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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
36.750.000.000.0036.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles before church.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Finn in the rain. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Finn before some more rainstorms roll in.   Added a nifty tablet to my water rower with some features including virtual racing (doubtful that I will use).  Did about 3500 meters more or less calibrating the rower for the device.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan and our dogs for most of the run.  Dan's injury is recovering - and we did not have to break too often to allow for walking to give his calf muscle some relief.   I did another 3000 meters on the indoor rower and utilized the "game" feature of rowing a virtual race with other subscribers to the app.  I think the software simply finds other people who have rowed the same course at some point in time and uses their data and then creates lanes on the screen that look like swim lanes - with each of the other rowers "competing" with one another at the same time.   Surprisingly, it honestly made me try to row harder to catch or to stay ahead of my competition.   At the end you see your ranking globally on the screen - much like a high score list on an old school video arcade game.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 6 miles with Finn on a crisp Fall morning.   Did not initially plan to run too quickly, or even this far, but as the run progressed I opted for a longer route and the last 3 miles were both quite hilly and at a strong pace.  I quite enjoyed it. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Dan and our dogs on the golf course early.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM - drove up to WV yesterday to pick up Tracy's parents and bring them down to ATL for a little while to see their newest great granddaughter.  Had a nice run this morning along the Ohio River and back through town for 7 miles.   Last 3-4 miles were at a quicker pace on a brisk beautiful fall day.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.750.000.000.0036.75
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