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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, Oct 25, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Day of Rest ... not much different from the past 21 days! :)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rhett on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 13:41:39 from 74.41.249.102

Yea for Rest. How's the leg feeling?

From DonGardinero on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 14:23:53 from 75.162.100.79

Glad you're getting plenty of rest. How's the foot/ankle?

From Kathie on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 16:05:49 from 63.248.105.188

rest is way underrated.

From Kelli on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 18:29:32 from 71.219.97.106

21 days of bliss, so jealous!

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 19:22:59 from 174.23.240.142

Ditto all of the above! Sending good thoughts your way!

From MarcE on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 22:36:58 from 206.225.68.25

Hey -- I'm thinking of taking a few miles nice and easy tomorrow. I think my body needed a little break, but I'm missing my running, too. I've managed not to gain any weight, so far. The pain is mostly gone in the right shin..but it still seems to get a little puffy throughout the day (where I push my finger into it and it stays indented). It sounds like a bad case of shin splints from what I can find on the internet.

I signed up for the Dallas White Rock Half Marathon (December 13th). I hope to run with a friend who is running his first half marathon..I'm thinking 9:30-10:30/mile. Nice and easy!

From Smooth on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 22:51:27 from 174.23.240.142

Hope that shin edema goes away. You don't have any puffiness in the feet or ankle,do you?

Glad to hear no weight gain.

GOOD LUCK on the Dallas White Rock. Running with a friend nice and easy is SO FUN and you'll be a great pacer and motivator for him!

From DonGardinero on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 23:20:15 from 152.216.7.5

That'll be a piece of cake for you...unless your foot hurts. You're lucky you haven't gained any weight. I think I've gained about 8 lbs since St. George, but 5 of that was right after the marathon and it never went down. What's up with that?

From MarcE on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 09:59:07 from 129.188.33.27

Smooth - there was some swelling in my ankle and foot (for the first couple days after the marathon), but that seems to have gone away. It's localized to the shin now...anything I should worry about?

From Smooth on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:51:08 from 174.23.240.142

Marc ~ Not to alarm you. Edema to the lower extremities have a vascular origin especially if they are accompanied by weight gain and high blood pressure and it's unilateral (meaning only one side), or localized pain. Puffiness to ankles, feet and lower legs after racing a marathon is fairly normal when it's bilateral. It's just the body's natural reaction to the "trauma". It should disappear within a week.

It sounds like your puffiness comes on later in the day so I think elevating the leg should help. I will only be concerned if the puffiness persists and the swelling area is red or warm to touch. I'm not a doctor, just a worry-wart.

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