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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: 21.75 Month: 111.20 Year: 380.05
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
64.204.007.000.0075.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.204.000.000.0026.20

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.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

PM - easy 7.5 miles on the golf course after work. Legs did not feel too bad. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

PM - 7 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.  Kept it aerobic - so it wasn't hard, but I felt a bit flat. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM - 6 easy miles on the golf course after work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM - 10 miles easy on the treadmill at lunchtime.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.007.000.0014.00

PM - grinder workout.  12 x 800 alternating 3:10 / 4:10 pace per segment followed by 1 x mile at 6:05 pace.  Just a mile warm up and really no cool down.  Solid effort.  Tuckered out now.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM - Riley was home for the weekend - so a light easy run and conversation with her on the Milton Trail was in order.  Beautiful morning.  Legs felt fine after yesterday's workout. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
64.204.007.000.0075.20
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