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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
Tue, Jul 28, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.003.005.00

1 mile intervals with Eric and Jo before work. 75F, slight breeze, very humid (foggy on the drive in) 

1 mile warmup (8:41)

3 faster laps ( 6:55,6:51,6:39)

1 mile cooldown (9:53)

Felt good -- especially after taking 4 days off! SGM is coming up fast!

 

Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jeffc on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:29:18 from 167.207.128.101

Ya it'll be here before you know it. Great workout!

From timp on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 13:13:25 from 82.195.186.142

good job Marc!

From MrsFIT on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 17:02:29 from 24.2.68.35

STG is less than 10 weeks away, wow!!

From Smooth on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 17:46:29 from 71.36.85.214

67 days 'till SGM! NICE mile repeats all sub-7. GOOD JOB!!!

From Kathie on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 19:09:08 from 207.155.176.10

Nice speed there Marc. You don't seem to be slowed down at all by the "bounce in your step"

From MarcE on Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 23:49:02 from 24.155.140.8

67 days!!!! Yikes!!!!! (It was really supposed to be a tempo run, but I stopped for water after every mile, while Jo and Eric kept running...oh well :0)

From Teena on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 00:05:56 from 67.177.20.13

SO STINKIN' FAST!!!!

Nicely done Mark!!! :)

From Rhett on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 19:39:01 from 74.36.34.147

Looks like some good mile repeats there Marc. Are you going to use your crazy random long miles stratagey you employed before Boston for SGM this year?

From MarcE on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 00:07:21 from 24.155.140.8

Hey Rhett, welcome back!

Now that Teena is running St George, I've got a whole new outlook on training...I need to train enough to try to finish in front of her! (and hopefully within sight of Jeff and Mark..on their way to BQs). Here's hoping for great weather on Oct 3rd!

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