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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

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.20	2.00	5.20

Went to the track at lunch with Darin and Eric. We were planning to run 8 x 800m, but the HS football team came out and got on the track..and we only got in 4. Was trying to keep them under 3:15, but because we only did 4, I sped up on the last one. Had 400m recovery jog between.

2:57, 3:02, 3:05, 2:50

80F, 64% humidity, mostly cloudy (felt steamy)

First run wiht new Speedstars. They felt great right out of the box.

Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 5.20

Weight: 195.00

Comments

From Smooth on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 16:19:24 from 97.117.81.161

WOW, those are some speedy 800s. Too bad the football team got in your way of doing 8 sets. Check out that 2:50! WaHoo!

New Speedstars!!! So fun to have new shoes especially when they feel great right out of the box! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. Are you running one more long one? Can't remember, or are you tapering already?

From Huans32 on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 16:21:20 from 138.64.2.76

Great job on those 800s. That is the same paces for my training program. Your looking strong bro.

From Kathie on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 17:31:18 from 63.248.105.188

Nice run Marc...What makes those football players think they can run on your track? Don't they understand you are training for a marathon?

From Teena on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 19:01:18 from 67.177.20.13

Wicked fast!!! :)

From MarcE on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 01:32:48 from 24.155.140.8

Smooth - I'm going to do 15 on Saturday. I'll try to do 13 of them at MP (7:26). I better get to sleep!

I wish I had done more 800s -- I'm fairly certain that I could have done 10 under 3:15 (Yasso's)..but I guess I'll never know.

Kathie - as it was hot and I was at the track...I ran shirt-less. I'm pretty sure I heard a few of those players laughing at the jiggly old man...but I was thinking, "I'm fairly certain I could outrun most of them in an 800m race!" :) I was also thinking, "this is what you have to look forward to in 25 years, enjoy your youth!!"

From timp on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 06:40:31 from 68.166.26.201

speedy speedy!

From Kimmy on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 19:16:03 from 75.169.117.180

I know you could have out raced all of the players. Laugh all they want, but the "Old" man could beat their booty!!. I couldn't run my 800's on a track I know I would slow down too much. You are so ready for SGM.

From Smooth on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 22:32:27 from 97.117.81.161

Marc ~ How did the planned 15 miler go today? Did you know that you can still do your 10 Yasso's? It is safe to say that 10 days out is the best time to do your last speedwork. Just get there before the football dudes. BTW, those kids shouldn't be on the track anyway. Their practice should be on the field. I have run the track many times with the team practicing in the middle and they couldn't believe I would run in circles around them 10X more than they would run across the field. You sure showed them!

Wow 7:26 is your marathon pace! That would be my puke pace for may be 200m. You are so stinkin' FAST! You are right on target for a sub 3:15 at SGM!!!

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