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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 
15 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

15. 3:41:35 (8:27 pace) 5-2-26 La Crosse WI 

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Other: 

Logged (on computer) 24,901 miles (circumference of the earth) in 5,744 days (11/20/25)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2026 GOALS:

to stop being a chicken, and run a race

La Crosse WI Marathon. May 2, 2026 - 3:41:35

Greenbrier River Trail Marathon WV. October 4, 2026

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, 19, and 20. And as of January 18, 2025, one grandson. 

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: 15.10 Month: 63.95 Year: 976.70
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55.650.0055.65
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6.800.006.80

Venetian Waterway Park. Noon start. 87 deg., 74% hum., 77 d.p. 

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8.100.008.10

Venetian Waterway Park. 5:45 am start. 81 deg., 88% hum., 77 d.p. I am having a hard time figuring out when to run in this summer weather pattern. Yesterday there were 10 straight hours of the day where it was "feels like" 99 degrees. I have been running in Florida summers for a long time, but this year feels more difficult, and fairly dangerous. I started today before dawn. But that is when the humidity and dew point are the worst. It's not a better answer, just different. 

0.9 up, 2 @ 15:16, 1 easy (+ 0.65 out and back, desperately sprinting to an emergency bathroom stop, where I barely made it), 2 @ 17:32, 0.9 down. 

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8.300.008.30

1.65 mile North Bridge Loop, then 5 miles on the West Venetian Waterway Park. Then 1.65 mile North Bridge Loop. 8 am start. 90 deg., 83% hum., 76 d.p. No breeze for the first 3 miles. Slight breeze after that. I'm just trying to survive these runs right now. I pushed the pace on the uphills, but the rest of the run was slow pace. We are supposed to get some slight relief on Thursday. 

 

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7.700.007.70

Venetian Waterway Park. 7 am start. 77 deg., 89% hum., 73 d.p. What a difference the temperature change made! I was starting to think I was doomed to run in Mother Nature's flatulence for the next 3 months. I have put on wet shoes for the last week. Yesterday, I wrung out my socks after the run, and made a puddle. Today, I could not. I just have to continue taking what the day gives me.  

1.8 up with bathroom stop (my usual up x2, because I really wanted to make sure I wouldn't have another emergency bathroom stop, like Monday. Those moments can leave you with PTSD), 2 @ 14:43, 1 easy, 2 @ 14:27, 0.9 down. 

I'm super psyched about this run. 

 

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5.000.005.00

8 am start. 2 to the boys and girls club track. 400m easy. 400m in 1:24. 400m easy. 400m in 1:28. 2 miles home. I was planning on 4x400m, but there is a group of  people with cognitive disabilities that are in a school in the building near the track. They were guided to the track in the middle of the second rep. So I was kind of slaloming through these folks on the second 400m. So I decided to go home. I've been running on this track for about 15 years. This was a first. I think Track Thursdays are going to replace the 100m+ grass sprint Thrusdays, at least for a while. I can't run in the woods with no breeeze right now. I'll get back there someday, I guess. 

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3.500.003.50

hood route at noon.

PM: 4 games of pickleball with my brother and some friends from the 1990's. My brother has really got into pickleballs lately, and he is looking to make this our thing. I'm not really feeling it. But I do like hanging out with these people.  

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16.250.0016.25

16.25 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge and back. I really struggled on the way back.

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