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(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose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

Mon, Jul 16, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.20	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.20

Another run in Las Vegas. Started out at 5:30 but this time just decided to run starting from near the hotel. We were at a different hotel than on Saturday, so the night before I looked over some maps to pick out a route. Unfortunately, it turned out that part of my planned route was through a private neighborhood and apparently they don't make exceptions for runners. So, I just went around it, which was probably just as well as I was able to see more things. The only drawback was that it meant running on more sidewalks. It seemed a little cooler out than on Saturday but not a whole lot. Started out slow and gradually picked things up. By 5.5 miles, I had averaged 8:30 pace. I wanted 8:24 so I figured I would pick things up some more - I was planning on running 7 miles. I seemed to get a little bit lost and ended up doing an extra 1.2 miles. The last two miles were at 7:05 and 6:52, and about 8:00 for the last .2, followed by some walking around the parking lot to stretch things out.

This is my new longest Monday run, and second longest run while on vacation.

Average pace: 8:09

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 11:46:19

While you're there, you could probable hook up with rdrunner.

From Mark on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 21:17:41

Sasha,

Thanks and good idea, I'll post a comment at his blog to see if we can hook up or if he has suggestions for a good route.

From rdrunner on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 23:22:12

I live about 10-15 miles from the Hilton and I don't know that area really well....so no running route suggestions. If you would like to run with us on one of these mornings and have transportation to get to where we live my wife and I would love to have some company. We start at 5:00 am every day right in front of our house and our runs are all on pavement. Depending on the day, we run for about an hour. Call me if you want to hook up 702-240-6411, please call by 9:00 pm or earlier cause I am sawing logs after that.

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