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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:

2023 GOALS:

Coastal Delaware Running Festival Marathon - 4/16/23 - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

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, 17, and 18.

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: 12.50 Month: 83.00 Year: 212.50
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9.700.009.70

9.7 miles. Train / bus station to circus bridge to caspersen beach to venice high school along ICW to north bridge to legacy trail to train /bus station. 3:20 pm start. 84 degrees full sun. Lots of boats out and I saw a bunch of gopher tortoises? (Torti?) first shirtless run in about 2 years. I wore a wide brim hat to protect from the sun, like running in a bright orange sombrero! I caught the north bridge on the way back. This was a righteous tour of Venetian waterway park. Pace was decent, but untimed.

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7.100.007.10

6 am start. 0.4 up. 5.5 miles. Hood route. in 42:35. 7:45 pace. 1.2 down. Right shin felt really tight after mile 1, until mile 4. That's why I cut the run short from 7.5 miles. But by the end, I was moving just fine.

So, I guess, the lesson here is: listen to your body, unless it's telling you something you don't want to hear, then you just ignore it, and it will eventually go away.

(please note, I am not a coach.)

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12.500.0012.50

5.5 hood route. Hot. Track stuff later.

6:30 pm track stuff. Late start. 2 up. 8x400m with 200m AR. 2 down. 1:26. 1:26, 1:28, 1:27, 1:29, 1:28, 1:27, and 1:29.

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5.500.005.50

5.5 miles. Hood route. Summer is here!

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3.500.003.50

3.5 miles. Hood route.

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21.950.0021.95

6 am start. 0.8 up. 20.75 miles in 2:58:18. 8:35 pace

Shirtless and camelbak. Hood route to legacy trail to circus bridge to caspersen beach and back. First half in 1:31:11. 8:47 pace. Second half in 1:27:07. 8:25 pace. Negative splitting anything is miraculous in my world. So I'm pretty stoked. I never really pushed it today, though. 75 deg., 86% hum., 71 dew point.

Someone got me an Arctic Cool visor for Christmas. I don't usually hype products, but I've got to say, it does a fantastic job of keeping the sweat out of my eyes. For the high heat and humid conditions I run in, this is really important.

5 weeks till race day. Next 3 Saturdays have soccer. This ia going to get interesting.

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3.500.003.50

3.5 miles. Hood route. 6:30 am start. I took the boys to the driving range last night. It went well. There may be more of this in our future.

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6.300.006.30

76 degrees. 94% humidity. 73 dew point. I am having serious doubts about my ability to generate speed. I could not get anything going today. Every step was a fight.

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5.500.005.50

6 pm. 5.5 miles on the track, including (2) 800s 3:04, 3:13. I'm in the middle of a bad training week. Tomorrow is 30 days from race day. I'll bounce back.

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7.900.007.90

0.4+7.5 miles. Hood Route. 5:45 am start. Slow and steady. We went from 80+ degrees at the track last night to 60 degrees this morning. It was like running in another state. 

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3.900.003.90

0.4+3.5 miles hood route. 6 am start. 

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20.750.0020.75

Pretty bad week of running. Ending with a good long run. 20.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Circus bridge to caspersen Beach and back. 2:52:10. 8:18 pace. 1st half 1:29:25. 8:37 pace. 2nd half 1:22:45. 7:59 pace. Last 5 in 38:10. 7:38 pace. 76 degrees. 70% humidity. 65 dew point.

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10.200.0010.20

10.2 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. Super duper hot and humid. Good luck to those folks racing tomorrow! I'll be watching from my dry, climate controlled office.

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7.500.007.50

6 am start. 1.2 up. 5.5miles. Hood route in 42:13. 7:40 pace. 0.8 down. Decent weather -65 deg. 66% hum. 66 d.p. 

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10.000.0010.00

5.5 miles. hood route. 50 degrees and 47 dew point. I have never known weather so running-perfect! 

https://youtu.be/JSwq0n7MZyY

6 pm at track. 4.5 miles. including (2) 1200s at 4:46, 4:48.

 

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3.5 miles. hood route. slow. I think the Kinvaras have gone flat. I am getting aches in my shins that lead me to believe that these shoes are done. I got them on Valentine's day. Anyway, it's far enough from race day that I can get new ones. I can't believe the short life span of these shoes. 525 miles? I got 1,000+ out of my Hokas last year.

Or maybe it's my work shoes that are causing me leg pain that I only realize while running.

Or maybe its getting close to race day, and my fitness isn't where it should be, so I am blowing slight aches and pains out of proportion.

Or maybe everything was clicking about a month ago, and I peaked in this training cycle too early. 

Or maybe I'm playing too much basketball and soccer with the boys these days. 

Or maybe, Or maybe....

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21.150.0021.15

6:15 am start. 0.4 up. 20.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Circus bridge to Caspersen Beach and back. 2:54:48. 8:25 pace. 1st half 1:30:08. 8:41 pace. 2nd half 1:24:40. 8:10 pace. Last 5 in 39:23. 7:53 pace. 73 degrees. 81% humidity. 67 dew point. Still running in the old shoes. 3 weeks to race day. 

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10.200.0010.20

10.2 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Colonia and back 6:15 a.m. start very hot and humid this morning. New shoes running!

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8.700.008.70

5:50 am start. 0.8 up. 7.5 miles. Hood Route in 58:17. 7:46 pace. 0.4 down. Kind of warm.  It really took a lot to get rolling this morning. The first mile was 8 minutes plus, but I was smooth sailing by the end. 

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3.5 miles. Hood route. 6 am start. No track stuff tonight - the Pinewood derby races are tonight. Last year, boy #1 Dad got 1st place, and boy #2 Dad got 3rd place. No, I'm just kidding. My boys were more involved than that. 

Looking ahead - Boy #1 has two soccer games Saturday, and 1, maybe 2, on Sunday. The first one Saturday is at 8 am. Even though that is 2 weeks from race day, I was still shooting for @ 16 miles. It is going to be tough to fit in this weekend. 

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17.050.0017.05

6:45 pm start. 0.4 up. 16.25 miles in 2:05:24. 7:43 pace. 1st half in 1:01:45. 7:36 pace. 0.4 down. Hood route to legacy trail to circus bridge and back. 78 degrres at start. Killer sunset over the bays. I wouldn`t say "majestic" but it was still cool.

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10.200.0010.20

10.2 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. 7 am start. Slow. Last soccer game of the year is this morning. They plan on practicing until the end of May.

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