Bret

Week starting Sep 28, 2025

Previous WeekRecent EntriesHomeJoin Fast Running Blog Community!PredictorHealthy RecipesBret's RacesFind BlogsMileage BoardTop Ten Excuses for Missing a RunTop Ten Training MistakesDiscussion ForumRace Reports Send A Private MessageMonth ViewYear View
Graph View
Next Week
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.  

Favorite Blogs:

Ukraine Can Win With Crowdfunded Drones!
Click to Donate
Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 29.00 Year: 1791.81
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.750.000.000.0038.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles easy recovery run before church. 

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles starting from the trail to limit the exposure to traffic on Freemanville, but then up Nix and through the Grove back through WC.   Lower back on the right side perhaps is spasm-ing either from running, sleeping oddly on it, or working in the yard yesterday.  

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - a little over 5 miles today.  Attempted to run the trail, but now they have installed a sizeable chainlink fence with barbed wire at the top on the bridge approaching the new construction phase area, which is nearly completed.  I was a bit frustrated with that and had I not been alone in the dark, I may have tried to scale the fence, but thought better of it and improvised a different route instead.   I will be happy when they finally complete the work. 

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

AM - 3.5 miles in the neighborhood.  Had an early labs appt so needed to keep it short and did not want to be too dehydrated such that they would have trouble finding a vein.  Flight later today for a quick trip to London and back. 

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

AM - 3 miles from my hotel in the City of London over London Bridge to the south side of the River Thames and then back over Tower Bridge.  Just wanted to clear the cobwebs out from the overnight flight and the limited sleep before presenting at my company's user conference later today.  

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

AM - very early cold and rainy in London before my flight home.  Was planning to go longer, but it was not pleasant out, and it was so early that there were very few people out in the weather from the remnants of the hurricane Humberto (renamed Amy in the UK passing through) that I just decided to run back over the Milleneum foot bridge to St. Paul's after crossing the Thames deciding that running down some dark wet alleyways and cobblestone paths in Southwark just felt a little too sketchy even though it was probably fine.

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM - 14 miles solo around Milton.  

Add Comment
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
38.750.000.000.0038.75
Debt Reduction Calculator
Featured Announcements