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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 7 of the World Marathon Majors 2025

Completed each of 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice. Completing Tokyo in 2024 and Sydney in its inaugural year 2025  

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

15 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)

 

 

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: 5.25 Month: 34.25 Year: 1797.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.250.000.000.0027.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

AM - easy 2.5 miles on the trail as a recovery effort.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan out Dinsmore through East Bluff and North Valley and back.  Dan seemed like he was pushing the pace early-on, but I think my body is just in a lower calibration right now on the start of my runs - content to run the first mile 2 mins or more slower than my normal training pace.   By the time we were ascending the Dinsmore hill on the return at the end of the run, I was relaxed, warmed-up and had a lot in reserve and had to wait a little for him to keep up.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles in Bellevue, Washington - in for a couple of days of business meetings with MS at their main campus. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles around Bellevue - attempted to find a route that would take me to a trail, but I got a call from Richie in the first mile and spoke to him for about 80% of the run on my watch - but that became distracting enough to make me give up on finding a trail and just finding a way back to the hotel.  Also, without headphones, the audio from the watch was not loud enough with passing traffic - so I ended up having to raise my arm to hear him, which became fatiguing for my shoulder...LOL.   Decent run nonetheless.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan on the golf course.   Got in late from Seattle last night and have to travel later today for a funeral of one of Tracy's family in WV.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - 5.75 miles in WV.  Here for a funeral of Tracy's uncle.   Sick this morning with some type of stomach issue - ran hoping that it would help but ended up having to scramble for a bathroom twice.  Ugh. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Got a stomach bug - pretty bad - with fever yesterday after my run.  Taking today off.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.250.000.000.0027.25
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