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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
Thu, Aug 27, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.002.006.00

Met Jo at 6:45 AM at work. Ran 2 warmup, then 3 Tempo (tempo with Jo is only slightly faster than average miles with Darin). It was drizzling with a slight breeze. 75F. This was 10 straight days of running for me...I was dragging at the end, maybe it is time for a rest. (Maybe I'll only do a  couple on Friday and prepare for a 20 miler on Saturday)

8:35  127 bpm

8:20 134 bpm

7:37 142 bpm

7:51 148 bpm (uphill)

7:31 154 bpm

12:45 125 bpm (walked a bit)

Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 22:39:27 from 71.36.82.218

Your heart rate is staying low. I haven't used HR monitor this whole year. Did yours get affected by the heat and humidity?

WOW, 10 straight days w/o rest is tough. Good idea to take a rest day before the 20 miler. Hope the temp gets cooler soon for ya. NICE run with Jo!

From Kathie on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 22:43:06 from 207.155.176.10

I vote yes on the rest day with smooth! Nice spilts even the up hill mile looks good!

From MarcE on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 23:27:47 from 24.155.140.8

Smooth...in the heat my HR climbs pretty quickly in just a few miles. My resting HR is about 38 bpm. 160 is pretty high for me. I think the max I've seen in a sprint uphill is still under 180. For a marathon, I like to stay in the 140-150 range for the whole thing. I'd have to slow down quite a bit to maintain that range in heat and humidity...that's why I AM SOOOO THANKFUL that most races are run in the 40-60F range! :) Thanks, Smooth.

Thanks, Kathie. Are you running the SF 1/2?

From Kathie on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 13:14:46 from 207.155.176.10

Yep Kim and I are running it but just for fun...I keep telling Kim I am going to dress like a pirate and she says if I do she wont run with me!

From timp on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 13:32:16 from 129.188.33.25

good job Marc! Keep it up.

From Rhett on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 14:32:54 from 74.42.169.243

10 straight days! Heck, you might as well just keep running every day now and go for the world record of days run in a row.

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