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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.

Look for me at www.facebook.com (I'll be your friend)

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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

Tue, Jul 07, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.77	3.00	7.77

Met at 7:07 on 7/7 and ran 7.77 miles! :-) (Smooth are 7's lucky numbers?) I'm pretty sure the temperature was about 77. (at least the humidity wasn't 77%)

Ran 1 mile warmup, 3 tempo miles, then a nice easy jog for the last 3.77.

AP: 8:10

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 7.77

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Kelli on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 10:13:46 from 71.219.89.21

COOL! I would say 7's are lucky, so you should have a great day!!

From MrsFIT on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 10:42:47 from 24.2.68.35

I LOVE IT!!!

From Smooth on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:18:05 from 71.36.82.215

Marc!!! PERFECT!!! Were your tempo miles in the 7's? SO COOL!!! That just gave me an idea for Kathie's b'day!!! I better mark it on my calendar before I forget! Have a LUCKY day!!! What are you gonna do at 7:07pm? Do 77 pushups?

From MarcE on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:52:28 from 129.188.33.25

Thanks, Kelli. You, too.

Actually, my average pace after the first 4 miles was 7:07 (one slow mile and 3 fast). The quickest was 6:29...I was feeling like I had just run a 5K race when we jogged the last 3.77 miles.

Is today Kathie's birthday? I've been so out of touch lately? I'll check her facebook page and see what's up.

From MarcE on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:57:31 from 136.182.2.26

I forgot..it's 9/9..and this year it is 9/9/9. I won't forget again, Kathie. :)

From Kathie on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 20:45:56 from 207.155.176.10

I had seven on the schedule but I only did seven, you know how I like nice round numbers!

So smooth any hints on the big "B-Day idea"?

From MarcE on Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 21:31:50 from 24.155.140.8

As I ran around in circles trying to get that last .07 miles, I was thinking "Kathie isn't going to like this!"

From Teena on Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:41:10 from 67.177.20.13

You all crack me up!!! We need to have a party for Kathie's birthday!!

Marc, nicely done!! I followed your example and ran 7.7 ... you are such a good influence on me!!! :)

All of those 7s!!! Wow!!! This is going to be a GREAT week for you ... just watch!!! :)

From Smooth on Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 14:51:37 from 71.32.232.75

Big B'day idea: we should get together in persons (or virtually) and run 9.9 miles, finish by 9:09am, have a party where we will eat 9 of something and give you 9 high fives and hugs all that with 9 painted toe nails. Where would you like to have the run/party, Kathie since you're the birthday girl?

From Kathie on Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 00:19:50 from 207.155.176.10

Great idea smooth - I think we can meet on the parkway by Gardner village... somebody will have to do the math to see when we need to meet if we do a 9:09 pace and want to finish at 9:09 am.

From Smooth on Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 00:51:19 from 71.36.83.108

My guesstimate to run 9.9 miles at 9:09 pace would take around 1:30:39. So to finish at 9:09 am, we should start running at 7:39. We need to meet there around 7:15 am. This will be so fun. Will you give us driving direction to the meeting place? I think Teena knows where it is. Is there a park there for cake and ice cream afterwards?

From MarcE on Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 21:59:03 from 24.155.140.8

I wish I could be there! Send me a piece of cake, please. :)

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