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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)

 

 

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: 5.25 Month: 34.25 Year: 1797.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
42.500.000.000.0042.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

AM - heading back home today - and sore from the run yesterday, but wanting to get a shake-out in, I drove down to the Walmart and ran and loop the length of the town and back, picked up breakfast and headed by the the cabins.   Good weekend. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan on the Milton Trail.  Good to catch up with him after both of us were away for lengthy weekends.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - 5.75 solo miles this morning starting with a light jog up the trail to the clubhouse before starting my watch.  Mostly uphill the first couple of miles and though I was not especially fast, or in a flow, not too much to complain about with the training modifications I have implemented since last week with a small bite to eat with some honey before my run and a short warm up before formally starting.   I think this adaptation to address the upper leg fatigue, including dropping midweek workouts, is getting me back to feeling better overall.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - just over 4.5 miles on the trail with Dan and Rosie this morning.   Had calf muscle cramps late yesterday evening following mowing my yard after work in the heat and humidity that were quite painful and severe, causing me to quickly hop up from my recliner, lose my balance and fall into an end table cracking my ribs.  Legs were fine once I got started today, but the ribs will be painful and sore for a few weeks I suspect.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan through Crabapple - decent pace - good conversation. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles through Wood Valley and East Bluff - very humid today and did not eat any pre-run toast and honey; really felt the absence of fueling today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.250.000.000.0014.25

AM - just under 7 miles with Dan who wanted to try for a longer run which went well for him - and then I did another 7.5 miles on the treadmill.  It is just so warm and humid - so doing that second half indoors was a relief.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
42.500.000.000.0042.50
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