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Location:

Venice,FL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16

8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14.

34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.

33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.

32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.

10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.

42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16

44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.

1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16

1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20

Half Marathons:

1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A
14 Marathons:
1. 4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2. 4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3. 3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4. 3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*. 3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*. 3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*. 3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*. 3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf

10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR

11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings

12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath

13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City

14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Other:

Logged (on computer) 24,901 miles (circumference of the earth) in 5,744 days (11/20/25)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2026 GOALS:

to stop being a chicken, and run a race

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states.

Personal:

I'm married, with two sons, 19, and 20. And as of January 18, 2025, one grandson.

I started running because someone dared me to.

I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)

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Miles:	This week:	71.55	Month:	44.95	Year:	523.75

Sat, Apr 04, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
20.75	0.00	20.75

20.75 miles. Hood route to legacy trail over the circus bridge to caspersen beach and back. 3:35:29. 10:23 pace. No finishing kicks, no pushing the pace. Just finish the run. 82 deg., 60% hum., 64 d.p. longest run / biggest week in 3 years.

There were 2 local 5k's. One I could see from my run. One I ran through the course on my way out, and heard the announcements of the finishers on my way back. I had an emergency bathroom stop at mile 8, saw my neighbor at mile 16.5, and the shirtless tire dragger honked at me at mile 18.5. All in all a pretty good run. Good enough I think to make me sign up for a marathon 4 weeks from tomorrow.

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Fri, Apr 03, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.50	0.00	5.50

5.5 miles. Hood route. easy. There's always something that feels off about running on Good Friday or other holy days.

I'm going for a long run tomorrow. If I'm going to race, that would be 1 month from today. Also broke 500 miles for the year today.

Weight: 0.00

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Thu, Apr 02, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

4 on the trails plus (4) x 100m+ sprints and jog back on each of the laps. 80 deg., 62% hum., 65 d.p.

Yesterday evening I saw crowds of people looking up to the sky. They were tying to see whatever rocket NASA launched on the east coast. Sometimes you can see that from here, sometimes you can't. Yesterday you could not.

But today, there was another group of people on the trails looking up. I asked them what they were looking at. They said a Caracara bird. I don't run with my glasses, so I looked it up on the interwebs when I got home. And yeah, that's a handsome bird.

Weight: 0.00

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Wed, Apr 01, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.70	0.00	12.70

Noon-ish on Venetian Waterway Park. 65 degrees at the start. No wind.

0.9 up, 2 @ 16:12, 1 easy, 2 @ 15:38, 0.9 easy (I thought about giving up), 2 @ 15:31, 1 easy, 2 @ 15:18, 0.9 down.

Weight: 0.00

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Tue, Mar 31, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.30	0.00	8.30

1.65 mile North Bridge Loop warm-up, then 5 miles on the west venetian waterway park. Then 1.65 mile North Bridge Loop cool down. 7:30 am start. This felt surpringly good.

Weight: 0.00

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Mon, Mar 30, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.70	0.00	12.70

Noon-ish on Venetian Waterway Park. 85 degrees. 15-20 mph wind coming from the south east.

Goal was 0.9 up, 2 @ 16:00, 1 easy, 2 @ 16:00, 0.9 easy, 2 @ 16:00, 1 easy, 2 @ 16:00, 0.9 down.

I got 0.9 up, 2 @ 15:33, 1 easy, 2 @ 15:38, 0.9 easy, 2 @ 16:00, 1 easy, 2 @ 16:00, 0.9 down.

I was running into the wind on reps #1, and #3. Running with the wind on #2, and #4. I still had to work really hard for #4 to hit my number. I'm really liking this workout. This might become a thing for me.

Weight: 0.00

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Sun, Mar 29, 2026

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.60	0.00	5.60

12:30 5.6 around the lake in Wellen Park with Noah. It was good catching up with him. Kind of windy, and right before the rain.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
71.55	0.00	71.55

Weight: 0.00

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