| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Miles: | This week: | 25.50 |
Month: | 129.50 |
Year: | 522.55 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 130.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running - travel late
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| In flight - lost a day going to India
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Solid day of meetings and events with 4 hours of sleep ...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - Bangalore time - easy 5k on the treadmill.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.50 |
| AM - just short of 5k on the treadmill in Bangalore. Heading home in the morning tomorrow.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Zero running. 20 hours of flight time back to the States.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running. Family hosted a cookout for our church.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - about 3 miles on the golf course with the Vibrams. Experimenting with what may result in the least amount of problems with the foot. This actually was pretty good. Minimal post run issues too.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| AM - 3.5 miles with the vibrams on the golf course followed by some indoor rowing. Pleased with how this feels with the foot issue. Actually a little surprised that it is working so well.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM - in Philly today for a meeting. No options for a golf course or turf run - and rain was threatening - so I went to the hotel gym. Started out on the eliptical - but had foot discomfort, so I removed my shoes and continued without really any discomfort. I shifted to the treadmill with just socks on my feet with no shoes and did an easy mile - felt great. Need to figure out if my issue is with my current footwear (Saucony Kinvara) or with shoes in general. More likely the former.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - just about 3 miles on the golf course this morning before work in the Vibrams.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| AM - 3.5 miles in some new vibrams on the golf course (got a blister on one of my feet from the new vibrams).
PM - 5000 meters of indoor rowing and some weights, sit ups and stretching at lunchtime.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| PM - 3 miles in the vibrams on the treadmill.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| PM - 4.5 miles on the golf course (vibrams).
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| AM - 4.5 miles on the golf course. So after a week of running - it appears that I can run with the least amount of discomfort in the foot if I use the vibrams on the turf. Not pain- free, but quite nearly. I tried on 4 different pairs of shoes at the running store and tested them all - ranging from an 8 mm drop to a 4. The less the drop, the better the foot felt. I even tried two Hoka models. So I will continue to stay with what's working.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Was up part of the night with either a stomach bug, or a GI issue with something I ate the night before. No running today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| AM - feeling better this morning but it was raining with lightning outside, so I did 4 miles in the Vibrams on the treadmill. Tried on a pair of Altra's yesterday - for the zero drop - with cushion, but was not feeling like it was a real solution so I did not buy them.
PM - did another 3.5 miles or so on the indoor track at the gym since it is a softer surface - used the vibrams there too.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM - 4 very slow miles on the golf course this morning. Perhaps the second run yesterday sapped my legs a bit. No drive this morning.
PM - lunchtime - ran about 2.5 miles more or less on the indoor track at the gym, but was getting a blister from the new pair of vibrams on the left foot - (which is weird because yesterday, I had no issue with a blister there at all) - and so I shortened what I thought I would run and instead did some indoor rowing followed by some extended foam rolling and stretching.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - 5 miles on the treadmill at the gym - wearing vibrams. Celebrating my 26th wedding anniversary this evening with my bride.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - 5 miles on the treadmill after work. First 2 miles with vibrams and then the next 3 in the Kinvaras. No noticeable change in pain in the foot with the change - but it is easier to run with the cushion of shoes.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM - dog got me up early and I could not get back to sleep - so I went out in the mist/drizzle on the golf course with Finn in the dark. Foot hurt a bit through the night - so I switched back to the vibrams for the run this morning. Very slow. Not painful though. Legs feel a bit fatigued perhaps from increased volume.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| PM - after cutting the grass, I felt as though my foot was warmed up enough that it could tolerate a run on the roads with the Kinvara's. Covered 7 slow miles - probably 2/3rds was on dirt roads or grass. Not a great run but actually not particularly painful to the foot either. Will need to monitor how it feels over the next few hours.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| PM - 4.25 miles on the golf course in the vibrams
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM - 4.25 miles with Finn in the neighborhood. Kinvaras
PM - lunchtime run - warm day just under 4 miles - Kinvaras.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| PM - 6 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| PM - 7.25 miles outdoors at lunch (code Orange smog alert - but I did not notice). Extremely slow pace (never faster than 9 min per mile) but the foot is tolerable. I would much rather run slowly with nearly no discomfort than not run at all, or run faster with pain. I am intentionally running slowly to be controlled (so as to keep from injury) and not to have the effort get beyond aerobic. But it is fairly warm (upper 80s) and my fitness is way down and my weight is up. All fixable with time.
Ran in the Murphy Candler park woods/trail. Reminded me of the Hammock Park in Dunedin (Rob Murphy) except the vegetation is somewhat different (no palmettos or ear tree seed pods with which to fling at others).
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| PM - 4 miles after work
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| PM - 7.25 miles - all on roads. Hot and hilly. Foot was more achy after this one.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| PM - 7 miles on the Milton trail and Summit road.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| PM - 6.25 miles on the treadmill.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| PM - a little over 8 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime. Oddly the treadmill yesterday and today - actually has my foot feeling better than when out on the roads - last week it was the exact opposite. Two good/decent runs in a row - so I will take it.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 130.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 130.00 |
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