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Location:

Springtown,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 02, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Firsts:

  • First marathon - White Rock, Dallas, December 2005 (4:01)
  • First BQ - St George, 2007 (3:20)
  • First Boston - 2008 (3:30)
  • 1st Place Clydesdale - Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon - 4/2007
  • 1st Place Ultracentric 6-Hour Champ 2007 - 38.75 miles
  • 1st Time Leading Pace Group, Cowtown '09 (3:39:41)
  • 1st Place Overall, Porcupine Promenade 5K (20:10) - 4/2011
  • 1st Trail Race. Grasslands Half Marathon. 1st Overall Masters (1:53) - 3/2013
  • Leadville LT100 MTB '16 - on a mountain bike, but the toughest challenge, so far!

Marathons Run (27):

  • Dallas White Rock ('05, '07,'09,'14)
  • Chicago ('06, '08)
  • OK City Memorial ('07)
  • St George ('07,'09,'11)
  • Waco Miracle Match ('07)
  • Ft Worth, Cowtown ('08, '09,'10,'11,'12,'13,'15**)
  • Boston ('08 '09*, '10, '13)
  • Park City ('08)
  • San Antonio Rock 'n Roll ('08)
  • Steamboat ('09)
  • Utah Valley ('10)
  • Houston ('12)

  • * - PR

Ultras (3):

  • Ultracentric 6-Hours ('07 - 38.75 mi)
  • El Scorcho 50K, Ft Worth (('08, '09)

PRs:

  • 5K - 19:27 (6/2008)
  • 10K - 41:49 (5/2008)
  • 15K - 1:04:14 (9/2011)
  • Half Marathon - 1:33:12 (1/2011)
  • Marathon - 3:19:47 (Boston 4/2009)
  • 50K - 4:35:53 (7/2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep injury-free.

2016 Races

Ft Worth Cowtown Half Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be age-group competitive for many years!

Have fun running!

Make some great friends along the way!

Personal:

Married to the same wonderful woman since March 1988. 3 adorable kids.

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Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Race: Cowtown Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:39:51
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.200.0026.20

The Ft Worth Cowtown Marathon has been an annual tradition for me for the past 5 years....

I paced the 3:40 group for the 4th consecutive year, and came in 9 seconds fast. :)

Details to follow as I have time (work is busy). Here's my stats!

 

Saucony Miles: 26.20
Weight: 186.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 07:12:00 from 168.179.157.140

What a great pacer you are! You are just so consistant! Way to go out and have a great race at the Cowtown! I see that Joe's Run 5k is your next up in March? and White Rock is your next marathon in December...cool! Are the boys running Joe's 5k with you?

From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 14:35:48 from 67.79.11.242

Hey MarcE,

Sorry I didn't come by and say hi before the race. I kinda got caught up in the momnets before the race. Looks like you did a great job pacing. I didn't have a very good experience with my pace group :-( I shouldn't blame it on the pacer...I should have just run my own race! Anyway, I lived and learned :-) I really enjoyed the race and hopefully will do it again next year. Thanks for taking your time to be a pacer, I know it's greatly appriciated!!!

From Smooth on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 17:39:44 from 174.27.219.252

9 seconds?!!! I am not surprised!!! WOW!!! You are a PRO!!! CONGRATZ and EXCELLENT JOB as always!!! :) :) :)

Can't wait to read all the details! You're AWESOME! Marc!!! :)

From MarcE on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 21:27:30 from 204.16.82.120

Slick- Thanks! I'm not sure the boys are ready to run 5K, yet. There is a 1 mile fun run coming up near my house (the one I won last year)--we'll look into that one.

IJR - No problem not meeting up. It was a little chilly before the start. I was all alone for a while. I had a pretty good time. I tried to keep the effort consistent by watching my HR. But, it kept increasing with the wind in my face. I really need to work on my report!

Thanks, Smooth!

From DaleG on Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 21:50:50 from 152.216.11.5

Way to go Marc!!! You are always so consistent.

From timp on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:09:54 from 144.188.24.33

very nice Marc!

From Hillbilly Runner on Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 06:30:31 from 207.162.187.86

What a great job Marc way to go!

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