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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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8 on the trails on a fantastic overcast morning. I did a ton of yardwork yesterday. 

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yikes. 

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10.2 Miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 7 am start. Decent weather. 

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6.151.257.40

7:15 am start. 1.9 up - hood route + around the block. Then pit stop with home field advantage. Then (5) x 400M repeats, with 0.15 mile active recovery (around the block repeats) 1:27, 1:31, 1:29, 1:31, 1:30. Then 3.5 down. Hood route.

I used to have this measured as quarter mile repeats. I have recently re-measured the route, and marked it clearly with 100M increments (which is cool, because I can now check my pace, as I go.). I plan on getting the neighborhood kids to race parts of this route someday. 

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10.2 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail to Colonia and back. 7:15 am start. 80 degrees. I came home soaked. 

I spent the day listening to John Prine yesterday. What a loss. It never occurred to me how many of that man's songs were about his own mortality. I can't think of too many song writers that can make you laugh in one lyric and cry in the next. You see that from one song to next in other writers, but not usually in the same song. 

I was a big Cowboy Junkies fan in the early 90's. I saw them in concert in Tampa in 92? John Prine was the opening act. They did "If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man" together. That song was our first dance when spouse and I got married in 1994. (also, mickey and mallory's song in the movie natural born killers, but it was ours first.)

So, kind of a solemn day yesterday. Stupid Virus. 

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4 on the trails. low humidity, which makes it wonderful.

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