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Dallas White Rock Half Marathon

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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:

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Race: Dallas White Rock Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:33:35, Place overall: 206, Place in age division: 24
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.0012.1013.10

I haven't race a 1/2 marathon since January, so I was kind of looking forward to today's 1/2 marathon in Dallas. I'd been training  a little bit in the past few months, but my longest run since July has been 10 miles (the day before Thanksgiving). So, I had no real expectations on time. I was going to run by feel.

I stayed with a friend of mine in Dallas last night. We stayed at a fancy-schmancy Fairmont (why is it that cheap hotels have free internet, but fancy hotels charge $15 -- what's up with that :) I fell asleep watchin Nebraska and OU football, but was awakend at about midnight by the guys next door -- loud music, call to front desk, knock on door, music stopped, guys must have gone out to a different bar). I think I managed a few more hours of resless sleep.

Up at 5:15 -- over to Fair Park by 6:30 for the 8AM start.

This is a new venue for the event this year - it used to be in the American Airlines Center, this year it was moved to Fair Park (where the Texas State Fair is held)  Lots of people complained about parking and traffic, but I got there early, so I didn't see it.

I looked for my buddies Darin and Dave who were planning to run about the same pace as me, but never found them before the gun went off.

The weather was almost ideal. 38F, 10MPH N wind, clear skies. I wore hat, gloves, long-sleeve tech, and my optic vest, and shorts. Maybe a little over-dressed. I was wearing my Speedstars that I bought at the Boston 2008 expo (I really like those shoes for some reason).

As is usually the case when I run by feel, I ran the first mile a little fast for me, and slowed up a little bit -- I wanted to be able to finish all 13.1 miles. The whole race felt good, though I made a quick pitstop at around mile 8 that cost me about 45 seconds.

Darin and Dave passed me while I was drinking some water at about mile 11. I caught up to Darin and ran with him for a little while. Dave was about 50 yards ahead of us, so I caught up to Dave and tried to hang on his shoulder, but he spead up a little. We ended up finished within 5 seconds of each other (gun time). We all PRed! It's great to be running with 2 guys that are at my pace--and we're all getting faster, by pushing eachother.

After today's race, sub 1:30 doesn't seem too far out of the realm of possibilites---especially if I can put in more quality/quantity training.

I'll post my splits later (I'm too lazy watching football right now to get up and get my Garmin ::)

6:44, 6:54, 6:48,7:00,6:57,7:10,7:20,8:13 (pit stop),7:36,6:49,6:59,7:06,6:48, (last .1 mile 6:36)

Weight: 195.00
Comments
From Smooth on Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 23:25:29 from 67.2.111.170

WOW!!! CONGRATULATIONS Marc on a mighty fine performance! That is an AWESOME PR! I am so happy for you! You are a real SPEEDSTAR!!! :) :) :)

Kudos to Darin & Dave as well! Always nice to have running buddies to help push each other to a GREAT PR finish!

I am super happy that you are BACK! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

From DonGardinero on Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 23:35:18 from 70.6.7.13

Well done Marc!!! Awesome pr!!!

From Tom on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 11:01:13 from 137.65.56.16

Congrats on the PR! Looks like 1:30 is well withing reach.

From Andy on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 11:50:58 from 159.212.71.173

Great job on the PR. Sounds like your body just needed a little recovery time.

From timp on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 12:27:41 from 136.182.2.25

Great job on the PR yesterday Marc! Getting faster sure is a nice feeling.

What's up next?

From Kathie on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 20:59:45 from 63.248.105.188

Nice race! Congrats on the PR!!!!

From MarcE on Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 23:25:52 from 204.16.82.120

Thanks all for the kind remarks. I'm a bit sore today -- I almost feel like I ran a full marathon yesterday. Tight right calf, sore left achilles. Just normal pains for me. I'll be back to running in a day or two.

It's time to start ramping up for Cowtown (End of Feb) where I'll be pacing the 3:40 group for the 3rd straight year. There are a couple half marathons in January that I'll probably run. Gotta eat smart and stay fit through Christmas -- and all the treats that entails.

From Huans32 on Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 08:42:55 from 138.64.8.53

Awesome job Bro. PR oh yeah!!!! That is great man. Your knocking on that 1:30 too. And you did it by running by feel awesome.

From Rhett on Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 11:59:39 from 74.41.249.102

Amazing that you PR'd considering you time off from running. Great job! With a few more miles under your belt a sub 1:30 is definitely doable.

From Doone on Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 13:27:28 from 216.67.218.76

Congrats on the race. I kind of took a blog break and it is nice to see that you are running again- and fast!! Have a great holiday season with your family.

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