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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: 31.75 Month: 165.25 Year: 813.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.500.000.000.0040.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 easy recovery miles in Concord.   Legs were sore and fatigued from yesterday's long run effort where I did a faster finish in some warmer temps having started later in the morning   

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM - 6.5 miles on the BF Trail in Concord - headed the direction of Acton and back.  Pushing a little too much - need to run more at ease allowing the pace to organically develop. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

AM - 6.25 miles this morning on a loop around Concord.  Quite warm this morning with a record high temperature in the forecast for today - and given the fatigue in my legs the last two days, I backed off wisely on the pace today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - 4 miles quickly fitted in before taking Tracy to the hospital for Riley's delivery.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - 5.5 miles from W. Concord following a new route through a neighborhood that emerged as a backway to the hospital where my newest granddaughter was born (finally) early yesterday evening.  Norah Florence Miano was 8.5 lbs 21 inches and mom and baby are doing well.  My immediate new nick name for her will be "No-Flo" :) 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - 5.75 miles with Dan in GA for a day before returning to Boston for the long weekend.  Had some things to take care of at home as the reason for the quick turnaround.  Very warm and humid run.  Used the same warm up before starting my watch but added the total in here.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.000.008.25

AM - 8.25 miles from Riley's house in Stow, MA - out to the town hall and Dunkin (which they recently got and for which the town changed it's name to Dunkin for a day) - and looped back.  Tracy is staying here with the family to help with baby Norah for about a month and I will pop back and forth on weekends.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.500.000.000.0040.50
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