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Location:

Little Rock,AR,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Longest Ultra:  White Rock Classic:  6:34:00, 33.4 miles, Ozark Mtns., AR

Marathon:  3:25:06, Boston Marathon, April 20, 2015

Half-Marathon: 1:33:27 (Gun Time), Little Rock Half-Marathon, March 1, 2015.

10K:  43:10, Lenexa Freedom Run, Lenexa, KS, July 4, 2015

5K: 20:23, Firecracker Fast 5K, Little Rock, AR, July 4, 2013 (Mostly downhill course)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run another marathon in 3:25 or better.

2 to 3 Marathons per year - Goal: 3:30 or better

1 to 2 Half-marathons per year:  1:32 or better

1 to 2 Ultra Runs per year:  At least one 50K

Have fun running and stay injury-free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run Boston when I'm 60 years old

Personal:

Married to Kimberly - 23 years

Daughter Brianna - 21 years old

Three dogs: Hershey, Lady, Emmie

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.4042.500.000.0061.90
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Race: Little Rock Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:20, Place overall: 159, Place in age division: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.500.000.0026.50

Ran 26.5 miles to complete a 26.2 mile marathon in wet but decent conditions.  Temps dropped suddenly, about 6 degrees in the last 30 minutes of my run to approximately 40 degrees.  After I finished, temps continued to drop to about 34 degrees and sleet began.  Race conditions were nasty for people who finished after 4 hours.

No cramps and no wall. Official marathon time was 33:20 for another BQ.  Had some GI problems and took a bathroom break at mile 11 that consumed about 3.5 minutes.  Garmin read 7:58/mile pace.  Official split was 1:46:14 at 13.1 miles.  In second half of marathon course, I slowed down for two hilly sections.  Also ran farther than needed to avoid puddles and run around walkers.

Placed 7th in my age group (M5559) and 159 overall out of 1743 runners.  Feel almost fully recovered the next day,  Will take it easy this week, at least until Thursday.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.100.000.000.008.10

Ran 8.1 miles in 67:34 (8:20/mile) on the TM.  Felt like I could easily have run further, but I ran out of time and had to prepare for a business meeting.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.108.000.000.008.10

Ran 8 miles in 64:00 on the TM.  4 miles at an 8:10 average pace, and 4 miles at a 7:50 average pace.  Ran 0.1 miles at a 8:34 pace for a quick cool-down.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.204.000.000.008.20

Ran 8.2 miles on the TM in 65:49 (8:05/mile).  Ran 2 of those miles at 7:47/mile, which is MP - 13 seconds.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.004.000.000.0011.00

I'm in southern New Jersey, visiting my Aunt and Uncle.  Ran 3 times around the Cooper River Park (3.5 miles per lap) in 66:20 (8:13/mile).  Ran pretty easy for the first 7 miles, and then picked up the pace and averaged 8:02/mile for the last 4 miles.  The snow was still on the ground, but the temperature rose from 38 degrees when I started to 43 degrees when I finished.  So, most of the snow should melt today.  I have a very busy day tomorrow, so I doubt I'll be running until Monday. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.4042.500.000.0061.90
Night Sleep Time: 35.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 35.00
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