The Long Run

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Location:

FL,

Member Since:

Mar 20, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

1 mile : 5:43 (3/2017)
5K : 18:34 (12/2011)
5 mile : 32:03 (5/2010)
10K : 39:29 (11/2013)
11K: 46:47 (July 2008)
Half Marathon : 1:26:47 (11/2012)
Marathon : 3:06:34 (02/2010)
50K Trail: 4:34 (01/2012)
50 Mile: 8:34:48 (4/2012)
100K: 11:06 (2/2012)
100 Mile: 24:19:44 (1/2022)

Marathons:

Treasure Coast Marathon (FL) - 3:39:51, Mar 2021
Towpath Marathon (OH) - 3:35:26, Oct 2019
Jacksonville Marathon - 3:31:10, Dec 2018
NYC Marathon - 3:49:12, Nov 2017
Marine Corps Marathon - 3:27:00, Oct 2016
Utah Valley - Jun 2016
Marine Corps Marathon - 3:28:12, Oct 2015
Pocatello Marathon (ID) - 3:32:25, Sept 2015
Chasing The Unicorn (PA) - 3:31:20, Aug 2015
Run for The Red (Poconos) - 3:30:40, May 2015
Boston - 3:24:42, Apr 2015
Clearwater - 3:27:04, Jan 2015
Clearwater - 3:16:17, Jan 2014
Boston - 3:27:00, Apr 2011
DesNews - 3:10:57, Jul 2010
Gasparilla - 3:06:34, Feb 2010
Space Coast - 3:11:29, Nov 2009
Estes Park (7500' and up) - 3:52:19, Jun 2009
Boston - 3:17:22, Apr 2009
Niagara Falls - 3:19:21, Oct 2008
San Diego RnR - 3:24:18, Jun 2008
Jacksonville Marathon -3:21:24, Dec 2007
Chicago Marathon - 3:35:08, Oct 2007
Disney Marathon - 3:52:34, Jan 2007

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 40:00 10K~~
2:59 Marathon
1:25 Half Marathon
18:30 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Maintain my health and continuously seek to improve my fitness. Maybe someday get under 3:00 for marathon. More importantly, I'd like to figure out what my maximum ability is and reach that.

I'd also like to find the right balance in life and use running to enhance and improve myself.

Personal:

Dad of three (welcome Charlotte Dani on 8/10/20) awesome kids and stepdad to three almost as awesome as my own kids.

I have a brown dog named Stella, and three cats - Catty, Tortie, and Esperanza.

(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life started out rough but now has a better home.

I've recently started another blog so I can easily add lots of pictures and so other non-FRB users can leave comments:

Forward Progress!

Also, for 2012 I started a blog to write down each day one thing that I am grateful for

Grateful Blog

Love living in Florida but love to travel and see the country and rest of the world.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	1390.02
Brooks T7 Lifetime Miles:						202.78
Brooks ST5 Lifetime Miles:						403.91
GoMeb Speed3 Lifetime Miles:						483.77
Brooks Pure Flow Lifetime Miles:						160.60
Brooks Launch(lobster) Lifetime Miles:						782.98
GoMeb Razor Lifetime Miles:						468.00

Wed, Jan 16, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.32	0.00	6.32

Today was a little bit warmer than yesterday, requiring just one shirt (long sleeve) and shorts. I was undecided at first whether to do treadmill or run outside. I was thinking about the treadmill because I wanted to ensure I did a steady easy pace and didn't get carried away if I was feeling good as I need to clear up my foot problem before it gets worse.

I started out with some warm up inside on the bike and rower as usual then followed up with some light dynamic stretching. I decided to go outside. The run went really well. First mile felt good at an 8:39 pace. Just after 1.5 miles my foot was acting up a little bit, but then by just under 3 miles it started feeling better. This would normally be the point where I'd pick things up, but instead I kept the pace fairly steady. Things felt ok and I decided I would not have to cut the run short.

I finished up just over 6 miles with an 8:28 average pace, splits were between 8:14 and 8:39. The easy run felt easy and my foot didn't feel bad at the end. Some more runs like this and hopefully I should be able to be 100% again.

I then went back inside and did some upper body weights.

Comments

From Kathryn on Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 18:20:47

From my blog - I just wanted to be sure you saw it so you'd know how much I appreciate your taking the time to give me feedback!:

Thanks Mark for the advice and compliment! I've sent an email to Jenny to arrange to exchange books (I have one she wants to borrow, too). I am looking forward to reading a book on the subject - there doesn't seem to be solid advice out on the internet regarding this. Everything I'm reading is cautioning to go easy now, but since I don't feel bad, it seems sort of counterproductive... I think the caution is based on you fast runners, who probably do a little more muscle/tendon damage at the faster rates than the 11MM rate I ran on Sunday.

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