| 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: 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, 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: | 44.70 |
Month: | 86.35 |
Year: | 352.45 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles on West Venetian Waterway Park at noon. Beautiful day. Lots of boats on the water. Downtown craft festival. Etc. Etc.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles. Hood Route to SMH extra and back. 5 am start. I had to run early to make it happen today.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
| 1 pm run. Venetian Waterway Park plus North Bridge. 81 deg., 57% hum., 65 d.p. Love Bugs are back.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles on West Venetian Waterway Park. At noon. Steady Cruising, but I still pulled the plug early on the run.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 2 on the trails plus (4) x 100m at extra effort + jog back at soccer field on each lap.
I lost WAY too much time catching up with an old neighbor that I haven't seen in 5 years.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 200 yard run fail. I went out to run on Venetian Waterway Park. 87 degrees, nice breeze. I got @ 200 yards down the path, when I got sick of fighting it. I'm guessing the cause of this is my recent taking to ice cream at night. I haven't had a beer since 1/17, but I have had LOTS of ice cream, which I didn't used to eat at all.
Whatever the cause, I have run every day since 1/24. What's that? 38 days? Not a bad streak. Maybe I'll go out again later, and try to put "something" up on the scoreboard for today. Or maybe I'll do the usual routine for me. Which is, fix today's run fail with something tomorrow that is way beyond my present day abilities.
update: I got 3 miles on the trails right before sunset. I think part of the problem earlier was I went out to run at 12:30 after eating nothing all day. | |
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| 10 miles on West Venetian Waterway Park at noon. 87 degrees and hot breeze. It was a fight, but I finished it.
The Sharkstooth 10k was this morning. I really should have raced it. I know I'm not ready, but I have to find out what my present day paces are, if I'm ever going to plan on a race again. It's been too long. I checked the finish times. 10 years ago me would have got top 10 finish. Yeah it's a weak field around here. But I have no idea what present day me would get.
I've had my eye on a 5k I haven't run before in 2 weeks. It's just so hard to get motivated to run fast. I feel like I've got to the point that I can make myself run, and sometimes enjoy it, all the time. But when I get to the days I'm supposed to go "fast", I wimp out and would rather live in a fantasy world where I'm capable of getting 5ks or 10ks like I did 10 years ago. I'm trying to push the pace on a regular basis, but on those days, I somehow change my mind about the run goal.
Monday will be 1 year since Pop passed. We are all going to Sarasota National Cemetary tomorrow. It really doesn't seem like a year.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 5.5 miles. Hood route. 5:45 pm start. Today was such a mix of things that I went out thinking I would just get 3. It felt great, so I kept going. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail over the SWOM bridge and back. 84 degrees, 60% hum., 68 d.p.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 3 on the trails plus (4) x 100m sprints and jog back on each of the first 2 laps. Then to USF to watch boy #2 perform a solo. Then home to play with a baby. Then I caught up with an old friend. Great day. | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail over the SWOM bridge and back. 85 degrees, 58% hum., 68 d.p.
Happy 311 Day!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.90 | 0.00 | 5.90 |
| I bought an $11 watch last night. This is my first self-timed run in almost 3 years. No more living in fantasy world about my abilities. 5 miles on the venetian waterway park. First half - 23:40 (9:28 pace). Second half - 22:24 (8:58 pace). Overall - 46:04 (9:13 pace). I'm not crazy about those numbers, but it is the truth. Then I ran a 0.9 mile cool down.
I learned that having a watch on makes you run faster instinctively, that I should have done maybe a minor warm up, and that I have a long way to go to get back to what I was.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
| 1.65 mile North Bridge Loop warm-up, then 5 miles on the west venetian waterway park. First half - 21:58 (8:47 pace). Second half - 20:00 (8:00 pace). Overall - 41:58 (8:24 pace). These are the numbers I was expecting yesterday. Still on the fence about whether I'm running in that 5k in 2 weeks or not.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
| 1.65 mile North Bridge Loop warm-up, then 5 miles on the west venetian waterway park. First half - 24:04 (9:38 pace). Second half - 22:35 (9:02 pace). Overall - 46:39 (8:24 pace).
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 86.35 | 0.00 | 86.35 |
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