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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, Sep 13, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.300.005.30

Ran alone at lunch. Another hot/sticky day. Was nice to have cloud cover on the way out, but then it was cloud-less on the way back.

Achilles is still about the same. Something I'm just going to live with -- unless I want to seriously give up running for 4-6 months?? Or surgery (no way).

89F, 65% humidity, partly cloudy, S 10MPH

AP: 7:43

 

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kathie on Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 14:41:13 from 63.248.105.188

Stink, sorry about the achilles...I hope that with just less miles it will start to feel better.

From timp on Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:12:50 from 136.182.2.26

I was just reading an article from Running Times about achilles injuries. They didn't offer much more than that. I'm sure it is very frustrating.

From Smooth on Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:18:26 from 67.132.126.22

Have you tried taping it? Take care! Miss you!

From Rhett on Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 14:49:50 from 184.10.154.226

Fall is just around the corner. Hang on.

From MarcE on Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 18:34:53 from 204.16.82.120

Thanks, all for the kind comments. I'm hanging in there..just running more than a few times a week, coaching soccer, and catching up on some much-needed work around the house. I ran a 3.8 mile mudrun today..and had a blast! (I'll post a race report sometime, but going to go watch football now with the boys) Thanks guys for checking in on my every now and then...I think about you all often, even if I don't blog anything.

From Huans32 on Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 18:58:13 from 98.202.0.57

Hope that achilles is feeling better. Stay away from those hills.

From DonGardinero on Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 23:08:16 from 152.216.7.5

How's it going? It's been ten days since your last post. Hope everything is ok.

From MarcE on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:03:53 from 136.182.2.25

Hey Guys...Has it been that long? I haven't been running much, and have been kind of bummed about running in general. I have a new heel pain on the right side (which makes me totally forget about the achilles pain on the left side). Anyways, I ran a mudrun last Sunday and had a great time, but I paid the price of probably prolonging the healing of my heel. I'm going to quit running for a few weeks (really this time), and get fully healed, so that I can start my training, refreshed, pain-free, for Cowtown Marathon in Feb. I hope to be ready for a half-mary in December, but I'm not signing up, yet. It's tough to blog when you're not running much. But, I think of you all often.

From Huans32 on Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 07:28:24 from 98.202.0.57

Are you going to try and do some cross training while your recovering?? Hang in there bro. It is tough and I feel your pain.

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