Bret

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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: 17.75 Month: 107.20 Year: 376.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.000.004.000.0066.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

16 miles on the treadmill today while watching the Rays game.  Sunday afternoon in Florida in July was too hot to run outside today.  After having been on a cycling tour in France for the last 2 weeks this was the first long run I have had in quite some time to start my build up for NYC.  Felt very comfortable with the pace right at 8 mins or less - legs were a bit tired in the last 30 mins of the run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Rest day today following the long run.  Ran with my daughter today who starts at a freshman in high school in the fall.  Easy 3 miles at 9 min pace.  Enjoyed running with her and chatting.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.003.000.0010.00

6 or so miles on the treadmill this morning at the YMCA before work.  Tight schedule today - but did 3 of the 6 miles at 5:50 or better pace - with about a 2-3 min in between each one for recovery at 7:40 pace.  Very manageable.  Muscle memory in my legs seems to have finally transitioned from cycling to running today.  Felt great.

 

PM run - 4 miles easy to flush out any kinks and / or lactic acid.  Daughters made talapia, green beans and cheese grits for dinner --never had cheese grits before.- quite good! 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 1:30 or roughly 7:30 pace.  Feeling a bit fatigued in the last 30 mins. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

4 miles mostly easy on the treadmill this morning with Delaney at the Y.  We had to drop off Riley for swim practice and I think Delaney favored the cooler weather inside rather than the humid air outside this morning.  I am scheduled to do 8 later today but my body is saying that I should think about scaling back those plans.

 

PM run - 5 miles easy outside.  Took about 2 miles to loosen up my legs from being on the treadmill the last two runs. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.001.000.008.00

Loops, lakes and parking structures....Very hot day for a midday run but legs were too beaten-up for a treadmill workout and my schedule would not permit any other time to run today.  So I tried to keep cool by doing my run in a few of the parking structures and lakes in my office park.  8 x 30 sec striders at a fast 400 meter pace in mile 5-6.  8 miles total.  No heat stroke despite the 105-110 heat index! 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles in 61 mins this morning in St. Pete.  Riley had a swim meet this morning at North Shore pool with a 7 am warm up. So as she went to warm up in the pool I got my run in.  Ran the 10k course of the St. Anthony's Tri - on Snell Isle (added an extra loop to get 8 miles).  Lots of other runners and cyclists out on a muggy  morning.  Probably could have kept this as just a 10k because by the time I was finishing, the sun was really heating up.  She had a really good 500 free last night - dropped 21 secs off of her best time 5:57.  Inspired me.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.000.004.000.0066.00
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