Bret

April 19, 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:	26.50	Month:	93.00	Year:	486.05

Sun, Oct 12, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
22.20	4.00	0.00	0.00	26.20

Chicago Marathon - Not sure I should call this a race report - because it did it as training workout ....

Got an invitation from Richie on Thursday to run under an alias - his friend had to bail for the Chicago Marathon and offered me his race number -

Richie was planning to use this as a workout for NYC and to help pace our friend Justin to a sub 3:30.

So this was really a bit "last minute" - but I was able to used frequent flier miles and bunk with Richie and Justin. So I flew up last night.

Plan was to run 8 min pace with Justin for 16 then drop to 4 miles at MP - fast finish. Richie was going to hang with us until 12 then do 6 at MP then another 4 at MP +. Really a nice day - great event. Everything went as planned more or less. We paced Justin really well. Richie took off at 12 and planned to reconnect at 22 to pace Justin in. I paced Justin for the next 4 miles through 16 and then did the next 4 miles at just over 7 min pace. I eased up and waited a bit for Justin until mile 22 where I hoped to see Richie. But with no sign of Richie or Justin - I decided to "cool down" for a few miles. And then, when I got to 24 I figured I might as well finish. Got a little excited and ran the last mile at MP. Ran 3:28:36.

Comments

From Jason D on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 15:02:31 from 68.80.27.222

Good run! Feeling squirrely at mile 25 is a good sign. Doesn't matter the pace. Running 25 miles is a long way to run. Which of course is obvious to a non-runner, but every time I go for a long run, I think "what am I doing?" :-)

From Jake K on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 15:28:19 from 199.190.170.24

Nice run Bret.

I assume you've raced Chicago in the past?

From Bret on Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 18:40:31 from 99.1.220.106

Jason - I quite frequently ask myself that question - and then I quickly say to myself "because this is what I love to do."

Jake - yes, I have indeed raced at Chicago before. By far one of my favorites. Great city, ideal start/finish in the same area - within walking distance to hotels, and great restaurants/and people to connect with before and after. I really had a great time. Hope you recovered well enough to enjoy the after-race festivities.

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