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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: 13.5 miles. Met the Sunday run group late to get a little extra rest. The rumors are true, our long-lost training Sean has returned from injury. He's a great guy & runner, and it was good to see him back. I'm feeling pretty well overall since Friday, but drained. Once we turned into Brightwaters, Mike and Sean turned on the jets and I stayed back with Christina, who was still running much faster than I would have preferred.

At home, I brainstormed with the girls - what to do for Labor Day? Elise suggested making pumpkin pie - not traditional, but anything involving food sounds good to me nowadays. We headed to the store with a long list of ingredients - a lot of our old spices got tossed in the move. We bought everything but cardamom - I couldn't justify $10 for a 1/4 teaspoon of that. Compared to homemade ice cream, the sugar is manageable, but you are looking at a solid cup and a half of heavy cream.

PM: 3.5 miles with Elise on her bike before the daily thunderstorm rolled in.

Comments
From Snakemoney on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 02:56:40 from 155.91.45.229

wow, your running PR's are pretty wicked fast, especially considering your long break.

did you really only run 46 miles last year or just logged from here at the end of the year? most likely i have my answer. i clicked because i wanted to see someone who has ran way less the previous year.

good luck with everything.

From Drew on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 18:59:51 from 173.171.218.92

Hey SM-thanks for the kind words. Yeah, just signed up at the end of the year, kind of a New Year's resolution.

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