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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: 41.00 Month: 73.25 Year: 895.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.000.000.000.0041.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

AM - 3.25 miles very easy this morning before church.  Probably need a rest day - but opted to do a slow run in the NB fuel cells for the benefit of the carbon plate for leg fatigue.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 3.75 miles with Dan on the trail.   He's having knee issues and also had a kidney biopsy on Thursday last week, so this was his first day back running and he wanted to take it short and easy.  
 

PM - 2.25 miles on the treadmill to tryout a new pair of running shoes.  Nike Zoom Fly 6's.  Kinda liked them. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles including a .25 mile warm up on a very heavy humid morning - rained a bit toward the end of the run.   Could not get any turn-over today - so I took what I was given and did not try to fight it.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan from his place and on the Triple Crown route today.  Still very high dew point and humidity - but maybe a little more acclimated to it than the last couple of days because it did not seem as significant.  Heading up to WV to be with Tracy's parents for a week. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM - 6.5 miles in WV along the Ohio River.   Slow going - weather was quite muggy and I had some tired legs - but managed to get a decent distance in today.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - 5.5 miles on a tour of Moundsville WV - felt slightly better than yesterday and pace was considerably closer to normal - though it was still quite muggy this morning.  Hoping for some cooler temps tomorrow morning based on the forecast. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM - 10 miles this morning in WV.  Made my way out Little Grave Creek.  Weather cooperated with slightly cooler temps and a touch less humidity with low cloud cover.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.000.000.000.0041.00
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