The Long Run

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Location:

FL,

Member Since:

Mar 20, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

1 mile : 5:43 (3/2017)
5K : 18:34 (12/2011)
5 mile : 32:03 (5/2010)
10K : 39:29 (11/2013)
11K: 46:47 (July 2008)
Half Marathon : 1:26:47 (11/2012)
Marathon : 3:06:34 (02/2010)
50K Trail: 4:34 (01/2012)
50 Mile: 8:34:48 (4/2012)
100K: 11:06 (2/2012)
100 Mile: 24:19:44 (1/2022)

Marathons:

Treasure Coast Marathon (FL) - 3:39:51, Mar 2021
Towpath Marathon (OH) - 3:35:26, Oct 2019
Jacksonville Marathon - 3:31:10, Dec 2018
NYC Marathon - 3:49:12, Nov 2017
Marine Corps Marathon - 3:27:00, Oct 2016
Utah Valley - Jun 2016
Marine Corps Marathon - 3:28:12, Oct 2015
Pocatello Marathon (ID) - 3:32:25, Sept 2015
Chasing The Unicorn (PA) - 3:31:20, Aug 2015
Run for The Red (Poconos) - 3:30:40, May 2015
Boston - 3:24:42, Apr 2015
Clearwater - 3:27:04, Jan 2015
Clearwater - 3:16:17, Jan 2014
Boston - 3:27:00, Apr 2011
DesNews - 3:10:57, Jul 2010
Gasparilla - 3:06:34, Feb 2010
Space Coast - 3:11:29, Nov 2009
Estes Park (7500' and up) - 3:52:19, Jun 2009
Boston - 3:17:22, Apr 2009
Niagara Falls - 3:19:21, Oct 2008
San Diego RnR - 3:24:18, Jun 2008
Jacksonville Marathon -3:21:24, Dec 2007
Chicago Marathon - 3:35:08, Oct 2007
Disney Marathon - 3:52:34, Jan 2007

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 40:00 10K~~
2:59 Marathon
1:25 Half Marathon
18:30 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Maintain my health and continuously seek to improve my fitness. Maybe someday get under 3:00 for marathon. More importantly, I'd like to figure out what my maximum ability is and reach that.

I'd also like to find the right balance in life and use running to enhance and improve myself.

Personal:

Dad of three (welcome Charlotte Dani on 8/10/20) awesome kids and stepdad to three almost as awesome as my own kids.

I have a brown dog named Stella, and three cats - Catty, Tortie, and Esperanza.

(old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life started out rough but now has a better home.

I've recently started another blog so I can easily add lots of pictures and so other non-FRB users can leave comments:

Forward Progress!

Also, for 2012 I started a blog to write down each day one thing that I am grateful for

Grateful Blog

Love living in Florida but love to travel and see the country and rest of the world.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	70.01	Year:	424.86
Brooks T7 Lifetime Miles:						202.78
Brooks ST5 Lifetime Miles:						403.91
GoMeb Speed3 Lifetime Miles:						483.77
Brooks Pure Flow Lifetime Miles:						160.60
Brooks Launch(lobster) Lifetime Miles:						782.98
GoMeb Razor Lifetime Miles:						468.00

Mon, Oct 29, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.64	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.64

Dogs woke me up a little bit earlier than the alarm clock was supposed to go off. So, instead of trying to ignore them for another 15 minutes and stay in bed, I decided it was easier just to get up. Let them outside, fed them, then headed to the Y.

Warmed up on the bike inside for 10 minutes, then some light stretching. Headed outside, pretty nice morning for a run. First mile was slow - 9:52, next mile was one minute faster, then I started feeling loosened up. Tried not to look at the garmin much, just looked whenever the next mile beeped to see what I had just done. Two miles in a row were the exact same pace - 8:02.

I just noticed that this is the first Monday I have run this month.

Average pace: 8:12

Yesterday, I signed up for the Jacksonville Marathon on Dec. 16, so now it is real and the clock is ticking again.

Asics (I need to go back and add this up)

Comments

From Lyman on Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 17:38:35

Congrats on signing up for Jacksonville Marathon. It looks like you are at the tail end of your recovery from Chicago...just in time to start tappering for Jacksonville.

From Mark on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:42:30

I've been feeling pretty well recovered so far. I figure I've got about a month of training that I can do before I have to taper again. It's not a lot of time but hopefully I don't need much time.

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:47:44

Good work! What exactly is the Y? We have our own Y here in Provo. It is a big letter on a mountain. There is a trail that leads up to it, and running there is quite a workout. About 20% grade average for a mile. Anybody who has been able to run all the way has always been able to run at least 18:40 in a 5 K, and slower runners had to walk some portions, so I figure the effort of running on that trail is at the very least a 6:00 mile.

From Mark on Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 09:05:23

Ahhh, the Y. It's nothing fancy, it's just the YMCA close by my house. It is next to several neighborhoods which are good for running through. Sometimes I meet up with other people there from the running group. There are some good trails for running around here but are very flat. I'd like to try the Provo Y sometime, it sounds very challenging.

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