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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
  • 10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
  • 15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
  • 1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
  • Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

 

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AM: 10 miles. We're closing on our house today. I have some nerves, but big picture it will be a great place for our girls to grow up. Yesterday, I found an old DVD of the Smurfs while boxing things up. In the evening, we watched the episode about the Smurf zombie apocalypse. One of the Smurfs gets bitten by a purple bug that turns him into a snarling, hopping rabid Smurf with the sole thought of biting another Smurf's tail (thereby transmitting the plague). We laughed about it, but at bedtime Anna was terrified, and for the first time in ages went to sleep in our bed. There was also a theatrical lightning storm outside.

PM: 10 miles at track. Workout was 5x300, 3 sets, 100 rest between items, 500 between sets.

With temp in the low 90s and dew point in the low 70s, this was more about survival than splits. Averaged 55.

Comments
From Bret on Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:14:09 from 38.140.6.75

Congrats Drew - that's exciting for you and your family. Hopefully it is still close enough to your old house that you still can meet up with the group for long runs on the weekend.

From Drew on Wed, May 27, 2015 at 16:46:32 from 24.92.19.68

Thanks! I remember a summer or two ago we ran down 62nd by the golf course - our house is in a little neighborhood near there. Definitely not too far to meet the group, but I may drive downtown.

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