Doug's Running Thingy

Tallahassee Marathon/Half Marathon

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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,

Member Since:

Jul 13, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran track/xc in high school

Track 2 years at FSU (400 and 400 hurdles) 

Skip ahead 15 yrs for my old man PRs... 

100m 12.31; 200m 25.74; 400m 56.94; 800m 2:17; Mile 5:11; 2 Mile 11:57; 5K 19:08; 10K 41:43; 15K 1:03:14; Marathon 3:26

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break through the 19 then 18 minute mark for 5K

Return to full speed track workouts

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

USATF Age Group All American times in 200 (24.6), 400 (56.0) and 800 (2:11)

Qualify and run Boston before I hit 50... but after I complete my sprint goals  

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Race: Tallahassee Marathon/Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:40:20, Place overall: 79, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
14.00

Well, my first half marathon as a race went quite well... considering my less-than-ideal training.  With just six weeks of pretty consistent running, I was able to crush my goal of 1:45 and successfully hit every mile sub 8:00.  I went ahead and allowed the crowd to pull me through the first couple miles too fast at 7:16 and 7:19, and I had two fairly strong miles at the end (7:21 and 7:20), but all the others in the middle were between 7:42 and 7:54.  Actually, the 7:54 was mile #8 after the turnaround and into a stiff breeze - no other miles were over 7:50.  The start includes one mile around FSU campus which is not done on the way back, so the turnaround point was actually at about 7.5 miles.  I had gone through the halfway point at just over 50 minutes, so I ran pretty even splits overall.  Our little local marathon is really stepping things up over the past few years.  We had over 1,000 total entries this year in the full and half, with a surprisingly large purse too - $1,200, $800, $400, $200, $100 for top 5 men and women and a decent masters purse too ($500 for winner I believe).  Top three guys all were sub 2:25 and top master was 2:42.  Weather was nearly perfect with gun temp at 45 and maybe 60 when the marathoners started finishing.  Wife, boychild and friends manned an aid station too, so that was cool.  A really good day.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 16:09:28 from 24.10.249.165

Great job Doug. That is a really fine time for the limited training you did.

You'll keep this up right? I personally love half-marathons. The training, if you do it right, is something you can really sink your teeth into, much like a marathon but the recovery time is way shorter and you don't have to walk around in extreme pain afterwards.

I ran a 2:43 at 45. I think those days are over though.

From dugco on Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 17:16:47 from 68.35.221.180

Thanks, Rob. Yep gonna keep at this level for a bit - just registered for the Gate River Run 15K on Mar 9. Drop another 5 lbs by then and we'll give that one a good go.

From Bret on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 18:19:27 from 96.228.167.228

Yeah Doug - really nice effort, that's very good. I ran the river run many years ago, and did not enjoy it. Lots of bridges and things - but they may have improved it since then.

Any decisions from Trav - or is that another reason for a trip to Jax?

From dugco on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 18:34:35 from 68.35.221.180

Thanks, Bret - pretty much doing the River Run as a seems like the thing to do deal - Trav has a meet at Bolles in Jax the day before, and the whole team goes to the race expo the next morning so the coaches can race. He just got his acceptance package from Furman today, so renewed interest there in contacting the coaches. At this point UNF is way up at top of list after the good visit there last weekend.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 18:35:39 from 24.10.249.165

It's great to be a Furman Paladin!!!!!!!!

Tell him to give up on UNF. With Furman he wouldn't have to make that stressful adjustment to public school.

From dugco on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 18:47:18 from 68.35.221.180

Thats good, Rob - real good. The acceptance letter says they will tell him Mar 1 what scholarships he qualifies for - $50K would help a lot.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 19:01:50 from 24.10.249.165

The Covert simply needs to downsize to make this opportunity a reality for Travis.

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