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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
53.503.000.000.0056.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Fin before church.  Very humid and sticky this morning.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

AM - 4 miles with Finn in the neighborhood.  It is probably the first time in forever that nothing really had any pain or discomfort in the first miles or so.  Slightly less humid but still warm; looking forward to cooler weather in the coming weeks.  Ran the last 2.5 miles considerably faster (close to 8 min pace) than I have been running - though my HR reflected a lack of fitness at that speed.  Enjoyed the run - especially since I was only planning to run 3 miles at 10 min pace - and was able to run much faster without feeling taxed by it.   
PM - 4 more miles on the treadmill after my workday.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and Finn on the Milton trail.  A bit cooler and slightly less humid - good steady run but not too fast. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.753.000.000.008.75

AM - ran on the trail with Dan and the dogs - even went to the far back south woods area today which although quite overgrown, had enough pathway without thorns and spider webs to impede our efforts.  

PM - 4 miles on the treadmill at the end of my workday - 1 mile warm up then a progression down to 7 min pace for the last mile.  Solid. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

AM - 4.25 miles with Dan and Finn at Milton HS and Crabapple.  Finn stopped and refused to start the third lap around the perimeter of the parking lots, but I sensed it was not due to fatigue, but instead he just did not want to run the same loop; so we ran back towards the cars where we parked, but exited the campus and ran a loop around the entry to Crabapple, and he seemed perfectly content.   I guess he's asserting his preferences in older dog years.

PM - 3.25 miles more or less on the trail after my workday - the temps are not as high over the last week, and it is good to get outdoors to clear my head.  Very slow easy effort.  Many deer out this evening.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles with Dan and Finn from Dan's house out to the horse farm trail roads - temps still agreeable today, though they are suppose to return to very unseasonably warm beginning on Sunday.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

AM - long run today - weather was nearly perfect at right around 60 degrees.   Got an early start as Dan wanted to get to his son's cross country meet - so we started just after 5 am.  Finn ran with us for the first 4 miles, then we took him back to the house; and ran another 5 miles together before Dan had to leave.  Did the last 8 on my own - and if I am honest, my legs and body were tired in the last few miles, but I stayed consistent with pace and heart rate and will count this as a nice deposit in my fitness bank.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.503.000.000.0056.50
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