My Running Journal

January 11, 2026

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Location:

Windsor,Ontario

Member Since:

Jan 22, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Detroit Marathon....October 2008...3:48:16

Half Marathon...Tecumseh Run From Cancer....July 2009....1:30:13

Detroit Free Pree/Flagstar Marathon...October 2009...3:30:24. Qualified for Boston!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain weekly mileage at 80 or more....

Long-Term Running Goals:

train and run a 30 mile ultra-marathon.

Personal:

I am a 52 yr. old single father of four children. I am retired after injuring my back in 2000. I had back surgery, stopped running, and gained about 80 pounds. Decided to take my health into my own hands....lost 100 pounds, went to Nepal and trekked for two months in the Himalayas...climbed almost 18,000 ft.....felt so proud of myself....began running again. I qualified for Boston in Oct. 2009. I have shifted my focus now on ultra-marathons with the hope to run my first this year.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sun, May 31, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.00	0.00	0.00	26.00

Outside run...55 F, sunny and winds out of the N @ 9 mph.

Ran the best run of my life......26.0 miles in a time of 3 hours, 20 minutes.....no stopping and no hydrating....just straight through, and kept the pace at a very comfortable speed. This is the first time that I really can feel the benefits of the increased mileage....much more endurance, strength and stamina....very encouraging!!....average pace of 7.41 minutes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From smally on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 15:35:39 from 74.210.30.253

awesome, i think the no running days were a huge for you.

i need your volume!!

have fun tuesday i won't be there this week, work the hills.

From rockness18 on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 20:06:38 from 69.183.233.238

Holy smokes! Nice run today. Have you schedule an upcoming marathon?

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 22:14:40 from 64.81.245.109

Congratulations on a marathon PR in training. That does not happen very often.

From saamijeff on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 03:35:15 from 24.237.114.63

Great job! Not many of our 20 something elite runners could match that pace with that kind of weekly distance. For a masters runner to do so is quite impressive. Close to 50 and runing that pace and distance? Should be in national training.

From Garys on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 05:38:13 from 70.146.126.197

Great job to run that many miles.

From Brian on Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 09:55:49 from 24.57.66.239

Thanks everyone for the comments....it really helps to motivate me as I tend to doubt my own abilities!!

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