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gasparilla 15k

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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, 18, and 19.

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:	17.50	Month:	51.70	Year:	773.95

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
50.45	11.33	61.78

Weight: 0.00

Sun, Feb 14, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
15.85	0.00	15.85

Fruit cove running. Started in the dark. 6 am. Slow. Low 40"s.

Then church.

then ran the whole thing again with my sister in law. And since she can't stand to finish on uneven numbers, we continued running until we got 8 miles even. 20 degrees warmer for this one.

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Mon, Feb 15, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.80	0.00	4.80

6 pm. Island walk mini bridges. 2.4 miles. Then weight training. Then 2.4 down. 71 degrees. No time to run this morning, before we left Fruit Cove. Just as well, I guess. Maybe I can save my racing for the actual race this time.

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Tue, Feb 16, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
7.50	0.00	7.50

7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back . 5:45 a.m. start. 70 deg. When i started. 65 and foggy when i finished. About an hour or so.

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Wed, Feb 17, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
11.50	2.00	13.50

7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back . 5:45 a.m. start. 60 deg. Super foggy.

6 p.m. At track. With my brother John. 2 up + strides. 800 @ 2:51. 3 min. rest. 400 @ 1:24. 3 min. Rest. 400 @ 1:26. 200 easy. 200 @ :35. 2 down. The lady that wins all the local races was there. It looked like she was teaching a class. I said "see how hard I work, just to lose to you? " she was supposed to run the Gasparilla 15k this weekend, but she says she has been injured for a while. Bummer.

Weight: 0.00

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Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.90	0.00	5.90

5.5 miles. Hood route. 6 a.m. start. Then once around the block once I got home.

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Fri, Feb 19, 2016

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.90	0.00	3.90

3.5 miles. Hood route. 6 a.m. start. Then once around the block.

Weight: 0.00

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Sat, Feb 20, 2016

Race: gasparilla 15k (9.32 Miles) 01:04:37, Place overall: 149, Place in age division: 15

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
1.00	9.33	10.33

Gasparilla 15k. 1:04:37. 6:56 pace. 149th place overall. 15th age group.

Met Mike M and Drew from the blog. Drew is neither a fat man, nor a unicorn.

Had to get up at 3, and met coach at 4, and we hit the road. They would not let me in to get my bib until 6. Race starts at 6:45. How they process that many people that fast is beyond me.

I lined up behind the elites. There were a few words from Bart Yasso, Shalane F., and Meb. (Impressive, I thought). I talked to a woman down on vacation from Ohio. She was shooting for 1:03. I think she got it. She had great pacing. And when she passed me at mile 7, she said some encouraging words. Nice lady.

I ran the second half slower than the first, like i do. I could read a bunch in to this race result in both good and bad directions. Obviously, if I want to run a sub 3 in May, this is not good news. On the other hand, I knocked 14 minutes off my PR for this distance. I'm going to try not to dwell on this either way. Things are moving in the right direction, and that's all that matters right now.

After the race I walked for @ 400 yards, and saw a group of runners standing around talking. I just said "are any of you guys Drew?" So weird that i found him and Mike like that. I mean, I had no idea what they looked like. Glad you guys had a good race. They beat me by a ton! I'll see you guys around.

going for @13 tomorrow. I'm not sore at all, but I'm going to run this one easy.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
50.45	11.33	61.78

Weight: 0.00

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