| 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(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 28.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.00 |
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| Brooks T7 Miles: 5.20 | Brooks Launch (blue) Miles: 18.79 | Ghost3 Miles: 4.01 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 5.2
mi,
00:41
07:53 pace
Went to the Y this morning so I
could zone out on the treadmill. 5 minute bike warm up followed by some
leg weights (in hopes of activating my legs), got on treadmill started
out slowly, gradually increased. Did 6 strides at the end 20-30 seconds
each with last one at 11 (maybe 11.3 or something) in honor of Spinal Tap.
The guy next to me was complimenting me after I finished saying he can't run that fast anymore, not like when he was younger, said he was 41 and asked me how old I am - 45. So, I guess age is just a number sometimes. He said also that his knees took a beating when he used to jump out of airplanes - he had been in special forces for 7 years. Made me feel pretty good to impress a former special forces guy.
After getting home, inspired by Dawn S.
and her push-up challenge, warmed up with 10 push-ups, then did 102
straight through beating my Friday's attempt at 100 push-ups where I
only got to 91.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| 7.25
mi,
01:00,
08:13 pace Ran at the Y with the Striders running club.
Nice to have some 50's weather this morning. Took it easy for the
most part with a little bit of pick up in the middle. Mostly ran by
myself, but caught up with Eudair for the last mile. Did some weights
after the run - bench press, curls, overhead tricep press.
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| Brooks Launch (blue) Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.01 |
| I went to Nancy's spin class. Good workout of about 50 minutes of spinning followed by some strength exercises for core and legs. I'm never sure exactly where to have my resistance on during parts of the class since there aren't any numbers on the bike, you don't want to make it too easy but you want to be able to get through the class. At one point it must have looked like I wasn't in enough pain because Nancy came over to my bike, increased the resistance, looked at me and then increased it again. She said she's been teaching long enough to know when someone's resistance isn't high enough by looking at them. I went home and then did a short run. It was cool out, low 50's, so very nice for a run.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.71 |
| 5.71
mi,
00:46,
07:59 pace
Nice and cool again this morning,
perfect for running. But, I was feeling feeling on the verge of getting
run down so was torn between speeding up and slowing down. Cut the run
a little bit short and felt good at the end.
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| Brooks Launch (blue) Miles: 5.71 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.83 |
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5.83
mi,
00:55,
09:20 pace
Went to Starkey and had the privilege of being tour guide for a
short trail run. I kept the route simple (so I wouldn't get lost). Ran
on bike path to the power lines, turned right, then came back on the
main hiking trail (just follow the orange signs). Ran with Michelle, Kim L. , Rachel G. , her son Forrest, Rebecca D.
, Charlene, and Dixie. Eudair was with us but thought she was behind
us, so sped up looking for us and finished about 10 minutes early I
think. Nice surprise sighting of Elizabeth H. and Wendy H.
heading out. I was glad that this worked out with a nice turn out. Other attempts in the past have not sparked much interest. It's not for everyone, but for anyone thinking of trying trails but didn't out of fear of the unknown, it's good to try it out at least once. I kept the run short as I had been getting run down
during the week enough I skipped my run yesterday, so today was a day to
enjoy company, reflect, and recharge.
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| Brooks Launch (blue) Miles: 5.83 |
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| Brooks T7 Miles: 5.20 | Brooks Launch (blue) Miles: 18.79 | Ghost3 Miles: 4.01 |
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