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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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Tue, Jun 23, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.002.004.00

Met at 7:15 AM with Darin, Eric, and Jo.

Was supposed to be 3 x 1 mile repeats. Not sure why, but after the first mile, I was barely able to finish the 2nd two. HR seemed a little high for most of the day. Possibly dehydrated? Coming down with something? Maybe time for another rest day?

1 mile jog: 8:36

6:29, 7:11, 8:30? (forgot to start watch)

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 21:08:36 from 67.177.20.13

Hope you are not getting sick and that you have been downing the fluids all day.

Also, cool to see Jo running with you again. Hopefully that means her knee (can't remember for sure, was that the injured part) is feeling better.

Laters! :)

From timp on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 21:28:18 from 66.167.50.108

bad day - write it off and hit it tomorrow. no problem MarcE

From MrsFIT on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 22:37:54 from 24.2.68.35

I had one of those myself, let's BOTH move on!!!

From Kathie on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 23:51:40 from 207.155.176.10

We all have ups and downs. Lets just hope for more ups than downs!

From Huans32 on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:38:21 from 138.64.2.76

Oh does this mean you slowing down some?? Ok ok lets find a race so I can maybe beat you now.:)JK Great job on the repeats. Its probabably just a bad day. Rest up and hit it again tomorrow.

From Kelli on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 17:56:26 from 71.219.76.64

Maybe because it is hot!

From MarcE on Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 19:02:39 from 136.182.2.26

Kelli...why didn't I think of that? :) Yes it is hot, but it was only 82 degrees...that's not to bad.

Hauns32 - Now's your chance. I don't feel like racing any 5Ks anytime soon. I'll be back.

Yes, it must have been a bad day. We'll see what Thursday morning holds for the hill workout.

From Rhett on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 14:17:52 from 170.215.58.122

So what was the target goal for those mile repeats? That first one seemed a bit fast. That is probably why the others were tough. When I'm doing mile repeats I find it important that the first one feels comfortable to be able to maintain that same pace for each one.

From timp on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 14:43:08 from 129.188.33.26

That 6:29 pace is a bit fast but not by much. Mcmillan puts you in around mid 6:30s to mid 6:40s for mile repeats.

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