| 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)
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* - 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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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 110.94 | 26.62 | 137.56 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 18.00 | 2.00 | 20.00 |
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My first 20 miler since February 2012. Perfect morning for running. 45, light breeze. Took 2 Honey Stingers one at 8 and one at 12. Drank powerade/water every 2 miles or so.
Felt really good at the finish. Feet were a little sore, but not fatigued. Must have been the chicken pot-pie and rice I had for dinner the night before.
AP: 8:30 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 2.30 | 5.30 |
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Lunchtime run w/ Darin. Sunny, 65. A little warm, but finished with the last 3 miles under 7:30/mi.
AP: 8:02
65, Sunny, W8 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 5.20 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Morning run w/ Darin.
AP: 7:50 50F, foggy
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 1.25 | 5.25 |
| Morning run w/ Darin. Was having trouble with HR monitor - HR was reading in the 70s even after 2 mile warmup. At about 2.5 miles, it seemed to register OK. I think I need a new battery. When I stopped to walk, the HR seemed to increase back toward what should have been normal. I'm confused?
40F, N8, sunny AP: 8:10
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 16.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Met John at LGRAW clubhouse at 6:00AM. Put out the Gatorade/Water at the two club's water spots. Then ran 5 miles at 8:30/mi. Then got in the car and drove to Northshore to run trails. I haven't seen the trails since last Fall when we rode them on bikes. Was a nice change of pace (literally). Ran 11 miles at about 11:00/mi pace. I guess it's taper time for Cowtown. 2 weeks until Cowtown - which I hope to finish in under 4:00. We'll see how it goes. My goal race is in April in Boston, where I hope to be at peak fitness. 50F, cloudy, breezy
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Went to the track before dinner. Felt good running on cushioned surface. It was 65 degrees. Ran a few intervals - 800 - 3:10, 400 - 1:32, 200 - :42 -- not my fastest, but felt comfortable.
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 1.25 | 5.25 |
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Ran w/ Darin before work. Walked a little - as Darin's hip was bothering him.
45F, N8, cloudy AP: 8:40
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 3.50 | 5.50 |
| Lunchtime run w/ Darin. 45F, Sunny, W5 AP: 7:48/mi
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 mile lunchtime walk. My health plan gives points for each workout. 2 miles puts me above the calorie threshold to be considered a workout - so I didn't feel like changing into running clothes, but I still get credit for a workout. If I get 5 workouts in one week I get 40 bonus points! Woohoo.. points equate to $$ off my premium, and can be traded in for merchandise. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 4.22 | 5.22 |
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Starting to feel fit again. It's been a long time coming - finally starting to get some of my miles under 8:00/mi. Lunchtime run w/ Darin.
45F, N10, cloudy
8:13, 7:4,7:37, 7:43, 7:17
AP: 7:40
AHR: 140 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 14.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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6:45 AM run w/ Dave at Lake Grapevine. A little excitement on the run today. A fugitive being transported from Florida to Nevada escaped earlier this week near DFW airport. He was hiding out in the area - and early Saturday morning he was shot and killed near the lake - right at the 3 mile point on our 8 mile loop. The police and news crews had the area blocked off, so we had to take a bit of a detour.
The run felt great. My last longish run until Cowtown Marathon next Sunday.
AP: 8:12
30F, calm, sunny |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 5.50 | 5.50 |
| Lunchtime run. AP 7:50 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 2.50 | 4.50 |
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4.5 miles in my new Saucony's. ($29/pair online - we'll see how cheap shoes do)
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 3.10 | 3.10 |
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I had to go to Ft Worth to pick up Sunday's Marathon packet - as Cowtown has some events on Saturday,too - 5K and 10K, I decided to sign up for the 5K. If you complete 2 races - one on Saturday, and one on Sunday you get a special "Cowtown Challenger Medal".
I was just going to run it easy. With no real goal.
I started near the back, so I couldn't help but go slow for the first mile. I chatted with a few people I knew along the way. Once things spread out a bit, I just ran at a pace that felt good.
I ended up with 22:29 (no where close to what I was, but because I'm returning from a knee injury - I'll take it. I had 2 miles under 7:00/mi - which is faster than I've done in probably a year.
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Ft Worth Cowtown Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:39:36, Place in age division: 20 | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 26.20 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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This was my 6th consecutive Cowtown Marathon. As I live close to Ft Worth, I consider this my home course. I always see lots of running friends, and it's quite a weekend. This weekend's weather was nearly perfect (40F, S10-15).
As I'm still on my comeback from a knee injury and overall running "burnout", this was my first run of over 20 miles since last year's Cowtown. As I was not invited back as a pacer, I had no real target for finish time - and no pressure. I just wanted to finish - and I wanted to keep my string of sub-4:00 marathons alive, and hoped to finish around my previous pace group time (3:40).
I started in the second wave, which started about 5 minutes after the first wave. They do this to give the aid stations a chance to restock, and it's actually a pretty good idea. As I powered up my Garmin, I realized I had forgotten my HR monitor in the car. Too late. Going to run by feel today.
I started out a little too fast, and I knew it. At about halfway, I had caught up to the 3:40 pace group - that had started 5 minutes ahead of me - so I was on track for a 3:30 (8:00/mi). I stuck with them for a few miles. Then my feet started hurting too much to hang with them. I wasn't really fatigued, but my feet hadn't gotten used to the pounding - I wore Injinji toe-socks, thinking that would help with my toes rubbing together - but they seemed to be hard on the bottoms of my feet - or could it be the shoes I was wearing had less than 10 miles on them? Possibly. As I didn't have a major goal, and I wasn't too proud to walk a little. I walked/ran the last 7 or 8 miles and finished in 3:39:36. I'll take it.
The weather was perfect. I saw some great friends before, during, and after. I completed the "star" series - which contains 5 medals from the past 5 years - when you put them together they form a nice start. (I will have to post a picture).
This is a very well-run marathon. My only complaint is that the half-marathon finishers tend to make the last mile a little tough, as most of them finishing in more than 3 hours are usually walking in pairs or threes, it's a little tough navigating. I'm sure it is even tougher for the leaders of the marathon. They need to find a way to segregate the half finishers from the marathon/ultra finishers.
Other than that, this is a great marathon, and seems to be getting better each year. Lots of bling, nice shirts, medals, food, beverages, etc... I'll keep coming back
3:39:36
AP: 8:23
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.39 | 0.00 | 2.39 |
| Recovery walk at lunchtime |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.96 | 0.00 | 3.96 |
| Recovery jog. Calves a little tight. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.19 | 0.00 | 3.19 |
| Lunchtime walk |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 110.94 | 26.62 | 137.56 |
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