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Location:

Venice,FL,USA

Member Since:

Oct 31, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:
21:01, (6:46 pace) 11-19-11.
20:08, (6:29 pace) 9-1-12 (Part of a Mini-Triathlon Relay).
19:17, (6:12 pace) 11-17-12.
19:19, (6:13 pace) 11-23-13.
19:30, (6:17 pace) 1-4-14.
20:34, (6:34 pace) 9-13-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 10-25-14
19:32, (6:17 pace) 11-22-14
19:40, (6:19 pace) 12-19-14
19:49, (6:23 pace) 1-31-16

8k:
34:42, (6:57 pace) 3-17-12.
32:11, (6:28 pace) 3-16-13.
32:32, (6:33 pace) 3-15-14. 

34:00, (6:50 pace) 3-14-15.

33:09, (6:40 pace) 3-11-17.

32:56, (6:38 pace) 3-17-18.

10k:
44:18, (7:08 pace) 4-14-12.
41:22, (6:39 pace) 12-15-12.
42:11, (6:47 pace) 4-13-13.
41:06, (6:37 pace) 12-8-13.

42:03, (6:46 pace) 3-5-16

44:35, (7:11 pace) 8-26-17
12k:
53:53, (7:14 pace) 3-24-12.
49:20, (6:37 pace) 3-1-14
15k:
1:18:16, (8:24 pace) 2-26-11.

1:04:37. (6:56 pace) 2-20-16

1:08:25 (7:18 pace) 2/22/20

Half Marathons:

1:37:57 (7:28 pace) 1-26-20. Fort Lauderdale - A1A 
14 Marathons:
1.  4:12:08, (9:37 pace) 1-9-11. Disney.
2.  4:18:18, (9:51 pace) 10-30-11. MCM.
3.  3:42:26, (8:29 pace) 1-14-12. Charleston.
4.  3:13:15, (7:22 pace) 10-7-12. Steamtown.
5*.  3:12:26, (7:20 pace) 1-19-14. Louisiana.
6*.  3:14:06, (7:24 pace) 4-21-14. Boston.
7*.  3:19:38, (7:37 pace) 7-19-14. U. of Okoboji.
8*.  3:16:27, (7:30 pace) 2-22-15. Mercedes-Benz
9*. 3:30:38 (8:03 pace) 5-15-16 Sugarloaf

10. 3:24:21 (7:48 pace) 11-5-16 Savannah RNR

11. 3:27:37 (7:56 pace) 5-12-18 Brookings

12. 3:46:02 (8:38 pace) 10-7-18 Towpath

13. 3:35:11 (8:13 pace) 9-12-21 Med City

14. 3:45:45 (8:37 pace) 4-16-23 Coastal Delaware

* = These 5 races were run at 67.9 seconds per pound. If I want a PR, I need to weigh less than 170 pounds.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 GOALS:

to not get fat

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running as often as I can, as far as I can, as fast as I can. Teaching my kids (by example) the rewards that come from putting in the work. Very slowly get to 50 states.

Personal:

I'm married, with two sons, 17, and 18.

I started running because someone dared me to.

I ran my first race 3 days after my 40th birthday. (Disney)

My profile picture story: http://www.melissajill.com/blog.cfm?postID=1492&boston-marathon

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Miles:This week: 7.00 Month: 23.00 Year: 239.50
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4 on the trails. 1 pm start. 74 deg., 54% hum., 50 d.p. I somehow injured my back a week ago. (maybe it was all golf all day after not playing for 10 months.) So after a week of rest, a couple of trips to the chiro, I'm back. This run didn't feel awful, but it was really slow. 

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5 on the trails. 2 pm start. 

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7.5 miles. hood route. 8:20 am start. last mile in 7:43. I'm not going to say that was maxed out, but I was using more of my lungs than on a usual run. Somewhere in there Little Dragon's Ritual Union was stuck in my head. Then one easy on the trails. 

My brother got the boys their Christmas presents while he was in town for Thanksgiving. Surfboards. Now much of my life has been looking at local surf reports. Once you ride a wave, that's pretty much all you want to do, apparently. Look, kid, this is the west coast of Florida. If you want waves all the time, we need to move. 

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4 on the trails at 1 pm. 

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4 on the trails.

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4 on the trails

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2 on the trails. this year has got to end soon, right?

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4 on the trails. Party last night at a high school friend's house, with lots of the class of '88. This guy had a barn (dougie's barn) that is nicer than most of the bars I've been to in my life. It was ridiculous. 

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5 on the trails. 

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5 on the trails. Rain from mile 2 on. 

pm: 3 more on legacy trail. It was odd to run on pavement again. 

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8 on the trails. 

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4 on the trails. the folks with dogs off leashes on a no pets allowed trail are starting to become a problem. 

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4 more on the trails at 11. 

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4 on the trails. 50 degrees. 

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adults vs. kids soccer game at the fields. Given the pierogi-heavy Polish traditional Christmas eve dinner, and the falling apart of exercise discipline lately, and the lopsided nature of this game (4 parents vs. @ 15 kids.), this was really rough. How long has it been since I "sprinted"?  Have I ever run fast? I am still sore 3 days later. 

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4 on the trails. 

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5 on the trails. 

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6 on the trails. 79 deg. We are still running the AC in here. 

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