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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
19.5017.0036.50
Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 18.00Saucony Miles: 13.00Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 190.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.0012.0018.00

Met Dave and Darin at the Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers clubhouse. The plan was to run 16 -- I was wanting to run my pace group pace (8:23/mi), but I didn't want to run alone. I decided to run with Dave and Darin - and they planned to run 7:45/mi.

Once I loosened up (after about 3 miles), I felt pretty good. The weather was great (a little windy), but temps were in the low 40s. After 16, Darin had to leave, so Dave and I ran 2 more cooldown miles (about 8:00/mi).

Blueberry muffin, and double-chocolate latte for breakfast. 2 water/gatorade stops. No gels. 

AP:  7:38

40-45F, 10-15 N, sunny

Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 18.00
Weight: 190.00
Comments(3)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

Solo lunchtime run from home. 3 out and 3 back. I wanted to get a feel for 8:20/mi pace. It wasn't too bad while headed into the wind, but it was hard to slow down when the wind was behind me. I think I'll be looking at my Garmin quite a bit on race day -- hoping that I'm not accordianing (if that's a word) the pace too much. 

AP: 8:14

71F, S15-20, sunny

Saucony Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.505.005.50

Lunchtime intervals w/ Dave and Darin. It was a bit on the hot side and very windy.

AP: 7:50

70F, 15-20S, sunny

Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 190.00
Add Comment
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

7 easy solo miles at lunch. How quickly it goes from too cold to too hot.

75F, 5 SW, Sunny

AP: 8:18

Saucony Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
19.5017.0036.50
Mizuno Alchemy Miles: 18.00Saucony Miles: 13.00Asic Speedstar SGM09 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 190.00
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