Bret

April 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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Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM - easy 4 miles very early before flying up to Atlanta for work.  

PM - another 8 miles in Atlanta. Headed out after work to the Greenway - and on the way the weather took a turn for the worst - starting with hail and then these really loud sirens started blaring which I figured out were for a tornado warning. As I neared 4 miles I took a turn on the trail because it was turning dark and the rain was getting harder. I ended up at a shelter for restrooms which was fortunate as the lightning was pretty severe. I waited there for about 10-15 minutes and then headed back in a much lighter rain. Bit scary. The run back to the hotel left my shoes completely soaked - which was good news because it meant that I had to head over to the Big Peach running store to replace the long overdue Gel Nimbuses so that I would have dry shoes in the morning.

Comments
From Rob Murphy on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 19:58:18 from 24.10.249.165

I'm glad you made it out alive.

New running shoes are always special!

From dugco on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 20:21:23 from 68.35.221.180

Bret - there's these things called televisions. Purt near every fancy hotel has one, and there's this one station that does nothin but show the weather - amazing! Glad you made it "home" safely.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 20:24:39 from 24.10.249.165

Doug - I'm always telling my runners that very thing when they show up for practice in January in shorts and a t-shirt. And they all have smart phones too.

From Bret on Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 06:16:11 from 96.45.118.12

Yep - I will be more attentive to checking on the weather before I head out again.

The point of the story was that I got new running shoes. :)

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