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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
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.003.903.90

Ran w/ Darin. Was a nice day (55, sunny, low wind). Because I ran kinda long yesterday, we decided to go shorter. Because we went shorter, we decided to go faster (sounds logical). We decided to run our old 3.85 mile route.

 6:34,6:44,6:46, 6:53/mi for the last .85...yep, I faded a bit.

This was the fastest I've run in a long, long time. I really need to race a 5K sometime.

I also set a PR (26:09) on our course by 3 seconds (I set the old PR on 12/12/06). Darin still has the course record (25:38 - 12/1/09)

AP: 6:44

HR: 160 avg


VFF Trek Miles: 3.90
Weight: 190.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 17:00:47 from 174.23.198.220

SPEEDY!!! How in the world do you run that fast the day after a long run? My legs are always dead. You are in top shape! Definitely go win some 5Ks! See you in 26 days! Can't hardly wait!!!

From MarcE on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:16:27 from 136.182.2.25

Smooth -- look at your mileage compared to mine. You run 3 times what I do in a normal week. You'd be full of energy, too if you ran as little as me! :) (I only ran 10 miles yesterday...it was a mid-long run. :)

From Rhett on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 18:28:14 from 74.32.222.202

Are you really considering wearing the VFFs for a full marathon? I think it's crazy, but I've seen people do it and if you've built up to it properly, I guess it shouldn't be a problem.

From MarcE on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 21:19:54 from 206.225.68.121

Rhett -- at this point, I think my feet would fare better if I ran in the VFFs. My toes were in terrible shape after Cowtown (running in my Addidas). I needed to take a week off just for my toes to recover. At this point, the VFFs are very comfortable--the only issue is the tightness in the calves...but it doesn't seem to be getting any worse, and is progressively getting better (I think). I went to the running store today to look for some lightweight racing shoes..and they didn't have any in my size 13. So, I'm taking that as a sign from God that I'm going to be running in my VFFs at Boston..or I'll try a different store. :)

From Teena Marie on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 22:52:17 from 174.52.45.85

Those are some wicked fast miles!!!

From Kathie on Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 16:15:23 from 63.248.105.188

Nice fast miles! I hope the VFF work for you, I think it would be really cool to run in them.

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