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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

Sat, Sep 05, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
8.00	2.00	10.00

Visiting friends near Houston. Got out at about 8:00AM (and I thought it was hot and humid where I live...hah! Already a balmy 82F). Ran about 2.5 miles to a park. Lots of runners, walkers, bikers..I just love seeing other people exercising while I'm out running. My runs are usually so lonely. I didn't want to run too far..wanted to save some energy for site-seeing and playing with the kids, so only did 10. The last 2 miles were about 7:00-7:15. I'll try to get out a little earlier tomorrow morning, and maybe get in a few extra miles before spending the day at NASA then the beach at Galveston Island.

Asic Speedstar -ES09 Miles: 10.00

Weight: 194.00

Comments

From Smooth on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 16:29:07 from 71.36.64.93

WOW you got in a 10miler while on vacation and in the hot humid Houston!!!! GOOD JOB!!! Did you run on the Greenbelt trail system? I loved the wooded trail although I don't care for some of the concrete portion.

Have fun at NASA and Galveston Island. Hope the hurricane last year didn't effect too much of Galveston. Are you stopping at Nema (sp?) it's close to NASA with a carnival feel and great seafood and shopping right off the seaport.

From Teena on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 17:45:58 from 67.177.20.13

You are so diehard!

From MarcE on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 18:15:28 from 99.163.101.40

Hey Smooth, I didn't run on the Greenbelt system. We're actually saying with friends a little NW of Houston in Spring, TX. There's 5.8 mile trail system here, some of it is shaded, but all of it is paved asphalt (I ran along the side as much as possible..I followed a few unpaved trails along a creek for a little while -- I think I would really like running some of those trail races.

We were going to go to NASA today and Galveston tomorrow, but NASA is really on the way to Galveston (53 miles from where we're staying..so instead of driving 106 miles today and another 120 tomorrow..we're just going for a single day drip. NASA in the morning, and a few hours of the beach in the afternoon..and somewhere for seafood for dinner (I'll have to ask about Nema).

Teena...I feel like a bit of a slacker this week. 29 miles and 2 rest days! I should feel rested for a nice 50+ mile week next week!

From Kelli on Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 19:32:17 from 71.219.97.42

NASA? Cool!!

Nice run today. I really hope it cools down for you soon.

From RivertonPaul on Sun, Sep 06, 2009 at 20:18:06 from 75.169.26.101

Way to get in some quality miles.

From MrsFIT on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 13:04:47 from 205.127.241.18

A break from the "routine" is always a plus in my book. Way to be vigilant getting in that run on vacation, it's so easy to get lazy.

From Kathie on Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 15:27:12 from 207.155.176.10

Nice vacation run Marc. Love the photos!

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