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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, 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 the swom bridge and back. 7:45am start. 88 deg., 67%, 75 d.p.

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7.75 miles hood route to legacy trail over the swom bridge and back. 9:15am start. 90 deg., 71%, 79 d.p.

brutal. 

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1 mile on the trails. then 3.5 miles. hood route. 7:40 am start. 86 deg. 77% hum. 78 d.p. feels like 102.

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7.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail over the SWOM Bridge and back. 7:50 am start. Life saving rain for about a quarter mile, with 2 miles to go. 

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7.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail over the SWOM Bridge and back. 6:50 am start. 87 deg. 70% hum. 75 d.p. Song of the run: I would run 993 miles, and I would run 7 more, just to be the man who ran 1,000 miles to fall down at your door. Dadadada! Dadadada! Dadadada! Dadadada! Dada Dundiddle Dundiddle Dundiddle Dundiddle dun. 

First day of vacation. Going back to Little Gasparilla Island! Woo Hoo!

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 7.5 miles of beach running on Little Gasparilla Island. very hot. I got to see some new sea turtle tracks from mama turtles going up to lay their eggs overnight. 

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4 on the trails. 10 am start. man, I'm out of shape. 

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6 miles. on legacy trail. venice avenue north over SWOM bridge and back. 11 am start. 

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7.75 miles. hood route to legacy trail over SWOM bridge and back. 11 am start. 91 deg. 61% hum. 76 d.p.

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7.75 miles. hood route to legacy trail over SWOM bridge and back. 6:30 am start. 82 deg. 85% hum. 77 d.p.

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7.75 miles. hood route to legacy trail over SWOM bridge and back. 6:30 am start. song stuck in my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bx20cflBBk

 

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7.75 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail over SWOM bridge and back. 7 am start

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Legacy trail 4 miles north from Venice Avenue, and back. 9:15 am start. hot and humid. Not quite a mist, but you could sense the moisture in the air. 85 deg., 80% hum., 79 d.p. I was breathing in soup, for sure. Right around 2 miles in, I saw a two bike crash on the legacy trail. They never actually ever came into contact with one another. It was one of those things where they both overcompensated in an effort to avoid a collision, that sent them both to the ground. The one "superserious" cyclist repeatedly yelled at the older joy rider. But in my opinion, superserious cyclist was wrong. I helped them up, got their bikes off the path, and briefly made sure they were okay, then I was back off running, without ever telling them my opinion of what caused the crash. Then I spent the rest of the run reviewing the crash in my head, like it was the Zapruder film. 

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5 miles on legacy trail. Venice avenue north to 2.5 miles and back. 6:15 pm start. The run was a very big struggle today. 

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5.5 miles hood route 5:30 am start. then 1 mile on the trails. Then at 7 am, I met up with the family that does the training circuit at the soccer fields. They did a mile on the trail as warmup. then ladder, shuttle, zig zag sprints, frogs, and of course the dreaded situps, scissor kicks, and pushups. My core is / has always been useless. I'm just trying to mix things up a bit. My mind says they can't all be slow, easy runs. But my body would really like that. 

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4 miles on Venetian Waterway Park. 6 pm start. From Circus Bridge to Caspersen Beach and back. 

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7.75 miles. hood route to legacy trail over SWOM bridge and back. 7:30 am start. 

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7.75 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail over SWOM bridge and back. 7:00 am start. 

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7.75 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail over SWOM bridge and back. 7:00 am start. 

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7 AM with the family that does the trraining stations at the soccer field. 1 lap on the trails plus ladders, zig zag run, shuttle run, frogs, stairs runs, situps, pushups, scissor kicks, and I feel like i'm missing something. lots of stairs running today. All in, 2 hours of fairly intense interval stuff. I'm doing okay at keeping up with the teenagers, and I'm trying to hide how hard I'm working out there, ut when I sweat like I have been swimming, it's kind of obvious. 

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