Bret

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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

Tue, Apr 28, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	9.00

PM - no morning run today - in favor of rest. Did a workout at lunch which I was surprisingly pleased with. 3 x 2 miles at HM pace with 800 rest after a 2 mile warm up. Average pace per mile was between 6:31 and 6:35 on the treadmill. Realistically, that pace is faster than I could hold for a HM at this point - but it felt like I could possibly hold it for 10k. Seem to be having some good days with my workouts - probably because I am spacing them so far apart.

And then there's this from Steve Magness - Stretching is useles. I rarely stretch before and only a little foam rolling after running. http://www.scienceofrunning.com/2009/08/stretching-is-it-useless.html?m=1

Comments

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 17:50:27 from 104.51.208.13

Good article, Bret. My lack of stretching is more a combination of laziness and time constraints but glad to know it was for the best!

Great work on the 3 x 2 as well.

From Bret on Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 07:24:15 from 216.234.133.229

Yeah - likewise - I never liked to stretch before training runs - and would blame it on my lack of time or dedication/commitment. So - now this gives some validation to what may have been intuitive! Sort of like finding out that coffee is good for you when you have been drinking it for years. Stretching may be useless or worse - so no harm in not doing it.

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