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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, Aug 04, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.502.507.00

The alarm went off at 5:30...I was in the middle of a dream, I'm sure that thing was going off for a few minutes before I shut it off, rolled over and thought to myself..."Self, you better get yer lazy butt out of bed..or you'll have the wrath of Teena and Kathie to face". So I got up..got my stuff together and headed into work to meet Eric and Jo.

It was already 80 degrees at 7:00AM. I got there early so I jogged a nice warmup mile. I saw that  Jo texted that she was "Too tired". So it was Eric and me. Jogged (8:00/mi) over to the track and ran 5 x 800m repeats (with 200m walk between), then jogged back.

3:07, 3:12, 3:11, 3:13, 2:56

Eric was consistently around 3:04 per 800 -- but, I just had to go sub 3:00 on the last one. We both think we were faster a year ago.

Have a great day!


 

Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 189.00
Comments
From Teena on Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 14:04:43 from 67.177.20.13

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!!!

I feel so proud!!!

Seriously Marc ... nice job!! You rocked that last 800! :)

Oh wait ... that needs at least four smileys, will go with five just to be safe: :) :) :) :) :)

From Kathie on Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 15:28:55 from 207.155.176.10

Oh I feel so bad...I slept in today...I will get up extra early tomorrow to make up for it.

Nice run!

From Smooth on Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 23:19:25 from 71.32.234.135

WOW! Very speedy 800s. Check out that sub-3!!! AWESOME!!! So glad your sleepy-elf listened to Teena and Kathie.

Here are my * * * * * 5 stars to match Teena's 5 smileys!!!

From Huans32 on Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 12:26:44 from 138.64.2.76

Very nice job there speedy. Wish you lived closer so we could do some speedwork together. You are training great. Keep it up.

From MrsFIT on Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 16:30:15 from 24.2.68.35

I'm with Huans, wish you lived closer so he could do some speedwork with you too.

From Kelli on Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 18:17:24 from 71.219.100.174

WOW, that is a fast 800 (or 4). IMPRESSIVE. And more impressed that you got out of bed and into the oppressive heat.

From Rhett on Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 20:13:24 from 74.36.34.147

Teena and Kathie are tough. I'm glad you got out of bed or it could have gotten ugly for you. Nice 800's. Sounds like fun.

From MarcE on Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 20:16:44 from 24.155.140.8

OK..the peer pressure must be getting to me. I'm intent on getting up extra early to get in 5 or 6 miles before meeting Jo and Eric for our hill workout in the morning. Any bets that I snooze? :-)

Huans (and Mrs Fit), sure wish you could run my speed workout with me, too. How about we do them in Utah during the summer, and Texas in the Winter?

Thanks all for the encouragement..I really needed it.

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