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(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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:	1314.38
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

Tue, Oct 11, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.33

7.33 mi 01:03 08:34 pace

Ran the neighborhood with Lisa R. I did a short 0.27 warmup before she arrived, then we did 7.06 together at a slightly quicker pace than usual. I did one gate interval but just missed it, but then another car came through. We did part of the C shape nbhd, but not all, just enough to get 7 miles in.

Lisa didn't have her garmin with her and I was setting the pace, she said it was ok that we were going faster (she's usually more around a 9:00 or slower). She's tough though.

Jenny is off this week (at least until Friday) from running after doing the 50K. When she walks now I can't tell she just did a 50K. She's tough though.

Nimbus 12 (new) Miles: 7.33

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 17:20:04 from 192.168.1.1

Mark - I noticed you had a significant reduction in mileage after Boston. Any particular reason?

From Mark on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 22:24:41 from 96.252.190.205

Hey Sasha, thanks for asking. After Boston, I went to start ramping back up but I kept on getting a nagging pain in my right hip/groin area that would not go away (I tweaked it a bit one week before Boston and did not think too much of it at the time).

So, after about 4 weeks of it getting worse and worse, I backed off the mileage until I was pretty much not running at all.

My old sports doctor had moved away so it took me a while to find someone I trusted. I got into physical therapy for a month starting in mid August and that seemed to clear things up.

Also, did some exercises on my own which my wife recommended including some hip mobility exercises from Coach Jay Johnson, it has really helped me out a lot.

Still kind of on the comeback now but have finally managed some 40+ mile weeks. I never thought I would see those again at one point.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 13:49:27 from 192.168.1.1

Mark - see how you respond to increased mileage by adding distance at the pace in the 8:30 - 9:00 range. Maybe even 9:30. If the schedule permits, those could be evening runs - go out for a 2-3 mile jog with the kids, for example. This, of course, assumes that the pace in that range does little to aggravate the injury.

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