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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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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
Mon, Apr 27, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.002.665.66

I'm redefining Slow and Fast Miles -- I used to consider Fast Miles as anything under 8:00. Now I'm going to define it as anything faster than MP (7:38).

Today marked the 1 week anniversary of my BQ / PR at Boston. It was also this second time I've run since. My calves felt a little tight, but other than that, it felt pretty good.

Ran 5.66 miles (Sorry Kathie for the weird number, it's a long story) with Eric.

Splits: 7:37, 7:53, 8:04, 7:56, 7:37 (.29 mi), 6:57, 6:47 (.37 mi)

AP: 7:38

ET: 43:10

I've been eating like a horse for the past week. Time to get back to some healthy eating, and see if I can't knock off about 5 pounds in the next month or so.

I'm thinking about running a local 10K this Saturday. We'll see what the kids' game schedule looks like.


Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 5.66
Weight: 194.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 23:16:00 from 71.36.71.239

Hey Mr. PR.!!! That's a pretty darn good 5.66 and fast splits to boot! Hope the kids' soccer game co-operates. Are you gonna make a pace band for your 10K to go sub-40? :-D

I've been eating like a horse too. I sure can go for one of them Surf & Turf right now. 357.5 days!!!

From huans32 on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 08:39:35 from 138.64.2.76

LOL fast miles for sure speedy. Didnt you just run a marathon??? Great job on that speedy workout.

From Kathie on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:08:24 from 207.155.176.10

It is OK that you run weird miles, I understand you are just that kind of guy. but really you could have gone just .04 of a mile to make it an even 5.7? Is that too much to ask? :) :) :)

From MrsFIT on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 13:10:27 from 205.127.70.66

I can only dream of being able to run splits that fast - wow!!!!

From JeffC on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 16:05:20 from 167.207.128.101

MARCE....you just BQ'd at Boston, what are you gonna do now? I'm gonna run a 10K! You are the man!

I'm with Kathie, only I'm worse, just wrap the run up on a nice round number please, is that too much to ask? Nice run by the way, MP miles already, did you clear that with Slick first?

From Marce on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:01:02 from 206.225.68.52

You all crack me up.

It's time for every-other-day runs and time to catch up on the honey-do's around the house. Marathon training is quite the commitment..especially in the last 2 months leading up to the big day. It's time to relax, regroup and figure out what's next.

If I run on Saturday, I'll probably only do the 5K -- as my boys have a 10AM soccer game that I might be able to get to if I run, finish, jump in the car and go! It'll stink having to leave before knowing the results. But, the chances of an AG award are pretty slim, especially this early after running a marathon. Not sure if I could go sub 21:00 in a 5K by Saturday..but that would be a nice challenge.

I'll try to round up the miles from now on (but it is kind of fun to erk my OCD friends :))

From Smooth on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:57:42 from 71.36.87.147

HaPpY BiRtHdAy to YOU! HaPpY BiRtHdAy tO YoU! HaPpY BiRtHdAy DeAr MaRc...HaPpY BiRtHdAy To YoU!!!! 44 ROCKS! Eat lotsa icecream and cake AFTER you run 44K. :-D

HAVE A GREATEST FANTASTIC DAY!!!!

From DonGardinero on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:22:39 from 75.162.165.15

Happy birthday, Marc!!! I hope you have a great time with your family.

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