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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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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 26.20VFF Trek Miles: 4.00
Weight: 187.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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I can come up with lots of valid excuses for having my second slowest marathon (out of 20), but the truth is, I just wasn't mentally or physically prepared for today's Cowtown Marathon.

It was good having Tom Slick in town for this event -- he added quite a bit of his "Tom Slick" charm to this event...he'll probably get his picture in the Ft Worth paper with a cigar in his mouth as he crossed the finish line. He never ceases to impress me, as he is so dedicated to his training and his pre-race routine.

I didn't sleep at all last night, and felt a little feverish...but, I decided to give my 3:40 pacing a shot. The temp was 67F and 90% humidity, with S 15-20 MPH wind. I should be able to run in these "local" conditions. I was more worried for Tom Slick.

I was right on schedule up until the 18th mile, when I made an unscheduled pit stop. I handed the "3:40" sign to one of the group, and said I would catch up. I knew, I wouldn't catch up. I was just feeling aweful. I walk-ran the last 7 miles...totally dejected. I guess some days just aren't your day.

It was a little encouraging to see a few people from our pace group after the race..and they thanked me for the steady effort for the first 18 miles. One of the women, ended up speeding up for a 3:35, and the guy I handed the sign to finished at about 3:41 (I told him to keep the sign as a sourvenir for his first marathon.)

Even though I had a bad day, it was a great weekend. Hanging out with Tom Slick, seeing lots of running buddies, and adding another finisher medal to the collection (3rd of 5 to complete the "Cowtown Star").

I think my finishing time was around 3:53 -- I'm not in a hurry to look at the Garmin.

Update: 2/28/2011

Splits

1 - 8:20

2 - 8:20

3 - 8:21

4 - 8:09

5 - 8:14

6 - 8:15

7 - 8:23

8 - 8:16

9 - 8:24

10 - 8:43  Long uphill mile into the wind..was shooting for around 9:00

11 - 8:20

12 - 8:14

13 - 8:09

14 - 8:08

15 - 8:18

16 - 8:15

17 - 8:13

18 - 9:18 (pit stop..the beginning of the end)

19 - 8:33

20 - 8:41

21 - 9:42

22 - 10:13

23 - 11:06 - I believe this is my all-time slowest marathon mile

24 - 10:44

25 - 11:56 - a new all-time slowest marathon mile.

26 - 8:59 - I managed to eek out a sub-9:00 only because a friend of mine came by with a chance to BQ. She seemed to be struggling, so I let her draft with me. She helped me as much as I helped her. So, I'm wondering if I was really hurting bad -- or just overly lacking motivation for the past 6 miles. I don't know.

Time: 3:52:50

 

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 26.20
Weight: 186.00
Comments(16)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

First run since Sunday. Forgot my shoes, so ran in VFFs (I keep them in my car's trunk at all time). Ran on the grass along the road. Windy, but in the 60s. Felt OK.

AP: 8:30

Last night I received an email from the Pace Group manager from Cowtown..he wanted to know if I would like to pace the 3:50 group at Big-D on April 10th. Without fully thinking it through I accepted. (I was already planning to run the half or full at Big-D (Dallas), but was going to go for a fast one. Maybe I should reconsider. )

VFF Trek Miles: 4.00
Weight: 189.00
Comments(4)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
30.300.0030.30
Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 26.20VFF Trek Miles: 4.00
Weight: 187.50
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