Bret

Week starting Dec 08, 2019

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
33.35	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.35

Sun, Dec 08, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.10

PM - 5k around the town of Colchester England. Travelled here overnight from India for a business meeting tomorrow morning. Windy and chilly. Very jet lagged.

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Mon, Dec 09, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

AM - 3 miles in the town of Colchester - cold and windy. Evidently an historically ancient settlement - the first of the Romans in the English Isle according to the book in my hotel room. Bit of a gritty northern working class looking city, with a pleasant looking town center.

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Tue, Dec 10, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

AM - a few loops around the hotel parking lot next to Heathrow airport. My room literally looked onto a runway. Not sound proof either. Headed home today.

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Wed, Dec 11, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

AM - 6 miles with Finn back on my home soil. Lower 30's temperature-wise - so a brisk start to the day. My dog really was in need of some exercise.

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Thu, Dec 12, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.25

AM - 4.25 cold miles with Finn this morning before work.

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Fri, Dec 13, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

PM - 7 miles on the treadmill at the gym at lunchtime near my office. Cold and rainy this morning and I did not feel like going outside.

A year ago today I had a coronary artery stent procedure done to remediate a 90% blockage in my Left Anterior Descending artery. Could have easily resulted in a heart attack if it had gotten any more blocked without being diagnosed or corrected - but I was fortunate enough to have some anginal type symptoms that I noticed when I was running - and I was persistent with my doctors and they were thorough in their efforts despite the seemingly contraindications of any issues (40+ years of running, no family history, non-smoker, good diet and cholesterol labs) aside from those complaints.

Within 24 hours of the procedure I felt incredibly improved and was permitted and encouraged to resume my running within a week and was back to full training after 90 days.

I would have been happy just to be able to run - but instead I have had a great experience this year, almost turning back the clock 6 years to times that I was running in 2013 - and I feel great.

What a difference a year has made. Feeling very blessed.

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Sat, Dec 14, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

AM - a little over 7 miles with Dan and Finn. A bit on the quick pace-side.

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
33.35	0.00	0.00	0.00	33.35

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