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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  (old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
52.790.000.000.000.000.000.0052.79
Pearl Izumi II Miles: 10.08Green Silence2 Miles: 14.74Glycerin (red) Miles: 11.92Asics Cumulus Miles: 16.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.080.000.000.000.000.000.0010.08

10.08 mi, 01:40, 09:54 pace

Ran with Dan F and Chris C at Croom. We went out and back to the pits, then Dan and I did another mile on the road. Trail was wet mostly in a good way. On the return trip, just about at the top of a hill, I tripped and fell. I wished that someone could have filmed it, because while falling, I managed to rotate my body 90 degrees, so instead of doing a face plant I landed on my side and did a painless barrel roll. As I was doing this I was thinking to myself "I'm letting the roll absorb the energy of the impact". I stood up and was fine. This was my third time falling at Croom (first time was at mile 20 of the Croom Zoom race, 1/2012, and second time was mile 24 of Croom Fools Run 4/2012).


Saw a few other people running and met Dan Miller who I have heard of but never met, and met Laura D who won the Atlanta Marathon twice. Cloud cover stuck around so it never got unbearably hot. Another fun and interesting morning in Hernando county.

Pearl Izumi II Miles: 10.08
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.210.000.000.000.000.000.007.21

7.21 mi, 00:59, 08:08 pace

Ran with Striders at the Y. No intervals today, decided I'd let myself off the hook since I raced on Saturday.

Green Silence2 Miles: 7.21
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.270.000.000.000.000.000.006.27

6.27 mi, 00:58, 09:13 pace

Sluggish start and gradual pick up. Hint of coolness in the air with a good portion of the run in the dark.

Glycerin (red) Miles: 6.27
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.530.000.000.000.000.000.007.53

7.53 mi, 01:02, 08:16 pace

Good run this morning. No tempo, just some good miles, mostly steady pace, decent weather

Green Silence2 Miles: 7.53
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.650.000.000.000.000.000.005.65

5.65 mi ,00:53, 09:18 pace

Just an ordinary, decent run. Would have gone a little farther but ran out of time, need to start sooner on school mornings!

Glycerin (red) Miles: 5.65
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
16.050.000.000.000.000.000.0016.05

16.05 mi , 02:30 ,09:20 pace

Pretty fun, mostly easy paced run, although I was feeling a little sluggish toward the end along with everyone else. Ran from Longleaf with Cynthia, Jamie, and Jorge, into Starkey Park and then back (with a stop at Diane's on the way up where we added Diane and Renee to the group).

Asics Cumulus Miles: 16.05
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
52.790.000.000.000.000.000.0052.79
Pearl Izumi II Miles: 10.08Green Silence2 Miles: 14.74Glycerin (red) Miles: 11.92Asics Cumulus Miles: 16.05
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