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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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Mon, Sep 21, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

Ran 6 easy at lunch with Eric and Darin. Right calf was still a bit sore, but I made it through all 6 miles. I won't run tomorrow, and see how it feels on Wednesday.

AP: 7:54

86F, 78% humidity, 15 MPH S

Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 194.00
Comments
From Smooth on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 00:28:26 from 97.117.81.161

Marc ~ Just read about your charlie horse yesterday. I never get charlie horse in my training run only at some of the races. So, may be the reverse is true for you. You got it at a training run and it won't ever happen in a race!

Hydrate well, massage out the tight knots and soreness in your calf. Isn't your wife a MT? A rest day does more good than running on sore calf. GOOD LUCK!

From Huans32 on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 09:21:21 from 138.64.2.76

Take care of that calf. I would hate to have to leave you at the first PoP or aid station.:) And I promise I will not speed up.. too much.:) Great job on getting out on a good run. Resting it is a great idea.

From Kathie on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:52:06 from 63.248.105.188

I am glad it didn't feel too bad I am sure rest will do you good.

From Rhett on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 13:14:26 from 74.32.218.117

Sounds like it is going to work itself out before the race. Good thing it happened 2 weeks out.

From Teena on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 20:35:50 from 67.177.20.13

Hope the calf is behaving and settling down!!!

From timp on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 22:12:37 from 136.182.2.26

man that wind is sucky, isn't it?

From MarcE on Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 23:21:17 from 24.155.140.8

Smooth - gonna take your advice. Got an appointment scheduled with my massage therapist...I better get going.

Huans - thanks for the call today. Was good to talk. The calf should be fine by Oct 3rd. It's still a little sore, but if I stop talking about it, I'll probably forget about it..and find something else to complain about! :)

Kathie - Thanks!

Rhett - Yep, sure hope it's a distant memory by SGM!

Teena - it's much better today. I can still feel it, and if I had tried to run, I'm sure it would have changed my stride, or made me favor the other leg, so I didn't run. I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Tim - Yep, nothing like a hot southern wind! (It always feels like a blow dryer when it's over 80F out)

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