Bret

April 25, 2024

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Location:

Milton,GA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 27, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR's -

Mile - 4:38 (High School)

2 Mile - 10:12 (High School)

3 mile - 15:51 (High School)

10k - 35:19 (High School)

Marathon - 2:59 marathon (London -2013)

Half marathon - 1:25:18 (Deseret News 2013)

Completed all 6 of the World Marathon Majors 2024

Completed each of the 5 majors (NY, Chicago, Boston, London & Berlin) at least twice.

8 x Boston Marathon (1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2020 (virtual due to covid) 2021, 2022)

13 x NYC Marathon (1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to enjoy running and racing as long as my body permits me.

Personal:

Old guy - (grandfather even) been running for 40+ years.

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Miles:	This week:	25.50	Month:	129.50	Year:	522.55

Wed, Mar 25, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	3.50	0.00	8.50

PM - I did a workout today. Pleased with it. Did not really plan to start doing any workouts for another week or so, but on my way to the gym, the thought of running steady aerobic miles was not very motivating - so I decided to run some 800's and see how I felt. 2 mile warm up then 7 x 800 at what eventually averaged to just under 3:00 per rep. I did a 400 rest at around 10 min pace. I started out cautiously at 3:15 and then 3:05/6 and then just decided I felt as though I could run 2:56/7 the rest of the reps. I had no set quantity in mind. Just decided after the 7th one, that it was probably enough volume and stress for the day. Cooled down for a mile after.

Comments

From Drew on Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 17:37:34 from 24.92.19.68

Wow, nice workout Bret!

800s are a good interval distance - you can't really fake them, especially when you're dropping the pace.

From Bret on Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 18:25:17 from 99.1.220.106

Thanks Drew. Just happy to be doing a workout after such a long time. Pleased though to see where I am.

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