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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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Mom and Dad's 57th anniversary. I went over there for a bit. 

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4 on the trails. 

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4 on the trails. super hazy out. 

News reports say the haze is from Canadian Fires, 1,700 miles away. 

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4 on the trails. I spent way too long talking to my neighbor before the run. She was walking her dog, and had a bag of poo, and is one of those animated hand gesture talking people. So that bag was flying around, as she talked. 

For some reason, I had Aimee Mann's "Save me" and Cinderella's "Somebody Save me" playing in my head, back and forth, for this run. 

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4 on the trails. Song of the run stuck in my head: 

https://youtu.be/5EV9IdeU3D0?si=XgO5mMvrV-WuAEZ2

 

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4 on the trails. much cooler today.

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pm run on the trails in the rain. 

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4 on the trails after a rough week of work. super hot out there. lots of snakes. 

A mile and a half into the run, I thought "Whatever happened to Ned's Atomic Dustbin?"

Then I spent the rest of the run trying to think of all of the 90's Britpop bands. Ride, Blur, Verve, Oasis, Radiohead, Charlatans UK, James, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses. There's more, but that's a pretty good list, I think. 

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on the trails. 

After Church, Boy #1 and I went to the restaurant where Boy #2 works for lunch. Outdoors, looking at the boats, seafood, nice. Table next to us is getting a bit rowdy. Boy # 2 is bringing a couple to their table, and loudmouth guy from the table next to us jumps up, points at the guy and yells "Who are you? I know you from somewhere!" Apparently, the couple was on a show called Naked and Afraid. I know of the show's existence, but that's about it. Rowdy table gets up and starts taking pictures with these folks, the whole time talking in profanities, to the point where the Naked and Afraid couple tell them to chill out, there's kids in here. Which raises the question: 

Where are you in your life that naked and afraid couple can take the moral high ground on you for your behavior in public? 

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trails. 

I'myouronlyfriendI'mnotyouronlyfriendButI'malittleglowingfriendButreallyI'mnotactuallyyourfriendButIam

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trails. 71 deg., 55% hum., 54 dew point. So nice. 

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pm. on the trails. I've been busy. It felt good to run again.

I've been doing a lot of auto repair stuff lately. We have 4 cars at my house right now. Me, spouse, Tommy, Johnny. I feel like part of my job here, as dad, has become "fleet management". I spend more time than I thought I would checking tire air pressure and auto fluid levels. This weekend it was brakes repair. I'm no mechanic, but I can watch the youtubes, and I do like saving money. 

 

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on the trails. then weights. I haven't been good about documenting weightlifting here. i should get back to that. 

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on the trails. then weights. 

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4 on the trails. then weights

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uninspired 4 on the trails at noon. 

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1 on the trails. rolled my ankle pretty good about a quarter mile deep, so I decided to go out on the 3.5 mile hood route, running the sidewalks. 

Then weights with tommy. But I should have been icing this ankle. I'm limping now. 

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4 more on the trails. after strapping a bag of frozen broccoli to my ankle a couple of times yesterday, the ankle seems to be okay. 

then weights with Tommy

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Weights with Tommy. 

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4 on the trails. then weights. 

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