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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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7.75 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail over SWOM Bridge and back. 80 deg., 58% hum., 63 d.p.

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5 on the trails at noon. 

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2 on the trails. I didn't feel right. Dizzy. 

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4 on the trails. 2 pm.

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4 on the trails at noon. Today is Boy #1's 18th birthday. Yes the kid kissing his hand and touching my cheek in the picture over there. Yes, he and most of his classmates exist because of the massive August 04 hurricane season. He graduates high school tomorrow. The last 10 days have been all schedule all the time. There were 3 awards ceremonies and 6 concerts, between him and his brother. And that's not counting tomorrow night, when Tommy graduates, and Johnny and Tommy both will be performing. I've been thinking back to when they were little, and I was more in charge of my life schedule, and theirs. Now their schedules have taken over my life. I used to fight this change, and I realize now that I have embraced it, it is quickly coming to an end. Soon, their schedules will be theirs, and mine will be mine again. And it kind of makes me sad that I will no longer be complaining about "having to go to my kid's" event of some sort. Tommy will no longer be singing anywhere, at least for a while. He starts welding school in August, and I'm not sure of the market for singing welders. The chorus has one last singing event after graduation to perform at Carnegie Hall in June. And then,... no more singing. He's a good kid, and I'm going to miss having him around.

Sorry to have such a melancholy non-running stuff post. 

P.S. 29th Wedding Anniversary Saturday. 

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5 on the trails. Weights with Tommy.

PM: 4 on Venetian Waterway Park. Venice Avenue to the 2 mile pavilion and back. 30:29. 7:37 pace.

Then to Venice Beach for Sunset. 

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4 on the trails. then weights with Tommy. 

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4 on the trails. I'm just running whatever whenever. Time to find another race, I guess.

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1 pm: 5 on the trails. Then weights with Tommy. For some reason, I've had Van Morrison's Into the Mystic stuck in my head for the last couple of days. 

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5 on the trails. You know, I have these blue running shorts that I don't wear that often. So I wore them today. At the end of the run, I could see that the sweat pattern on my shorts was less than flattering. So THAT'S why I always run in black shorts! Then weights with Tommy.

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