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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: 26.50 Month: 93.00 Year: 486.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.506.250.000.0045.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM - 10 miles on the treadmill - wanted to get a little more distance and it was unseasonably warm and humid yesterday and today - probably too much for Finn for that distance - plus I could watch football whilst running.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles with Finn before starting my workday.   Tired / sluggish this morning - which I guess I could attribute to the 10 miler yesterday on the treadmill which was at a decently quick pace....but it was just 10 miles and was not that fast....Alternatives could include that it was just not a great day for me, or just old age.   :)

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

AM - ran with Dan and our dogs - the gps on my Garmin watch evidently was not functioning propertly and it recorded 6 miles (without a map to show the route when uploaded to Strava).   Pace per mile it recorded was likewise much faster than I normally run and I would have been keenly aware if I was running 7 min pace or faster.  I am going to say it was somewhere between 5 and 5.5 miles instead of the 6 it recorded.   Have not run with the Garmin watch in a little while, and perhaps it just needed some time to link up to the GPS before I started.  I more frequently run with the Apple Watch because of the mobile phone feature in case I need to be reached or need to reach someone by phone or text (which happens once in a blue moon - but you never know) but the battery needed to be recharged and Garmin is my back up watch.   
 

PM - 3 more miles on the treadmill.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM - 5 miles in a light rain - warm and humd and oddly shirtless running weather for mid-November.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

AM - 5.25 miles on wet roads - very damp and humid with rain finally ending overnight.   

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.750.000.000.005.75

AM - about 5.75 miles with Dan and Greg and their dogs.   I gave Finn the morning off as he was a bit gimpy after yesterday's run.   May have a strained muscle or a bruise paw pad.   Really dense fog and dark - I was the only one with a headlamp - pretty sure we could not have done the run with out it.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.006.250.000.006.25

AM - tempo effort (unplanned) with Greg and our dogs.  We were conversational for the whole run - but the effort was noticeably harder than I normally run - but I think this was Greg's easy pace - most miles around 6:45 or so.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
39.506.250.000.0045.75
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