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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: 34.75 Month: 138.75 Year: 531.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
51.250.002.250.0053.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

AM - 4.00 miles with Finn before church - recovery effort. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.750.000.000.004.75

AM - 4.75 miles on the Milton Trail with Dan and the dogs in a light rain/drizzle - very humid. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.750.002.250.009.00

AM - ran with Dan and Finn from the starting point for the horsetrail roads, did a 2.5 mile warm up and then we did 8 x 300 meters more or less on a segment that was relatively flat on the packed dirt road at 10k pace with a short 30 second recovery - then finished up with about a mile cool down.   Weather was very nice in the mid-50's for the first time in months and felt like autumn was upon us.  Effort was good - and not too hard - with all systems and extremities functioning properly.  

PM - 3.25 miles with Finn on the trail late afternoon to enjoy the really nice weather. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

AM - 2.5 miles - spent most of the time trying to locate Finn who I did not have on leash as I left my property in the dark carrying some branches to drop in the woods.   Bit of a fiasco trying to find him.  Dan's dog Rosie always stays close by when not on leash, but Finn tends to take off and explore and this morning he was just nowhere to be found almost immediately.   Fortunately I had this "cheap" Fi collar on him - and after splitting up and going in different directions to try to find him, I went back to my house and got my phone with the Fi app that let me know his last known location.  The problem was that the app does not provide real time updates - and so his last known location was over 7 mins old.   Eventually we found him near the last known location near a pond about a mile away.   By that point in time Dan needed to get back to start his workday and I had very  little interest in running anywhere but back home.  :).  I may run later today without the dog!   <Also I may be in the market for a good gps dog tracking collar that reports real time updates and has a light and can page/signal the dog too>

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.250.000.000.007.25

AM - 7.25 miles with Dan and the dogs from his place. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

AM - 3.5 miles with Dan and Finn on the trail behind my house.   I got the second shingles vaccine along with a flu shot yesterday and it really made me feel terrible overnight with chills and fever.  Barely able to get this in today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.500.000.000.0022.50

AM - 6.25 miles with Dan and Finn on a loop from Redd to Thompson and Dinsmore.  
 

PM - 16.25 mile long run on the Greenway - a bit warm and my legs were tired near then end.  Maybe a bit too much volume today but glad I got it in.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
51.250.002.250.0053.50
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