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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  (old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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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Tue, Nov 16, 2021
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.541.003.100.000.000.000.007.64

7.64@8:48

5x1km workout with 2:30 rest after each interval.  The intervals were run up and down Lakeview and a little bit onto Sandy Hook.  First interval felt really hard to get moving, did not break 7:00 pace for the first one.  The next ones after that I could get onto pace but had trouble holding the pace.  This workout did not go as well as a similar one I did a few weeks ago, but at least I did it.

Splits: 4:32 (7:18), 4:13 (6:47), 4:23 (7:03), 4:10 (6:42), 4:18 (6:55)

After doing the 2:30 jog after the last one, did one more mile which felt like a much easier effort coming in at 7:46 pace.

Will probably try the Turkey Trot 5k next week aiming to get under 22:00.  It's a good course for that with a huge crowd to get swept up in and go fast the first mile which has a lot of downhill.  The uphill at the end isn't that bad.

Comments
From Bret on Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 08:46:13 from 99.1.32.252

Since moving away from Palm Harbor nearly 8 years ago now, I really do miss the Turkey Trot in Clearwater. It has such a genuine "small town" feel to it where you know that you will run into people at that race you have not seen in years, but have made it a part of their Thanksgiving Day tradition. They have one in Atlanta, but it is not the same.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 09:21:58 from 163.248.34.220

I haven't run the Turkey Trot since 1985 and I still miss it. I would always run the first mile in the neighborhood of 4:55 like most teenage runners and I'd pay a severe price at the end. I'd be cruising up at the front with Ron Murawski and then just die.

From Mark on Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 11:59:58 from 108.191.16.124

Lots of memories at this race. Until not too long ago they still used race finish cards for place, they've finally moved onto chipped bibs. That first mile mostly down hill is fun and kind of crazy with the packed crowds and everyone going out too fast. The last time I ran this race I noticed that the uphill in the third mile is called cemetery hill and there actually is a cemetery on it.

From Bret on Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:06:42 from 99.1.32.252

Yes! - Cemetery Hill was infamous and dreaded to my dad back in the day when he used to race that 5k - :) Thanks for that memory

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