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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.

Look for me at www.facebook.com (I'll be your friend)

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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.001.004.00

Jogged an easy 3 miles w/ Eric and Jo, then did some hill sprints (on grass). At first it seemed like my HR wasn't getting up very high, but after each climb, it increased by 10 BPM from the time before. 110,120,130,140,150,160..by the last one I was maxed out. Good workout.

I feel I need to apologize for my lack of activity keeping up with the blogs lately. I've been swamped with work and life in general (my mother visited last weekend from Illinois). Even if I don't write much, I think of you all often, and will try to catch up when I can.

Tonight's El Scorcho. A 50K race in downtown Ft Worth that starts at midnight. I'm going to meet a friend of mine, Ty, there around 10:30. The plan for both of us is to take it pretty easy, and try to average 9:00 miles. (You know, I have a terrible track record for sticking wth anyone during a race) At least I'll know someone there..so I don't need to drag my wife there to give me moral support at 3 in the morning. 31 miles in the dark...why do I do this? :-)

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RivertonPaul on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 15:46:27 from 75.169.18.3

Don't fret the blogging. I love John Lennon's words from Beautiful Boy, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

From DonGardinero on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 20:31:33 from 75.162.191.30

Marc, good luck and have fun at the 50k tonight. That sounds like my kind of race. Midnight, that's what I'm talkin' about!!! Can't wait to read all the details. No problem on the whole blogging thing. Paul said it best.

From MrsFIT on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 21:07:17 from 24.2.68.35

Why do you run 31 miles in the dark you ask? It's a Marc thing. I should know, my Mark talks about doing one all the time, C-R-A-Z-Y!

looking forward to hearing more from you soon, we've ALL missed you :-)

From Teena on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 14:44:03 from 67.177.20.13

No worries about not blogging ... plus doesn't rarity make some items more valuable and sought after?? :)

Just wondering how the 50K went. I'll head over to Forum Flyers and see if you posted there!

Hope you had a great time! (4+ smilies)

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