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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: 29.50 Month: 133.50 Year: 526.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
77.005.000.000.0082.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM - 3.5 miles in the morning easy.

PM - 6.5 miles on the golf course on a muggy day following morning storms. Did some indoor rowing too. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

AM - 3 miles with Finn in the neighborhood.  I had planned to run a bit further, but we ran into Dan who was out running with his dog, Lucy - actually about to finish up his run - and so we ran together for about a half mile or more - but Dan and his dog were running at a brisk pace - which was fine - but when we parted ways, Finn was out of gas.  I usually run with Finn on the golf course's softer surface and much slower - and because we were on the roads - I wasn't sure if he was tired from the pace or sore from the pavement - so I decided to cut things short and bring him home.  Rare to see Finn out of energy.  Good to catch up with Dan - however brief it was.  We can never seem to sync-up well for training together.  We resolved to make a renewed effort to do so.

 

PM - just time enough to squeeze in 6.5 miles on the treadmill at lunchtime.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.255.000.000.0014.25

AM - 3.25 miles with Finn in the cool dark and wet golf course.  

PM - good lunchtime workout on the treadmill.  5x(Mile@MP, Mile @ MP+1:00).  Short 1 mile warm up and nearly no cool down.  Felt very solid on this alternating between 6:49 and 7:47 pace.  

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.0010.25

PM - lunchtime 10.25 miles.  Actually had planned an easy 8 miles - and headed out on a new route based upon a quick look at a map before I left my office.  Somehow made a wrong turn and ended up slightly panicked as I meandered through some neighborhoods, and concerned I wouldn't find my way back before a meeting with my boss.  So, ended up running a good bit faster than planned - after figuring out where I was.  Note to self: motivation to finish a race quickly ~ pretend you have an important meeting with your supervisor!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

PM - 8 miles easy on the treadmill at lunchtime.  Some mild amusement to me (and another runner on the treadmill next to me) when a young lady came into the gym to the treadmill area, wearing sunglasses.  First had to check her hair in the mirror and then proceeded to walk on the treadmill in front of me - still wearing the sunglasses and alternating between talking on her phone and looking to her right to check her image in the mirror and fix her hair.  The narcissist workout.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM - 3 miles easy on the golf course with Finn before work.

PM - 7 miles outside at lunchtime.  Feeling really low energy levels today.  Probably from the unintended VO2 max effort of 2 days ago when I got lost and needed to be back at my office for an important meeting.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

PM - busy day - 20 miles on the treadmill in the afternoon- finished listening to an audiobook- Ready Player One - very entertaining.  I would give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
77.005.000.000.0082.00
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