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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: 23.75 Month: 113.20 Year: 382.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.000.000.002.5034.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM - early start - did 4 miles easy in the vibrams and then did 45 mins of plyos/strength and core work.  Will do a lunchtime run as well.  Took off yesterday for mother's day events.

 

PM - lunchtime run on the treadmill (because it is oppressively hot outside now) - 6 miles at moderate pace - able to squeeze in this run between meetings.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

AM - easy 3.0 miles followed by 45 mins of core/strength work.  (Committed to consistently do the core work for the next couple of months).

 

PM - lunchtime run of about 6.0 miles through Carillon Office Park and Feathersound with Richie.  Was good running with him today as I was a bit sore and heavy legged from the plyos yesterday and fortunately he was the same after a hard track workout yesterday.  So, we chatted and even stopped and stretched a few times.  Quite hot out today nearly 90 degrees and humid too. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.002.507.50

AM - 45 mins of core/plyos.

PM - Lunchtime workout - 10 x 400 at 78-79 secs with 400 walk/jog rest after a 2 mile warm up and 1 mile cool down.  Did these on the treadmill at 1 % grade at 11.4 mph.  Rest time was generally around 2.5 mins to cover the quarter.  Felt reasonably solid for the whole workout.  Thought about doing just 8 but convinced myself to push through. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - easy core work for 30 mins

PM - Lunchtime - squeezed in an easy 4 miles at the gymn between meetings.  Actually got off the treadmill and dialed into a conference call while cooling down.  Too busy today.

Planning to do a race this weekend - so the easy day was probably good anyway.

 

Just read this on a Cool Running Facebook post - thought it was good.

We run.

We run because we have to.

We run to go fast, and we run to go far.

We run to break the tape; we run just to finish.

We run for fun when no one’s around.

We run to get inverted V muscles above our kneecaps.

We run to get the regular V above our hips.

We run to clear our mind.

We run because we’re mad.

We run because we’re ecstatic.

We run because now we know what it feels to nod at another runner. We understand them, and they, us.

We run to lose weight.

We run to keep it off.

We run to eat cupcakes.

We run to eat crabcakes.

We run to be lions.

We run two marathons in eight days.

We run for cancer.

We run when others won’t.

We run and sometimes we hate it.

But we run and we always love it.

We run up hills and we run through puddles.

We run because it’s poetic.

We run because it’s bad ass.

We run while people sleep and we run because it helps us sleep.

We run because runners have better sex.

We run because once we have that medal, you can’t take it away.

We run because some of you don’t think we can.

We run.

And we run together. 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles easy shake out run in San Francisco.  Long travel day with some delays - so it took me nearly 10 hours to get here.  Had trouble getting my race number and packet too.  They allegedly mailed it to me, but I never received it.  So, I was given an alternate number and chip, which I am a bit skeptical about - as there is nothing tying my name to this new number.  Oh well, I am just running the race for the experience anyway.

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
32.000.000.002.5034.50
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