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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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7 on the trails. 8:15 am start. It's still summer. First time on the trails since I was bit by a dog Friday. Anyhow, this guy I see out there - sometimes he's running, sometimes he's walking while dragging a tire, always shirtless, with a heart rate monitor, and lots of hair product. Well, he's got a friend with him today. For the most part, they are going in the opposite direction as me. (I go on a backwards loop every 4th lap, so I can keep count.) So this one time we passed each other (while they were walking, BTW), he says to his friend "We better get going. The old guy is getting faster." I yelled out "Hey, what the crap, man?!" Then he said something, but I was too far away to hear it. It's not like me and this guy are buds. Saying "good morning" to each other a couple of times is about the extent of our relationship. 

Then I got to thinking of what was the most "old guy runner" thing I could say to this guy - "Back in my day, we didn't have any of your moisture wicking attire! Nah! We wore terry cloth - bath towel material - and we didn't complain when we got full body chafe from running! And we raced in converse all stars. You could get low tops or high tops. That was it - none of this fly vaporzoom nonsense."

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5.5 miles. hood route. then 3 miles on the trails. better weather. 67 deg., 68% hum., 56 d.p.

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1 on the trails. Then I got dizzy and freaked out so I stopped. Turns out I was just really dehydrated. 

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4 on the trails to chickety check my self. All is back to normal. 

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4 on the trails at 3 pm. 

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10.45 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. 4 miles in - stopped at the bathroom (the extra .25 miles). I started at 8:30. Late start because the greatest sports movie of all time was on TBS. and I had to stay to the end. Uncle Drew. 

I took your team. I took your girl. And now, I'm gonna take your HORT!

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