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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: 8.00 Month: 35.00 Year: 251.50
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4 on the trails 12:30 start. it was warm. 

6:30 pm. new experiment. treadmill running. 3.9 miles. treadmill shut off after 35 minutes. I did not know that was a thing. lessons learned: 1. After 30 minutes, jump on next treadmill. Mop up both treadmills after an hour. 2. 8:57 pace on a treadmill is really smooth, and not at all like 8:57 pace outside. 3. bring a towel. 4. Schedule running time when a specialized workout class is not taking place. They were very distracting.

I could see incorporating more treadmill stuff in my future. 

Also my sons took thier first road trip without their parents today. They drove 3 hours to Fort Lauderdale (across alligator alley) to hang out with their cousins for a half a week. Before school starts next week. I'm not the most overprotective dad, but this one got to me a bit. I was nervous. 

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10 am 4 on the trails

3+3 = 6 on the treadmill at 7:30 pm. 

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8:30 am start. Hood route to legacy trail over the SWOM bridge and back. Hot and also hot.

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5 on the trails after heavy rain. Like bonus gravity.

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trails. Hot. 

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6 on the trails. A lot of deep thinking out there. 

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4 on the trails

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6 on the trails. For some reason, I had the Laverne and Shirley theme song stuck in my head the whole time. That's got to be some kind of weirdness record.

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6 on the trails. right before the storm. 

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1 on the trails. Then 7.75 miles hood route to legacy trail over SWOM bridge and back. 

Very tough run. Steaming. Like the road was super hot and then it rained, and steam came up. Then things got cloudy @ 3 miles deep, and I got overly ambitious. The clouds were gone for the entire run home. Again, I would guess that I am 20 sec / mile faster in the shade. Creed's "my own prison" stuck in my head? mmmkay. 

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5 on the trails. Going to key west tomorrow with spouse. This thing has been here for years, and I've never done it.... Key West Express Official Page

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4 on the trails. Great trip to Key West.

When I got home my brother was in the hospital. He's out now, but yesterday was weird for sure. 

Every now and then, I think that Venice is moving towards a younger demographic. Then yesterday, I had to spend a bit longer than usual at the local election site. That's a friendly reminder that the median age in this town is 69. Everyone is just shuffling towards oblivion.

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5 miles. Shirtless. It's been a while. 

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 4 on the trails in the blazing inferno. I may have a food hangover from last night. We went to a new restaurant in Osprey. Home - Deep Lagoon Seafood The food was good, but I'm feeling it today. 

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7 on the trails in the evening. Some form of rain the whole time. Crickets were deafening by the end of it. It's my big brother's 55th birthday today. We had cracker barrel for lunch.

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4 on the trails at noon. 

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7 on the trails. 86 deg., 84% hum.., 80 d.p. Maybe the most soaked I have been on a run, where it wasn't raining. Shoes making squishy noises. Good times!

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6 on the trails. not as bad weather as yesterday, but still rough. I was "lucky" enough to be running the trails at the same time as a mom's club outing. 4 moms 10 kids 2 dogs couple of strollers. I'm trying to run a narrow trail, and they're hearding cats, and stopping for group photos. I get it, but I was in no mood for this. Oh well.

We're down to 44 of us, updating every month on here. 

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