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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

Fri, Apr 03, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	6.00	6.00

Finally! The wind was below 10 MPH! I forgot what it was like to not have lean forward so much while running.

Darin and I ran a quick 6 at lunch:

Splits:7:19, 7:20,7:27,7:25,7:36,6:47

HR: ***, 146,146,145,152,161,165

My MP is 7:38/mi (3:20:00)-- I need to get to the point where 7:20-7:30 pace is my normal tempo run pace. The run today felt pretty good. I pushed the HR a little high on the last 2 miles (they were into a 9 MPH headwind).

Not sure what Saturday holds for me. I need a 13.1 mile MP run either Saturday or Sunday (There is a race in Dallas on Sunday - Big-D Half Marathon, but I'm not sure if I feel like spending $70 + gas to go run it....decisions, decisions...that's a couple Boston t-shirts I could be buying :-)

Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.00

Weight: 192.50

Comments

From jtshad on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 14:39:08 from 204.134.132.225

Nice running, looking good for Boston. I had the same issue myself about a HM this weekend, but our weather (SNOW STORM) finalized my plans (no race).

Good luck with the taper.

From MarcE on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 23:46:59 from 206.225.68.108

Thanks, jtshad. Bummer about the snow storm. That's the problem with my procrastination -- if I had signed up months ago, it would be a no brainer, I'd go and run it. But, I put signing up...until now...I could be persuaded to go run it if I knew a few other people who would be there. I'll just run my MP 13.1 on Saturday, then I'll be too tired to even think about racing on Sunday...ok, my mind's made up. No race (save the $$).

From Smooth on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 00:40:10 from 71.36.85.29

Nice run and pace. I vote for saving the $$ and do a time trial tomorrow.

From DonGardinero on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 00:52:03 from 75.162.168.207

Have fun on your 13.1 miler. I'll post a report after my race.

From Kathie on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 15:02:14 from 207.155.176.10

Marc I think it is wise to save the money...and then spend it in Boston, you could buy a lot of hot dogs at the game with that money.

From Rhett on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 19:12:08 from 216.67.216.116

Way to take advantage of the wind stopping. Nice tempo run.

From Teena on Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 21:06:30 from 67.177.20.13

Nice run there Marc!!

So ... what did you decide? Did you run a half today? Are you running a half tomorrow? Are you heading to Texas? What's up???

Fun to check in and see that you are running some crazy speed!! :)

Hope you are having a GREAT weekend!

From MarcE on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 21:12:54 from 206.225.68.108

Hi Teena! I decided to save my $$ and just go out and attempt a long run on my own. Glad to hear from you!!!

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