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(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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, Sep 12, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
10.03	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.03

6:00 run starting at the Y with Dixie and Randall. Pretty good run with a slightly faster start than my usual slow 9:00+/mile starts but not too fast. Fairly consistent pace with a slight pick up at about 7 miles before we decided to back the pace back down because this was supposed to be an easy day.

Average pace: 8:14

Glycerin - 127.84

I barely listened to my ipod except for a little bit towards the end. Chicago marathon says absolutely no ipods or other devices this year, so I'm planning on going without music. The music got a bit annoying towards the end of my last marathon so I shouldn't miss it, plus there is supposed to be tremendous crowd support at Chicago.

I had dental appointment cloud hanging over my head for this morning's run. One of my teeth was chipped so that needed fixing. In the past week I chipped another tooth. The first one I attributed to bad luck but after the second one I'm suspicious of maybe too much sports drink, so I've been trying to rinse with plain water after drinking sports drink. Ok, both teeth are fixed now although the appointment turned more complicated and longer than I had anticipated.

Comments

From Jenny on Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 12:06:59

Did you ask the dentist about the sports drink?

From Mark on Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 12:11:29

They said the problems were probably not from the sports drink although they did say it was a good idea to chase it down with plain water to help rinse.

From Amy on Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:07:47

It's a totally different running experience with/without music...I used to feel that I couldn't manage without the music to distract me, but Stefaan and I never take music on our long runs together and I have gotten used to it. Doesn't Disney have a similar policy?

From Mark on Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 11:27:13

Disney's policy is similar but is worded differently. They say that headphones are strongly discouraged. Chicago says they are not allowed. I searched online a little bit to see what others had to say. It sounds like in the past years a lot of people still wore headphones, but this year I think they've changed the wording again.

From Amy on Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:31:59

Thanks, Mark - it is definitely good to know these things before the big day!

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