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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, Dec 18, 2011
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.000.0020.00

Was a beautiful day for a long run. Ran 10 out and 10 back at the Rail Trail. I saw about 5 other people, and a stray dog on the trail today. Cross-wind for most of the run, felt good for this time of year. I wore the HRM today and kept the pulse at about 140 bpm for most of the run. I never got over 150.

55F, cloudy, S10

AP: 8:45

AHR: 142

Saucony Miles: 20.00
Weight: 190.00
Comments
From timp on Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 19:35:33 from 99.110.188.230

excellent run, MArc!

From Tom Slick on Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 10:13:46 from 168.179.156.188

Yo Marc, your on top of the game....now just keep it moving to Houston!!!

Wow, 55 degrees-that would be some great tempsto run in. I will probably have to wait till spring for that to happen here!!!

From Smooth on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 23:16:49 from 174.27.196.172

That's a SWEET 20 miler!!! GOOD JOB!!!!

You'll do GREAT at Houston! :)

From Tom Slick on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 14:38:50 from 69.171.160.37

Hey Marc, its Wednesday...what have you been up too? And hows that new "Stick" working out for you. does the added length work or not?

From DaleG on Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 21:46:30 from 152.216.3.5

Merry Christmas!!!

From Rhett on Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 18:58:59 from 74.32.209.119

Marc, I hope you and your family have a great Christmas.

From Smooth on Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 02:53:16 from 75.162.95.99

Merry Christmas Marc! :)

From Tom Slick on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 13:16:50 from 69.171.160.55

Hey MArc, it's Dec 29th now, where are you? Hows the training for the Houston Marathon coming along?

From MarcE on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 22:48:00 from 204.16.82.120

thaks for the Merry Christmas wishes..and I hope all of you had a merry Christmas, too. I seemed to have gotten sick immediately following my 20 miler -- started with a sore throat, then major head congestion...I was miserable all week, and didn't do any running. I barely finished all of my Christmas shopping. I'm starting up again. I have a half mary in 10 days, and a full mary (Houston) in 17 days...Houston is going to be a long training run for me. My resolution is to run 1200 in 2012 (or maybe if I'm energetic like Smooth,etc.. I might go for 2012 :) Happy New Year!

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