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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
Fri, Apr 10, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.003.853.85

Ran w/ Eric at lunch. A quick 3.85 (our Moto-loop). The winds weren't as bad as yesterday's (which spread wild fires like...er...wild fire, yesterday)

Temp: 65

Wind: N 15 MPH

AP: 7:02

A week from tomorrow, I fly to Boston! So much to do, so little time!!!

 

Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 3.85
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 14:41:03 from 70.56.102.54

I fly to Boston a week from today! I know what you mean by so much to do. I'm getting so excited but nervous too. It will be SO SO SO SO fun to see you and the gang.

From Kathie on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 16:36:50 from 207.155.176.10

Wow that is coming up fast! I can't wait to read everyone's race reports... they are more like party reports with a race thrown in.

From DonGardinero on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 21:03:34 from 152.216.7.5

Wish I was going...

The morning of Saturday the 18th I'll be going Canyonlands with my dad to explore some areas that we haven't been to for 20 years. We are REALLY excited. I better make sure to program my DVR to record the marathon Monday morning.

From Rhett on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:19:23 from 170.215.58.122

Marc, I was reading about those crazy winds and fires. I hope it doesn't affect you much.

From MarcE on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:34:04 from 206.225.68.108

Smooth - I'm more nervous about the weather than I am about my running. I know WE have done all the training and I really hope the weather gives us a chance to go for PRs.

Kathie - Yep, Boston is a party. I'll take lots of pictures!

Dale - Canyonlands sounds like fun. I'd like to get out there and do a little exploring myself someday. Have fun with your datd.

Rhett - The sky was very hazy from the smoke on Thursday. No fires came very close to me -- the closest was about 10 miles away. I'm on 15 acres, and we did have a fire come through my property in 1996...usually, if you keep the dry brush and grass cut short, you'll be OK. Stuff is turning green now, so the fire danger is diminishing every day. Expecting rain tonight..that will be most welcomed!

From DonGardinero on Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 01:46:33 from 75.162.179.78

Hey Marc...Yep, Canyonlands is a special place for me and my dad. We used to go there two or three times each year for several years, but then they closed off all of our camp sites that we would frequent. Now we're re-discovering the erea. Our main focus on this trip is to visit Aztec Butte. It has some pretty cool indian ruins on top of it.

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