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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
49.750.000.000.0049.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

AM - about 4.25 miles with Dan and Finn early before church.  Kept it at recovery effort and Finn seemed to do fine today.   
 

PM - 3 more miles on the treadmill while watching the Olympics.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

AM - 3.5 very easy recovery effort miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton Trail.   Legs felt very fatigued and I even felt a twinge of plantar fasciitis last night and this morning and considered taking the day off - but the trail road is soft and I wore the old VaporFly's that seem to be easier on my legs.  They are still filming on location - and we found out it is for the series called Tulsa King - and the code word for the set signage is "King Street".  Maybe we will see Sly Stallone out there one morning.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and Finn from Dan's house up to the horse farm trail roads.  Very heavy humid morning again.  Legs were less fatigued but still had no pop early-on and Dan's back was bothering him, so we took it slow.  I may try to get a few more better paced miles in later today on the treadmill if my schedule allows. 

PM - 3 more miles on the treadmill after my workday - mostly low 8 min pace   

 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and Finn on the golf course.   Pace has been slow with most sessions with Dan - and I think that's ok because I am getting miles in, and I am not feeling too beat-up on a daily basis; and I have been trying to get a second run in on the treadmill later in the day at a faster pace.   Ideally we'd go a little bit longer and about a minute or so faster - but this is fine for now as I am feeling healthy and day by day the injuries are fading to nearly be complete 100% gone. 

PM - 3.5 more miles at 8:15 pace on the treadmill after my workday. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - just a little under 4.25 miles with Dan on his birthday and Finn quite early before a meeting at my office.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - 4 decently paced miles with Dan and Finn at Milton HS - felt as though I could have easily run faster - but felt both Dan and Finn were not ok with that - and so I would say this was probably just less than 1/2 effort per Lydiard.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.250.000.000.0015.25

AM - good long run this morning.   Had some company for parts of it.  Started early with 3 miles with Finn and then brought him back to the house - dropping him off as Dan arrived and then did about 5 with him until he peeled off to go back to my house to head to his son's cross country time trial.  Got a little over 15 miles in today with the last 7 of them all under 9 min pace - but keeping a reasonable long run HR as the temps started to rise.  Legs were understandably fatigued in the last mile or two, but overall very pleased to get this in.  Had labs yesterday with the results all coming back very solid in all concerned categories.   Weight is down too.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
49.750.000.000.0049.75
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