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  (old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose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

 

Favorite Blogs:

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Miles:This week: 20.88 Month: 54.08 Year: 342.30
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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.072.006.000.000.000.000.0011.07

 

Goal for this morning was 7 miles @ 6:36 pace plus warm up and cool down. 

I was supposed to meet Raj at 6:00 by the neighborhood gate, but he sent me a text saying he couldn't make it, so I slept in until 6:00.  I could hear the wind blowing pretty hard outside.  Got myself ready, headed outside and immediately walked back in the door and put on a hat.  Stepped outside again and immediately turned around, went inside and put on some gloves.  Although it was 45 degrees outside which isn't so bad, the wind was just cutting right through me.

Well, have to start the run eventually, so finally got moving.  Warmed up with two easy miles, 9 something for the first mile then 8:45ish the next mile.  Thinking to myself now how can I expect to run 6:36 miles in this wind?  On top of that I wasn't feeling so well.  Shin was fine today and so was the hamstring, but I had a heaviness in my chest.

Started the tempo portion, heading north on Starkey Blvd. Wind was from the North-NorthWest at 14-20 mph.   It didn't feel good.  I stopped after .4 miles and thought about scrapping it.  But I still had to do the miles and there was no guarantee that tomorrow would be any better, so I put it out of my head and quickly started again.

First mile was nearly on pace, second I had slipped a few seconds.  The third mile was the slowest at 6:57.  At mile 3 I turned right onto a side street and my pace immediately picked up.  The wind had been a huge part of the problem.  Turned around after another 1/2 mile and was back in the wind again, but knew if I held on for another half mile, I'd make my turn, and be heading south down Starkey Blvd with the wind at my back.

And that is what happened! Last 3 miles were 6:33, 6:36, and 6:15.  I finally felt good, like a completely different person than the one that started the run.

Splits recap: 6:37, 6:42, 6:57, 6:43, 6:33, 6:36, 6:15

Average tempo run pace, just under 6:38 

Two mile return trip back home with the first one at 8:30ish and the last mile at 7:07

Average pace: 7:16

 

PM - did 14 minute yoga routine on Wii Fit, not much but better than nothing.

Brooks Launch Miles: 11.07
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 14:40:51 from 24.8.167.243

Awesome tempo run! You get extra points for running into the wind.

From Mike on Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 15:03:27 from 173.171.124.9

Dude... you are ready to kill this one...

Jose Gaspar doesn't have a chance against you in this race, your training has been going great.

Hope to see you soon. My achillies was worse than originally anticipated, but I'll be back.

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