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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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Sun, Mar 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
26.000.000.000.0026.00

Very nice morning with temps. at a cool 19 F, partly cloudy skies and calm winds out of the SE @ 2 mph. Ran 26 miles.....wanted to see if I could actually run that far, as I never ran farther than 22 miles. I wanted that physiological edge! Ran this distance in 3 hours 38 minutes....first half I really put the brakes on to conserve my energy...1 hour, 55 minutes. Back half I did in 1 hour 43 minutes. Average pace for run was 8.38 minutes. I didn't want to worry about pace at all..just to do the distance. But never the less, I'm happy with this run.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From josse on Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 10:19:56

Good job on completing 26 miles, I think you are ready to run that marathon.

From Benn on Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 21:38:53

YEAH I AGREE! Woot! Awesome job, Brian!

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