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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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Miles:This week: 7.00 Month: 23.00 Year: 239.50
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9.500.009.50

5.5 miles. hood route. 

PM: 0.5 mile up. 10 X 0.15 hill (bridge) sprints, jog downhill recoveries. 0.5 mile down. At North Bridge. 

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Noon time miles. 4 on the trails. 3.5 miles hood route. 1 on the trails. The rain held off until 5 minutes after I finished running. I appreciated the overcast conditions. 

Pop is 82 today. I went down to see him before my run. He was scraping the weeds out of the control joints of his driveway. He always has to be working on a project, I guess. That's what makes him happy. Why not scrape weeds out of the driveway for your birthday? 

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Noontime "tempo?" 10.2 Miles Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. 72 deg., 41% hum!, 48 d.p.! Camelbak. 1:20:56. 7:56 pace. 

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7.750.007.75

7.75 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail, over the SWOM Bridge and back. Stellar weather! 63 deg., 46% Hum., 41 d.p. 1:11:44 - 9:15 pace. 

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5 PM: at track. 1.5 up. (10) x 800m w/ 400m recoveries. Recoveries run first. 1.5 down. 3:17, 3:18, 3:17, 3:17, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 3:19, 3:14, 3:15. (3:16 average. better than expected. That's 3 seconds average better than last week.) 75 deg. 48% hum., 55 d.p. Full sun. There was a headwind at the start / finish. The headwind in last 100 meters of rep #6 really discouraged me. I had to dig pretty deep not to bail on the workout, and I'm glad I finished. The cool down run was not nearly as smooth as last week. 

I had the track to myself for every lap. They filled 1 of the 3 (4" wide) ruts that cross the track as the repair process is on-going. 

1 month to race day. I know people like to use these runs as a marathon predictor tool. But a 3:16 marathon just seems so far out of reach. Oh well, I've got a month to figure this out. 

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20.75 miles. 3:28:23. 10:03 pace. Hood route to legacy trail over circus bridge to caspersen beach and back. 80 deg. 75% hum, 71 d.p. I looked like I was swimming at halfway. I'm not happy about the pace, but happy I could finish the run. 

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