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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
Tue, Sep 04, 2018
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.500.007.50

7.5 miles. hood route. 6 am start. in the soup. still waiting on the new shoes to come in. 

Funny story from this weekend's soccer tournament: 

When Tommy was playing soccer, Johnny was on the playground. He met a bunch of kids there. Anyway, there was this kid, amybe 5 or 6 years old.

Johnny says "What's your name?"

The kid says "Awesome."

Johnny says "What?" 

The kid says "Awesome." 

Johnny says "Austin?" 

The kid says "No, Awesome." 

Johnny says "Where's your mom?"

The kid points. 

Johnny goes to the mom and says "What's his name?"

Mom says "awesome." 

Johnny says "Austin?"

Mom says "No, Awesome."

Johnny introduced me to Awesome later. So for the rest of the weekend, Someone would say something like "Did you see that shot? Wow, that was awesome!" And we would say "No, that's not Awesome. I've met Awesome. He's much shorter, is missing a couple of teeth, and likes to pretend that playground mulch is hot lava." 

It is amazingly funny how many times someone uses that word. 

The rest of my weekend is irrelevant -- I MET AWESOME!

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Comments
From Michael on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 08:21:26 from 24.235.56.63

I love it! That's just awesome!

From Tom K on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 08:22:32 from 47.206.60.114

No, it's not. But let me tell you about Awesome....

From Tom K on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 08:25:50 from 47.206.60.114

I imagine his dad has a tattoo of his kid's names on his arm. He's got an "Awesome" tattoo. People ask him about it, and he says "I made awesome."

Further, his brother or sister that was playing soccer, while he was on the playground - What's THAT kid's name?

"Hi, I'm Awesome, and this is my brother, Kindofokay."

From Tom K on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 08:26:29 from 47.206.60.114

I have to stop, or I might lose my day to this.

From Tom Slick on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 09:05:37 from 66.87.126.86

Tom Awesome K...

From Rhett on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 19:20:34 from 66.185.237.66

That would be sweet to be able to say. “Hi, I’m Awesome. “ your whole life.

From Tom Slick on Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 20:33:26 from 66.87.126.86

Ditto that sentiment!

From Martin on Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 13:01:57 from 93.225.25.63

Is it allowed to use any name for your kids in America? Anyway, a pretty awesome story! 😉

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