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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
31.750.000.000.0031.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM - 6.5 miles a good bit faster than yesterday from Riley's house in Stow.  Cool and some light rain in the latter half of the run.   Quiet country roads, and some wild turkey's prancing / strutting about in one front yard.   Baby Norah is doing so well at home - and so are her parents.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan from his house through the Triple Crown neighborhood up the steep climb.  I started my watch after a third of a mile into the run.  Good to catch up with Dan.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan through WC and to the Grove and back.   Somewhat slower today especially in the cut-through on the stairs which were really wet and slick from all of the rain.  We walked them due to the conditions. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - solo 5.25 miles in the neighborhood at a slightly higher effort than most training runs.  Very wet and humid. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.750.000.000.004.75

AM - 4.75 miles including a .50 warm up while waiting for Dan on the Milton Trail.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - 5.75 miles or so from Riley's place in Stow Mass.  Cool and pleasant weather compared to Atlanta.  Here for the weekend to be with the baby and for Riley's birthday.  Delaney and her bf Lawrence came up from NYC.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.750.000.000.0031.75
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