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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

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.00	4.00	6.00

I was supposed to run yesterday, but woke up with a headache and felt a little dizziness (maybe sinus / head congestion??) So, I decided to get some sleep instead of running.

This morning, I felt much better...so I thought.. was going to do 15, with 13 at MP...but at mile 5 my right calf cramped up. Not just a little tightness, a full-on, time to stop, charlie horse. This has NEVER happened to me this early in a run. Was it the blueberry pancakes I had yesterday? Due to all the yardwork? Didn't I hydrate? Maybe I rested too much this past week? Was it the speed work on Friday? Low potassium? I ate bananas yesterday and this morning before I ran. I also took a Honey Stinger before I started today...hmmm.

After the cramp-up, I walked most of the way back to my car...jogged a little, but it hurt. Hobbled quite bit throughout today, but it is starting to loosen up.

Let's say this didn't do much for my confidence going into SGM. Arrrg..Anyways...I'll be sure to drink plenty of fluids this week, and get back to running, and get back some of my confidence...I sure hope Charlie doesn't jump on me at SGM!

Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Huans32 on Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 20:00:27 from 67.182.192.209

Could of been if you had alot of sinus issues that you didn't hydrate enough. Or if you took something it didn't allow you to hydrate on the run. Had a horrible race at SLC when I took a mucinex and cramps started at mile 7.:(

From Huans32 on Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 20:01:32 from 67.182.192.209

Either way I wouldn't worry about it too much. You will be back to normal soon enough. Get in another good run and you will be back to normal.

From RivertonPaul on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:14:12 from 67.42.27.114

Get feeling better.

From timp on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:13:17 from 129.188.33.25

no problem, Marc. I'm sure that is a one time cramping thing. Weird things happen in the couple weeks before a goal race. You still have enough time to do a couple shorter MP mile runs to get that confidence up.

From Huans32 on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 12:16:20 from 138.64.2.76

Odd thing I have had with cramping. Is in most of my marathons I have cramped up. Yet after the race was over the days after. I didn't have any bad side effect and they went away. So I hope that is the case. How is it feeling today?? We got to have our pacer good and strong.:)

From Rhett on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 16:27:14 from 74.32.218.117

Get the stick out and massage that sore spot away. I hope it clears before race day.

From DonGardinero on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 18:24:27 from 152.216.7.5

That's a real bummer. I agree with Tim, weird things happen during taper time. A few days before TOU my left calf was cramping up and it wasn't even during a run. I could feel it there all day. As soon as I started hydrating better, it went away. Let's hope that's all it is.

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