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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
62.253.000.000.0065.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM - 6.5 miles with Dan and the dogs.  Dan has moved back to GA as his family just could not get comfortable with relocating to Virginia.  Happy that he's back.  
 

PM - 4 miles on the treadmill late afternoon.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM - 6 miles with Greg and Dan this morning - picked Dan up as he was exiting his new neighborhood and met Greg and his dog at Starbuck.  Greg told us of his adventures in Alaska having just returned from a quick camping trip there yesterday for a few days.   

I discontinued taking the statin that I have been on for about a year - on Friday.   The cardiologist had said although she did not think I have a new blockage but wanted to do a heart catheterization to confirm - that it could possibly be the statin that is causing my symptoms.   So, I stopped taking it very next day.   Each day have felt progressively better - and today I would have to say I have felt like a million times improved (only slightly exaggerated).  
 

PM - 4 more miles on the treadmill. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - 5.5 miles with Dan and the dogs on the trails before sunrise (and as it turns out, just before a pretty heavy rain). 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.503.000.000.0011.50

AM - 5.5 miles with Finn - about a third of it on the golf course which was verys soggy from rains overnnight.  

PM - lunchtime workout - treadmill Yassos - 6 x 800 at just under 3:10 per rep with around 3 minute recovery.   Good workout. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

AM - a little over 5.5 miles with Dan and Finn on the trails before sunrise.   Faster pace without Dan's dog, Rosie, who although she's a very sweet dog and eager to please, is not really built for running at faster paces (over 75 lb lab mix).   We usually run slower with her and she takes random breaks at times.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

AM - 6.25 miles with Dan and the dogs from his new place near Cambridge HS.   The school's cross country team was out running as we got started.  Great weather with temps in the upper 50's.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

AM - in Las Vegas for a conference - headed south on the strip for 8 miles and then turned around.  Dry but warm upper 80's by the end.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
62.253.000.000.0065.25
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