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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
Sat, Feb 21, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.000.000.00

Rest day. My son, Christian's 5th birthday. For his special birthday breakfast he wanted chocolate donuts with sprinkles. Who was I to argue.

PC: Did 50 straight. 1 set. This is 20 more than my original max-out a few weeks ago. I might have been able to pump out a few more if I had to.

Bfast: 1 cinnamon roll, 1 cup coffee (I made it almost a whole week, but my in-laws are visiting and they made coffee and I figured, one cup wouldn't raise the BP much)

Lunch: Grilled chicken breast, grapes, some cheetohs. Ice water.

Dinner: Roast beef, mushroom gravy, 3 popovers, mashed cauliflower. 1 can ginger ale. 2 birthday cupcakes.

Wow..that's a lot of food for one day. I'll be a Clydesdale again in no time.

BP 124/73, HR 41 (sitting in bed, blogging my running buddies)

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From DonGardinero on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 01:58:42

Sounds like you had a fun day, Marc. We celebrated my son's 8th birthday today (it was actually on the 19th) at ChuckECheese with a couple of his friends. We also had donuts for breakfast and my mother-in-law is visiting. What are the chances we'd have such a similar day?

From Teena on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 17:20:17

Happy belated birthday to your boy!! Chocolate donuts and sprinkles ... sounds delicious!! Do you ever listen to old Bill Cosby stuff? One of my favorites is when his kids talk him into making chocolate cake for breakfast. He figures it's okay because it has flour, eggs, and milk ... all healthy stuff. The kids repeatingly sing, "Dad is great ... he makes us chocolate cake." Anyway ... your story reminded me of that!!

Cool Dad!

From Kathie on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 19:03:11

You are very brave to post what you eat. Maybe I should too...

From MarcE on Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 21:26:30

Hey Dale, it's a small world. Happy b-day to your boy!

Teena, That's hilarious! I spent a few weeks in England a couple years ago, and they find it totally ridiculous that we would eat such a thing as a donut for breakfast -- "isn't that a desert?" It is sad in a way. But, I don't think the occasional splurge or treat is a really such a bad thing. Hopefully, I'm not ruining my kids' eating habits for the rest of their lives...then again, look at my habits! Uggg..

Hey Kathie..I'm really starting to realize how bad an eater I really am. I can justify it this week.."I'm carbo-loading". But, I need to be nice to this old body. I'm not getting any younger, and maybe my higher than average BP has something to do with what I put in my mouth..you think?! Anyways, it is what it is. I run so I can eat, I eat so I can run. :-)

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