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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: 0.00 Month: 29.00 Year: 1791.81
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
33.500.004.000.0037.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles before church.  First mile or so was slow recovery and warm up pace but got into a normal pace for the last 3 miles.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

AM - 4.25 miles easy with Dan on the Milton Trail.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.004.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan at Milton HS.  After a 1 mile warm up we did 4 miles at close to tempo pace - around 7:45 ppm - which was really good for him; he was so happy to be running at that pace again.  It wasn't exactly easy for me, but I could have gone 30 secs per mile faster to get more of a tempo effort from it.  All in all, though with the cool temperatures and flat route, this was a nice morning with a better than average training pace.   Heading up to DC later today for a funeral at Arlington for one of Tracy's cousins who passed away nearly 20 months ago...it takes that long to have a military funeral to be scheduled there now.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - in DC for a funeral at Arlington for a cousin of Tracy who passed away nearly 2 years ago.  Stayed at the MGM where her brother was staying - he loves to gamble - and so my run was from that hotel along the Potomac in the National Harbor area - up to the Woodrow Wilson bridge.  Pleasant morning for a run - we had aircraft issues on the flight in last night and did not arrive until 1:15 am - so I was a bit tired this morning.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

AM - 3 miles easy with Dan because I got in late again with aircraft mechanical issues causing delay - and likewise the road between our houses is still closed - so we met halfway to run on Summit and Brittle - plus I had an early call for work.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Dan on the WC Golf Course.  Started on Repatha yesterday and got the latest Covid vaccine - last week I got the flu and pneumonia- it seems like all of the pharmacies try to suggetively sell on these vaccines especially when you are over 50.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.0010.25

AM - 10.25 miles with the guys from Summitt Hill Elementary school.  Got there a little early and did 2 miles before the crew arrived.  Good run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
33.500.004.000.0037.50
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