and back.  Hilly but solid effort by all.  Finn seems to be back to running well with no gimpiness in his front paw...unfortunately later this morning he had another seizure...he's having these breakthrough seizures every few weeks despite medication from the vet.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles in WV.  Started in town and ran up the extension to Rte 2 to Glen Dale past the high school and back down the river trail.  Decent pace and good HR but felt stiff and clunky rather than easy and smooth.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles out to the 12th Street Park and then some add-ons up down Rte 2 past Kroger and then back up into town. Still felt a bit off and so ran easy for the first few miles before getting into my normal pace. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.005.000.000.0010.00

AM - 10 miles in Moundsville up to Glen Dale and out Little Grave Creek and back along the Ohio River Trail - second half of the run was  much faster at sub 8 minute pace.   Good run today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
35.505.000.000.0040.50
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