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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
Thu, Aug 20, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.500.008.50

Woohooo! 3 days of running in a row. Got a late start this morning...out the door at 7:20AM for a solo 6 miler. It was already about 80F -- but I'm not complaining. (according to my Aug 2009 Runners World, I can expect to lose 20-30 seconds per mile for every 5 degrees above 60. So, I figure my 8:00/mi workouts will become 6:00/mi workouts when the temp gets down to about 60..got that going for me!) 

6 miles -- good hills in the middle.

AP: 8:05

Round 2 - because I worked from home today, I had a little extra time after work (I didn't have to commute the 37 miles..each way), so I did another 2.5 miles of hills before dinner. It's funny, it was 92 degrees (about 10 degrees warmer than this morning) but I felt a lot less sluggish, and enjoyed it more..was still humid (the puddle at the dinner table can attest to that...I know TMI, and I should have showered first..also, not to self, get more running clothes so you don't have to dig sweaty ones out of the laundry when you decide to run more than 3 times in one week!!!)

Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 14:01:35 from 70.56.101.54

LOVE that positive thinking...8 mm at 82 = 6 mm at 60. GOOD JOB getting out early and mix in hills too. How ARE the hills at Springtown?

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 15:45:18 from 67.42.27.114

I guess I should just run inside with the air conditioning set for really low. :)

From Kimmy on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 16:07:48 from 71.38.229.92

Marc..nice job. I can't believe you can run in that heat. It really kills me. That is why I do a lot of miles on the treadmill.

From Teena on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 17:38:41 from 75.162.224.116

3 days in a row!!!!!

So sweet!!!!

From Kathie on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 19:10:09 from 207.155.176.10

Tic Tac Toe three in a row!

So how much deep dish pizza do you still need to run off, or have you already made it disappear?

From MarcE on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:03:03 from 24.155.140.8

Kathie - that's funny! I'm pretty sure I ran it all off, but I can't figure out how all of my pants shrunk around the waste--all at the same time. It's baffling!

From MarcE on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 22:17:12 from 24.155.140.8

Waist or Waste, whatever! :)

From Kimmy on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:32:32 from 71.38.229.92

My husband always tells me I have been washing his pants in Hot to shrink his pants. :)

From Kathie on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 13:04:57 from 207.155.176.10

With all your race shirt you should have plenty of running clothes, or did they shrink too!

From Rhett on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 13:05:13 from 74.32.218.69

Good luck with that whole 2 minutes faster thing. :)

From MarcE on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 14:43:32 from 24.155.140.8

:)

Kathie..it's not shirts, I'm short on shorts -- hmm..there's an idea, races should start giving away shorts instead of shirts..I think we're onto something.

Rhett -- yep, If I can manage 8:00 miles when it is 100, I figure that's good for 4:00 miles when it's 60...something's not quite right with that logic.

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