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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
Wed, Sep 23, 2009
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.006.006.00

What a difference a few days makes. Had the calves massaged last night. Could still feel the right calf during the run, but it wasn't tight...just a little residual soreness.

First run with the new Garmin (This is my 3rd 305 -- so now I have 3 HR straps and charging cradles..I can keep one in the car, at work, and at home) Unfortunately, I only have 1 working watch.

73F, 8 MPH NNW, 47 % Humidity

7:34, 7:38, 7:26, 7:26, 6:55, 6:47

HR 153, 141, 144,148, 156,163

 ET: 43:47

AP: 7:18

AHR: 150 



 

Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Huans32 on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 14:16:33 from 138.64.2.76

Great news on both accounts. New watch and your calf is feeling better. Sweet. Nice tempo run with some MP miles in there.

From timp on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 15:33:29 from 129.188.33.26

Marc - I'm curious if you tried sending back the watch for repair. It looks like an out of warranty repair on those is $79.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/outofwarranty.html

From Smooth on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 15:54:58 from 97.117.81.161

Glad your calf is loosen up. Continue to do some gentle stretching and massage and hydrate...might help. Those are good looking splits with couple of sub-7 at the end. Wouldn't hurt to check the Garmin warranty. 10 days!!!

From DonGardinero on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 22:20:00 from 152.216.7.5

Awesome job, Mr. Speedy. How you feelin'? Ready for SGM?

From MarcE on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 22:47:42 from 24.155.140.8

Tim - I should probably send mine in and see if they can refurbish it for $79. It's just about 2 years old..and been used quite a bit. I got the new one for about $155 from Amazon.com.

It's funny how today's run turned from "I wonder if I'll be able to do sub-8's" to "Hmm..this feels pretty nice". The cooler weather definitely helped too!

Dale, I'm not sure if I'm ready for SGM, but I will be by 10/3!

From Mike Warren on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 08:07:42 from 208.117.124.133

Hey great run! Good luck next week.

From Huans32 on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:34:06 from 138.64.2.76

Oh you will be ready. You got a new watch your going to be sporting and everything. And we will for sure have some cooler temps.

From Kathie on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 18:22:52 from 63.248.105.188

Great run Marc, glad to here you will have all your gadgets ready come race time!

From Teena on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 22:40:27 from 67.177.20.13

So happy to hear about the happy calves!!!

What do you do with your Garmins??? Are you a heavy wrist sweater??? hee hee!!!

Nice job today Marc!!! :) :) :)

From Kathie on Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 13:13:31 from 63.248.105.188

So how are you doing now?

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