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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles: 320.00
Salomon Ultra Pro Lifetime Miles: 387.00
NB 1500 V6 Lifetime Miles: 219.00
Adizero Pro Lifetime Miles: 57.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 346.00
Brooks Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles: 343.00
Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Lifetime Miles: 163.00
Inov8 G270 Lifetime Miles: 20.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
26.200.000.000.000.0026.20
SpeedStar 4 Miles: 26.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
26.200.000.000.000.0026.20

It was weird being in Boston without being in race mode, but it was a lot of fun and much more relaxing. My number 1 goal was to have fun. I checked that off before the race ever started. It is so much fun hanging out with the gang and relaxing with my wife. When I finally started the race I started at the very back of wave 1 with Lito (Bobcat). Before crossing the starting line I stopped and had some voluteers take my picture. By the time I got going I was running the Boston Marathon by myself. Everyone was cheering for me. I was fiving all the little kids. It was a blast. I found the lady with the "With God anything is possible" sign. I stopped and took her picture and told her how much her sign helped me the year I ran with the torn tendon. It was neat to be able to thank her and it was obvious she appreciated it.
As I ran I would stop and take a few pictures. I got a couple with the Wellesley girls and was felling great through the half not exerting any real effort. I hit the half in 1:42. All of the sudden a little past mile 14 my left calf went. I thought it was a cramp, but now the next day I'm pretty sure I pulled my muscle. No way I could run. OUCH! My goal number 2 was to finish my 5th consecuttive Boston. I started doing the math and if I walked the last 12 miles it was going to be close to getting in with an official time. I would ocassionally try to run to no avail, so I walked for a long time.
My goal number 3 was to get my picture with the John Kelley statue. Kathie and her husband James had given me a great description of what to look for. I spotted the area and headed off the course with a few interesting looks for the spectators. One guy was over there and he kindly took my picture with the statue. I kept walking and even stopped at a couple POPs (my first ever in a race). I even stopped at a couple med tents and had the massage my calf. It didn't help though.
After a couple hours of walking and about 6 miles I got to the bottom of Heart Break Hill. I decided to try and run up and some how miraculously made it all the way to the top. I celebrated with a few pictures with the Boston College kids then slowly made my way to Boston. I found Doone with Larry and James a few hundred yards from the finish line and stopped and chatted a bit. Canyon came by and drug me off to the finish. Good thing or I might have been a lot slower. The second half took me 2:50, 8 minutes less than it took me to run the whole thing last year.
I did finish though, accomplished all my goals, and got some good pictures along the way. I'll post some after I get a CD made. I had a disposable camera.

SpeedStar 4 Miles: 26.20
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45 minutes elliptical

core work

15 minutes stationary cycle

My calf is still tender, but doing the elliptical didn't seem to affect it too much. I have no other sore muscles so I guess that is good.

I posted a few of my Boston photos on forumflyers.org   I'm still trying to figure out how to post them on this blog.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
26.200.000.000.000.0026.20
SpeedStar 4 Miles: 26.20
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