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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	138.75	Year:	531.80

Sat, May 28, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
16.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.00

AM - got up dark and early to beat the heat - without too much success as it was 78 degrees at 4:45 am with 80% humidity. Did 4 four mile loops that went by my house each lap so that I could get some fluids. Around the beginning of the third lap my shoes were completely soaked with sweat - so I squished the rest of the way. Little tough heading back out to the succeeding laps as I got my drinks in my driveway (would have been easier to just go inside) but I think it was a good mental toughness exercise in the end. Run was not great but wasn't terrible either. Solid week of training.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 12:34:51 from 24.10.248.6

Still, a good idea. At Deseret News it is quite possible that it will be close to 70 at the start and as high as 80 at the finish. Of course the humidity is very low which helps. If you get acclimated to doing long runs in the heat/humidity the heat minus the humidity here will feel pretty good.

From Bret on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 16:13:57 from 96.243.187.166

Yup. Ok I am in. Registered this afternoon. Also, coincidentally reading your blog it seems we are at the same weight - I race better at 142 and weighed in yesterday at 148. Need to drop a few lbs before the end of the training period.

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