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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.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 GOALS:

to not get fat

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, 18, and 19.

I started running because someone dared me to.

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

My profile picture story: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon

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Miles:	This week:	4.50	Month:	69.20	Year:	791.45

Sun, Nov 25, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.90	0.00	12.90

Venice Legacy Trail run to Venice Avenue. 1:44:01. 8:04 pace.

Weekend re-cap:

Got out of work @ 5:30 Wednesday. Ran 4.6 miles. Drove home, packed, and drove 4.5 hours to Jax. Arrived at 1:30.

Got up Thursday, Ran my 7.88 miles, then another 3.5 with Shannon. Played with 10 kids under the age of 13 until 2 pm. The kids ran races in the yard. Ate fantastic Thanksgiving Dinner. (This is where marrying into a southern family pays off!) Smoked Turkey, Fried Turkey, Sweet Potato Casserole, 5 pies, etc. Went to bed early.

Got up Friday, Ran my 7.88 miles, showered, then back in the car to Venice. I tried to sleep for a couple of hours. In to work at 8pm. Got out of work at 8 am. Drove to my parents' house and had bacon and eggs. Then I went home and slept for 5 hours.

I woke up for the Gator game kickoff, and went running for the first half. 12.9 miles. When the Gators play the Seminoles, it is the best time to run. There is NO traffic. Went home, showered, then dinner with the folks, watched my Gators win, tried to add some historic runs to the blog, failed, and went to bed.

Got up Sunday, did my honeydo's (christmas stuff out of the attic, etc.), went to church, came home and ran another 12.9. The wife and kids should be here @ 7 pm. I'm now attempting to enter in more old runs, and give the illusion that I have been cleaning.

It was a very busy, and very satisfying weekend. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Tom K on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 16:10:15 from 108.9.135.41

p.s. The thing that stinks about entering old runs is watching your times get progressively slower.

From I Just Run on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 19:48:06 from 12.162.141.2

This entry made my head spin :-)

From Tom K on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 20:11:18 from 108.9.135.41

Ha! Sorry, man.

In re-visiting old runs: I'm back to February now. These times are getting pretty slow. I took a night job in April. The weird thing is; my running started improving once my time was limited for an additional 24-30 hours per week. I no longer have choices of when I can run. If there is time available, I go. Going back through these old runs is an eye-opener. Thanks for being a pain in the butt, and making me do this.

From I Just Run on Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 07:24:26 from 67.79.11.242

I'm glad to be a pain in the butt! The only problem I have is now you have more miles than me for the year :-( I did stop running and cycled for two months in the summer. I accumulated about 2,000 cycling miles so that should count for something :-) I'm not a big proponent of "junk miles" like a lot of runners...but what do I know, I've only been running a couple of years. Congradulations on getting all of your past runs into the blog, that was a feat in itself!

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