| 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)
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* - 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 37.16 | 13.85 | 51.01 |
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| Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 37.16 | Asic Nimbus 10 (sz 13) Miles: 13.85 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME - SPRING FORWARD
Today was a gorgeous day. The wind was barely noticeable. I was going to run 12-14 today, but ran out of daylight.. I had my wife drop me off 8 miles from home, with about one hour of daylight. My Garmin wasn't charged, so I'm guessing I averaged about 8:00/mi, with a few of the miles in the low 7:00s. It was a great run with lots of rolling hills..thoughts of Boston!
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| Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 8.00 |
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Rest Day..nothing to see here..please move along. :-)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 2.00 | 10.00 |
| Another crazy day. This time change is making it very difficult for me to wake up in time to go to work. I haven't used an alarm in years (except the nights before races, when I use 2 of them..I don't want to be late for races..) I decided to telecommute today, so that I could be able to take my boys to soccer practice immediately after work, without the usual 45 minute commute each way. Ran a mid-week long run at lunch time. 75 degress, 15MPH wind felt pretty good. Overcast skies helped keep me cool. I felt a bit sluggish for coming of a rest day, but once I got a few miles into it, I was glad I ran. Miles
8:47 (uphill into the wind)
8:15 (still into the wind, not too much uphill)
7:54
8:07
8:07
8:39 (walked a little while I drank some PowerAde)
8:09
8:58 (walked a little past the house with the big dogs that like to chase me)
7:25
7:15 (the last 2 miles were sort of downhill with the wind..it's nice to finish strong!)
Avg HR: 145
AP: 8:09
Coached the boys soccer practice, and then was off to and open house at my kindergartener's school. Now I'm starting to realize why there are so many older people at races...once the kids are out of the next, there's a lot more time for running!! It'll be bitter-sweet, I'm sure. I'm shooting for my first 50 mile week of the year this week...supposed to rain tomorrow. I might have to run on the treadmill.
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| Asic Nimbus 10 (sz 13) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
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We got some much-needed rain today, and temps in the upper 30's. As much as this would have been ideal training weather, I opted for the treadmill. Did 5 miles as quickly as possible.
AP: 7:30
Last mile: 7:00
The rain is supposed to stick around for a few days, so maybe I'll brave the elements tomorrow.. |
| Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.85 | 3.85 |
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Ran a quick 3.85 mile loop after work w/ Eric. The rain let up, and it was about 40 degrees and a slight breeze. Not bad weather.
Eric took off quick today. I stuck with him for about 2 miles then he inched his way away from me. I wasn't feeling like pushing it too much today.
AP: 7:08 (Eric finished w/ 6:59...I knew he was going for sub 7:00, I just couldn't hang w/ him today. I'll get him next time :-) |
| Asic Nimbus 10 (sz 13) Miles: 3.85 |
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I'll admit it...I'M A WUSS!!!! ooooh..it was cold and rainy outside, so big bad Marc-E stayed inside and lit a fire in the fireplace. So much for that planned 50 miles this week, unless I do a marathon for a long run on Saturday..at least it isn't supposed to rain! :-)
(I did help coach my boys' baseball practice..which was held inside a gym due to the rain) | |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 24.16 | 0.00 | 24.16 |
| OK...maybe I'm not a complete wuss. I managed to get in my 50 mile week afterall!!!! Woohooo..yay me! Today was probably the best run I've had all year. The temp when I started was 46 degrees, slight wind (8-10mph), overcast skies. If there's weather I could hope for at Boston, it would be like today's (maybe with a nice 20 MPH tailwind, but I won't get greedy :-) Today I ran on the Mineral Wells State Railway Trailway (or whatever it's called). I love running on hard-packed gravel..especially a day after a good rain (no dust). Being that this trail used to be railroad tracks, it drains great. No puddles to dodge! The trail has a mile marker ever..er..mile. I park at the trailhead and run out half as far as I want to run for the day. When I reached the 11 mile mark, I still felt great, so I went to 12 and turned around. I knew I would get in 24 miles, one way or another. I was on a 8:09 pace at the turnaround (more downhill on the way out). I was trying to run by effort today. I planned to keep my HR between 130-140 for the first 20, then let it go from 140-150 for miles 21-22, then 150-160 for the final 2 miles. I stuck to it very well. This meant slowing down a little on the uphills, and speeding up a little down hills. I think I might give this "effort" thing a shot at Boston -- though I usually run "by feel" anyways. I kept thinking about what Kathie said about my last run of 3.85 -- and how she would have put in an extra .15 miles just to make it 4. Well, I felt so good when I got to the parking lot that I ran around it in an attempt to make up those .15 miles...when I hit the "stop" button on the Garmin it was 24.16 -- I was over by .01 miles. Doh!! What is Kathie going to think of that?! Avg Pace: 8:20 Avg HR: 139 I really need to order another pair of Asic Speedstars and wear them in a little before Boston.
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| Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 24.16 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 37.16 | 13.85 | 51.01 |
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| Asic Speedstar 3 Miles: 37.16 | Asic Nimbus 10 (sz 13) Miles: 13.85 |
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