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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asic Nimbus 8 Lifetime Miles:						502.00
VFF Trek Lifetime Miles:						98.10
Kohls Asics Lifetime Miles:						234.74
Asic Trailshoes Lifetime Miles:						82.36
Nike Air Lifetime Miles:						10.00
Saucony Lifetime Miles:						508.16
Brooks Ravena Lifetime Miles:						117.75
Asic (orange) Lifetime Miles:						83.75

Tue, Mar 31, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.34	4.00	10.34

Got my new Asic Speedstars in the mail yesterday. Time to break them in for Boston. Ran what I thought was going to be and easy 6 miler at lunch w/ Darin. It was another windy day, so when the wind was behind us, we cruised.

splits: 7:46, 8:03,7:46,7:38,7:26,6:32

AP: 7:31

HR: 143,143,138,141,150,163

Gotta love new shoes!!!

Decided to run another 4+ miles after work with Tom. AP: 9:40

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 10.34

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kelli on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 13:59:55 from 71.219.100.181

GREAT SPEEDY RUN!!!!

How is the weather there, aside from the wind?

From rhett on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 15:38:19 from 170.215.58.122

Great job Marc! I got my new Boston shoes on Friday and am waiting for the right run to try them out. I'll probably use them for my tempo run tomorrow and then at the 1/2 marathon on Fri, then just 1 or 2 times more before Boston. I like racing in them when they are pretty much brand new.

From Smooth on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 15:54:07 from 71.36.65.79

Sounds like a nice day to take Speedstars and Darin for a spin. What color are they? Does it match your Adidas wardrobe?

From timp on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 21:06:00 from 136.182.2.26

love me some new shoes

From MarcE on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 22:04:00 from 206.225.68.10

Hey Kelli - it was a little chilly today..I think it was 60 at lunch time, and about 65 after work. That's actually just about perfect for a training run, and a little warm for a race. Gotta love Texas weather..for these couple weeks of the year. The summer months (which I believe start in April) make it a little more difficult to get in the long miles--at least not during the daylight hours! :)

Rhett - I'm with you. I wore my new Speedstars all day today, to get them to conform to my foot. I'll probably run in them one or two more times, then put them in my bag for Boston. Last year I ran in a pair that I bought at the Expo on Sunday -- even though I walked around in them for about a day, they weren't quite race-ready come Monday morning. My feet weren't very happy around mile 17.

Smooth-it was a great day for running. (Tom was looking for someone to run with, and I took a peek at the "Mileage Board" and decided to add a few more miles to put me on top for another day :) My mileage is pretty pathetic compared to some of those guys up there..look at Sasha's totals. He averaged over 100 miles per week last year!!!!!! (and I only ran 18 miles last weeek). I'm pretty sporadic and squeeze in my miles whenever I find the time.

Yep..love those new Bright Yellow Speedstars. Smooth, they're not racing flats, but I'd call them light-weight, semi-cushioned, racers. Compared to my Nimbus's, they're very lightweight. They work for me.

From Kelli on Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 23:40:16 from 71.219.100.181

That is perfect running weather for right now. I will be momentarily jealous! We get more snow tomorrow.

From Kathie on Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 12:51:49 from 207.155.176.10

got to love new shoes! I did the same thing at TOU this year and had a great blister to show for it. Funny thing is it didn't hurt during the race, or maybe I am just so tuff I didn't notice it. :-)

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