| 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(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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 | | 36.83 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.83 |
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| Glycerin 7 Miles: 27.83 | Asics Nimbus 10 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| Went over to the Y again this morning. 4.1 miles on the treadmill at about an 8:15 pace. Feeling a little bit better. It had been raining but the rain stopped once I was finished with the treadmill so I went outside for another 2 miles (about 8:00 pace). | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| My first run with Jenny in what seemed like a long time (actually hadn't been that long). We did 4 miles together. She is in her taper and I'm still taking it easy so it worked out perfectly. I felt a little bit better today than I did yesterday and it made me hopeful that I'll shake off the few remaining remnants from the marathon. I might even be up for doing a 5K that will be in Dallas this weekend. The weather turned back to being warm and humid, and while that is not the best running weather it felt kind of nice after the past few days of being rainy, damp, and cold. I'm also trying to get better about blogging more promptly. My wife had to hear about it yesterday from her mother, questions about why hadn't Mark blogged about Saturday's run yet! I'm going to sign up for another marathon. It is later in January in Clearwater. A course that had been closed for several years now. It basically combines two of my favorite half marathon routes. The route is one of the main things drawing me to this race. There are two 75 foot tall bridges early on. They are not so bad going up and are a lot of fun to run down (Jenny calls bridges "acceleration ramps")
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| Asics Nimbus 10 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.40 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| I ran by myself this morning. For the first time in months, Jenny did not get up early on Wednesday (one day off, supposed to be good for her). I headed outside and felt another warm and humid morning (but still pretty comfortable). Warmed up on the bike by doing a loop around the neighborhood. Ditched my shirt then got going. Run felt pretty good. Brought a Gu with me which I didn't really need but thought it would make the run more fun. I ran the usual t-route that Jenny and I run. After the turnaround in the last mile, I picked it up for one faster mile (7:04) then calmed down a bit and did the last mile at about 7:40 pace. The route ended up being a little more than 6 miles. Average pace: 7:53
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| One more run with Jenny this morning before she heads off to Dallas. She had to do a shorter tempo run, mile warm up , 4 miles @ 8:13, then a mile cool-down, perfect run for me too. It was another warm and humid morning, a touch more humid than yesterday. The run went well, Jenny hit all of her splits. I had tweaked my left calf a little bit on yesterday's run, I could feel it a little bit today but it did not hurt at all. I've also been noticing a big improvement in the PF in my right foot, maybe I can get rid of it completely this time.
Average pace: 8:27
Shortly after we finished our run, the sky darkened and it started to rain as well as the air cooling down, so the timing turned out just right.
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| Asics Nimbus 10 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.80 |
| Air stayed cool since yesterday's rain came through. No rain this morning, just cloudy, cool and a little bit windy but still pretty nice (right about 50°). It's amazing how warm the last two days were compared to today. Started with one loop around the neighborhood and did part of the t-route before heading back. Felt pretty good overall. Started out slow and then eased into a nice comfortable pace and felt good at the end. Average pace: 8:05 (my longest run since the marathon but only by a little bit)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 8.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.53 |
| 8.53 @ 7:58 pace
Arrived in Dallas last night. Woke up this morning about 6:30 but wasn't ready to start running right away. Made some cinnamon rolls for the boys (Grands) and relaxed a bit. Was going to start running but the parade was starting soon so I went with the family to watch it. Nice small town parade with lots of fire trucks, old cars, and various other groups. After the parade I set out for my run. Cool, in the 40's with a little bit of wind and a few minutes of very light mist. Ran on the village trail which has some nice rollers on it. Went out and back on that then turned onto another road. At that turn around I saw a trail going up a hill which was twisty and windy. I ran up and back on that. Nothing too big but enough to get my heart rate up by the top. I had wanted to at least do 6 miles today so I was happy to end up with over 8. Jenny's big race tomorrow!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 36.83 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.83 |
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| Glycerin 7 Miles: 27.83 | Asics Nimbus 10 Miles: 10.00 |
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