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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  (old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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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Race: Clearwater Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:16:17, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.360.000.000.000.000.0026.36

3:16:21(gun, chip was 3:16:17), 6th overall, 4th male.

Ran the Clearwater marathon today, my 12th marathon after nearly 3 years of not running one. Wasn't sure exactly what to expect, but the weather was good and I was injury free. Started out a bit fast (in retrospect, but not so fast as it was out of my goal range) - first two miles were 7:12 and 7:05 (downhill on a bridge), next two miles were 7:30's (on a section that I usually slow down on when running the half). Next 12 miles were all under 7:30 (between 7:10 and 7:24).

I was following a guy through Sand Key park wearing an IronMan t-shirt who made me realize I was getting sloppy with the tangents. I ended up passing him finally about mile 8. When I passed him, I seemed to pick it up a bit. I hadn't been feeling strong before that but decided to just go a little faster and see what happened. Just before mile 10 was the Strider manned aid station who gave me the best cheer ever. After passing IronMan, I did not see a single runner until almost mile 14 when crossing the Park Blvd bridge back to the mainland. It was great to see the Cynthia support crew at mile 13 - Renee and Jorge.
Between the bridge and the Pinellas Trail (miles 14-17) I was running pretty strong and feeling good. Unfortunately, at about mile 17 I started getting my first leg cramps, left calf which started getting worse, almost halting me a few times, so I eased back a bit. Once I did that I was passed by three people. There was a man and a woman that I thought were running together (but later found they were not), and some guy without a shirt. Now and then I'd start to pick it up and the man and woman would seem closer but then disappear.


I had a few miles which were just under 8:00 and did my best not to slip despite the cramping.
Finally, with about a half mile to go I passed the guy who was running with the woman, but by this time he was alone. Coming up the base of the Clearwater bridge and then down the helix, I picked it up to make sure I didn't get passed again, with the final kick at a 6:17 pace.


It felt great to get back out there and go through the highs and lows of running a marathon. I'll blame some of the cramps maybe on running in shoes which were too light and maybe too many miles, but I'm sure most of it was training and just how the day worked out.


I saw several of my friends finish, Cynthia's first marathon, Rob, Stan who got PRs and Joe who cut off about 7 minutes from his last marathon (although I just missed seeing him). Bonus was a 3rd place overall plaque for male finishers (but I think I might need to give it back since looks like I was fourth place, or first masters).

Splits:

  1. 7:12,
  2. 7:05,
  3. 7:30,
  4. 7:30,
  5. 7:22,
  6. 7:24,
  7. 7:18,
  8. 7:21,
  9. 7:17,
  10. 7:18,
  11. 7:23,
  12. 7:23,
  13. 7:10,
  14. 7:14,
  15. 7:12,
  16. 7:21,
  17. 7:35,
  18. 7:33,
  19. 7:38,
  20. 7:44,
  21. 7:55,
  22. 7:36,
  23. 7:54,
  24. 7:42,
  25. 7:41,
  26. 7:30 and 0.27@6:17

(plus there were a few times (3) were I hit the lap button to resync with the mile markers).

The race director advertised the certified length as 26.34, so 26.36 was pretty good as far as tangents go.

Green Silence2 Miles: 26.36
Comments
From jtshad on Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 13:27:17 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on a great race and Master's win! Awesome, looking to have a great running year in 2014!

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