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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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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
Tue, Jan 14, 2014
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

Ran during lunch. Now that I'm working from home most of the time, I need to come up with a good running trail. I have a 1/2 mile loop that has some good hills. I ran the first mile without walking. Need new batteries for our bathroom scale, so I can tell how much I weigh! (The "before" weight") I think I'm about 205 -- as all of my jeans are too tight!

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tom Slick on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 07:57:54 from 168.179.157.44

Ya, I understand the tight jeans syndrome! I think I'm just breaking out of it in this stage of my Boston training. How far will you run tomorrow? Got any races planned for 2014?

From MarcE on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:21:36 from 71.158.67.31

Hey Slick, I was going to run 3 miles at lunch..but only went 1 before my watch died. So, because my health insurance gives me points for GPS-verified workouts...I will go back out later and try another 3 (after the watch is charged).Nothing major on the 2014 race schedule..I signed up for Cowtown Marathon months ago (If I run anything this year, it will be the half). I gave an initial "if you need someone, I'll go" response to some guys forming a Ragnar relay in San Antonio in October...I figure, it's October, I'll be in shape by then. Lots of projects around the house (remodeling my office, painting my old tractor, selling my Rx-8, etc...)

From Rhett on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 09:51:22 from 24.121.0.8

Nice Marc, if you can maintain your weight and then get fast like usual you can win the Clydesdale division. :)

From MarcE on Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:00:58 from 66.119.84.20

Rhett, that's definitely looking on the bright side!

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