Bret

March 28, 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: 23.75 Month: 113.20 Year: 382.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM - on the hotel treadmill (had to wait for a turn...) cold and raining outside in Atlanta and I was doing a workout, and did not want to slip out on the roads.  Hated this workout mostly because of the poor condition of the treadmill.  6 x 1000 @ 10k pace.  Hit the first 4 at 6 min pace - last two were at 6:10 - (who knows what the calibration was on the machine) - 2 mile warm up and 1 mile cool down.

Comments
From Bam on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 06:45:48 from 89.126.28.24

The hotel staff must have been terrified: I doubt they often see fat guys banging out 6x1k @ 6 min mile pace; were they on standby with the defibrillator?

:)

Nice workout.

From Bret on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 13:31:32 from 96.45.118.12

They did indeed seem concerned about the lard bouncing along the tready. :)

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 13:34:30 from 163.248.33.220

How can you be fat with almost 600 miles in only 2 months this year. Are you bellying up to the Hungry Heffer Buffet every night?

From Bret on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 14:22:03 from 66.241.33.145

Well - not that much is different about my diet except that I resumed eating red meat a few months ago to help supplement my low iron count. I am 146 lbs - We are perhaps being a bit facetious about being fat - though I am a good 8 lbs heavier than I was in November. I think racing weight for me should be 6-8 lbs lighter.

From Jason D on Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 18:41:43 from 24.1.80.94

Don't know how tall you are, but 146 doesn't exactly sound huge :) Have you noticed any changes in energy levels now that you have resumed red meat in your diet?

From Bret on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 07:56:18 from 216.234.133.229

I am 5'8" Jason. No - that's not huge. I have included iron supplements along with red meat and have had a marked improvement in energy level and recovery.

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