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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
Thu, May 24, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.001.004.00

Lunchtime run w/ Darin and Mike. First 2 miles into the wind. Decided to run a fast 3rd mile (6:03 with about 15MPH tailwind).

Did an experiment today. My HR monitor has been a little flaky (seems to go up and down sporadically during my runs). So I swapped Garmin's and straps with Darin for today. While he was wearing mine, his HR seemed fairly constant. While I was wearing his, I experienced some periods of sporadic readings (i.e. while at about 95% max effort in the mile I ran I looked and saw about 140s, instead of the the 160s+ that I would have expected. It's possible that my strap is not making a good connection---or I've got some irregular heartbeat going on. I might have to get it checked out to be safe.

88F, S18, 46% hum, UV Very High, Sunny

AP: 8:15

Saucony Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From timp on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:51:14 from 144.189.100.29

interesting results on that experiment, Marc. I'd switch the whole set up, including watch, to him and see if you get the same results.

From MarcE on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 15:47:21 from 66.119.84.20

Tim - we did switch out both. Darin is a lefty -- maybe I'll try wearing the watch on the right wrist :). I also ready about some other thing that could interfere with my monitor (static electricity, too much sweat.) Or maybe my ticker has a flaw???

From timp on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 16:31:03 from 144.189.100.29

definitely kind of weird -

From Tom Slick on Fri, May 25, 2012 at 17:10:40 from 69.171.160.118

I vote on being safe...get it checked out! 88F/46 hum....sounds like Boston weather....Uck!

From Tom Slick on Sun, May 27, 2012 at 15:41:21 from 69.171.160.134

Haven't seen anything since thursday...hows it going?

From MarcE on Sun, May 27, 2012 at 22:21:09 from 204.16.82.120

Hey Slick - just logged my race report from yesterday!

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