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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  (old lines that were a little out of date but couldn't quite bring myself to removing them completely:) Also, have one wonderful brown dog named Sammy and just added a grey tiger cat (Catty) whose life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: 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
6.660.000.004.000.000.000.0010.66

I was heading to the track this morning and was all prepared with a light to clip onto a hat because the last couple of times it was dark out.  But, today for the first time ever the lights were on because the grass was being cut.  So, I had bright lights shining down making me feel like a rock star!

First warmed up with just over 2 miles of easy running.  Put on my crocs and ran across the grass to get to the track then put my running shoes back on.  Ran one lap around the track slowly to check it out.  Said good morning to the guy cutting the grass.  I was partially stalling, a little nervous about getting started, so I decided it was time to start.

Goal was to do 4 X 1600 @ 6:02

First repeat went well.  On the second repeat I reversed directions which always throws off the garmin.  I'm mainly just using it as a stop watch at this point.  With a ways still to go on the fourth lap it said I had finished a mile (not true) in 5:18, which meant I had 42 seconds to finish.  I ran without looking at the time again and hit the lap button as I finished and it was exactly 42 seconds, so 6:00 for the first and second repeat.

The third repeat was the fastest at 5:57.  After the third one I was excited to only have one more left.  Fourth one was good, too, but when I finished the last lap I didn't quite hit the lap button to record the time at first, but then tried again, so it was off by maybe one second, two at the most, so that one came in at 5:59.

Summary: 6:00, 6:00, 5:57, 5:59

I have one more set of these to do in about a month where the goal will be 4 X 1600 @ 5:54 which I have never done before.

After the track work headed back across the grass then ran easier for a cool down and to get my mileage over 10 for the day.

Average pace: 7:44

Brooks Launch Miles: 10.66
Comments
From Samantha Dean-Howard on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 04:46:29 from 78.32.130.9

Mark great session and its always great when you feel like a rockstar.... you will have to have bright lights before every track session now

keep up the good work and I will try avoid running into any more people LOL

From JimF on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:10:24 from 67.162.67.114

Wow! You were also running like a rockstar. Great workout!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 12:54:26 from 24.8.167.243

Great job! You really nailed that workout.

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