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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

Wed, Apr 22, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	0.00	3.00

Jogged a fairly painful 3 miles with Tom. AP: 9:45 (plenty fast for 2 days after a marathon!)

Oh..it was also 95 degrees out. Where did Spring go?

Asic Speestar - Boston'09 Miles: 3.00

Weight: 192.00

Comments

From RivertonPaul on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:55:03 from 67.42.27.114

Don't melt. :)

From Kathie on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 13:30:45 from 207.155.176.10

95 already! I need to train in the heat more but that is killer. If you don't melt in the heat you should come run the Wasatch Back you would do great!

From DonGardinero on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 16:38:09 from 75.162.163.25

Marc could probably run the entire distance by himself.

From MarcE on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 17:18:24 from 206.225.68.108

Hah! Someday I'll get out there for that..maybe the Wasatch Front 100 miler would be a great challenge for me.

From DonGardinero on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 18:03:21 from 75.162.163.25

Hey Marc...If you ever do the Wasatch Front 100 mile I could pace you late in the race because by then you'll be running my speed. That would be an amazing experience.

From DonGardinero on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 18:05:22 from 75.162.163.25

Someday I'd like to run 24 hours of Moab.....Alpine to Slickrock looks fun, too.

From huans32 on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 18:13:44 from 138.64.2.76

LOL I really dont see you having trouble running at any distance though Marc. Which do you like best though? 5k, half, fulls or ultras so far?? I only ask so I can focus on one to beat you at.:) I could sure use a drink in bean town next year or even at SG:)

From Rhett on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 13:21:06 from 170.215.58.122

Looks like you're getting those sore muscles healthy again. I wish I had run fast enough to have sore muscles. I can't believe how hot it is there already, although it was 103 here when I got home from Boston. It's a dry heat though.

From Kelli on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 01:13:07 from 71.219.83.91

That is HOT. YIKES. I can not run in that kind of heat, ever!!!

From MarcE on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:02:08 from 206.225.68.108

Back from a nice camping trip with the boys and a bunch of friends from our church. Good times!

Kathie - Aren't there a few hills in the Wasatch Back Relay? :-) I'm a flat-lander, from sea-level--not so sure it would work out too well. When is that race anyways? Is it during summer vacation? (are the kids out of school by then...it might make for a fun family vacation)

Dale - sure you could run with me. I'm sure you'd do much better in the mountains than I would. (Though I did enjoy running Park City last year...not exactly the same, but some elevation to it). Maybe I'll go for 24-hours this fall (www.ultracentric.com). I ran the 6-hour race 2 years ago...I'm very curious as to how far I'd get in a full 24. I'll never know til I try!

Huans32 - that's a tough question. I like all distances for different reasons. They're all fun! Marathons are a lot of work -- a lot of preparation. You can do a half marathon on 20 miles per week. 5Ks are over quickly. I like them all. I think the half marathon is probably my current favorite distance..and the one I feel I could improve the most on. I need to go for sub 1:30 sometime, before I'm too old.

Rhett...you ran 3:08 and didn't have any sore muscles!!! Sheesh! 103..uggg.

From DonGardinero on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 16:46:53 from 75.162.96.101

Hey Marc...I think the Wasatch Back Relay is a week before the Utah Valley Marathon.

I was actually going to attempt the Ogden Valley 50 miler this fall, but it falls on the same weekend that my wife is running the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francsico, so that's out. Maybe next year.

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