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Peachtree Road Race 2019

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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: 0.00 Month: 91.50 Year: 1815.45
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.000.006.200.0029.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles before church. Way harder perceived effort than I had planned. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM - 6 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

PM - 3 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime - ran 6:30 mile between 1.5 and 2.5 miles to see how it felt.  Felt like too much effort :).  Not expecting too much in the heat of Thursday morning at the Peachtree as a result. 

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AM - 2 mile walk with Finn.   He came up lame Sunday afternoon after we had run in the morning.  Left front paw was causing him to limp.  Could not see any obvious injury and were advised to keep an eye on him for a few days.  So I did not take him out Monday or Tuesday- and the limp is only showing up occasionally.  Did not stop him from chasing and catching a bird in flight yesterday- so I decided to let him walk a bit.  Seems fine. Won’t run him for a few more days.  

Peachtree race is tomorrow. 

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Race: Peachtree Road Race 2019 (6.214 Miles) 00:42:28, Place overall: 718, Place in age division: 27
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This was the 50th running of the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race.  I first ran this race in 2014 when we moved to Atlanta.  I have run it every year since then with the exception of 2015 when we were out of town.  This was my fastest effort to date and my best since 2014 by nearly a minute.  

It was expected to be very hot and humid - perhaps worse than some years - so I took things conservatively for the first couple of miles which are mostly downhill.  We were fortunate with some good cloud cover which kept the heat from being a significant factor.  I worked the uphills to try to keep an even pace - which in recent years has really been difficult.  This year with clear blood vessels - it was refreshingly manageable.  I slowed only slightly in the second 5k from the first and felt quite well after the race too.  

My son in law, eldest daughter and wife each participated (wife walked it with daughter) as my other girls live out of state now and did not travel for the holiday.  We all connected with each other at the finish and found another friend of ours.  Went to breakfast at Maple Street Biscuits in Alpharetta and had a grand ole time.  

Considering I just completed Grandmas marathon less than 2 weeks ago - even though this was not my fastest 10k this year - I was quite pleased with the result and grateful that I have the health to continue to do this.  I think of this each time I line up for a race now.  It was an especially moving moment for me and others as we stood at the start - staring up at the enormous American flag hanging from a crane over the starting line and a solo singer delivered a poignant rendition of our national anthem concluding with a low flyover of 3 F16’s thundering overhead.  

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Took the day off. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM - just under 5 miles meandering around the neighborhood.

 

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