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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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Tue, Feb 17, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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PM: 10 miles at track. No snowpiles building up here, but driving through St. Pete at 5pm in a steady, cool rain. We've got a good thing going on in our training group. I had little doubt Mike, Lee and Quint would still be there ready to go. And of course Joe standing under whatever shelter he can find, yelling splits.

Workout was: 4 X 400 WITH 200 REST, 3 X 800 WITH 200 REST, 4 X 400 WITH 200 REST, 400 REST BETWEEN THE SETS.

Lee, Quint and I are running Gasparilla this weekend, so we kept the effort controlled. I was looking for 10k-15k pace. Mike floated around us for the first half, then took off. Maybe because of the cool rain, or the reduced effort, but we kept the recoveries brisk, which felt good. Splits:

  1. 1:24, 1:24, 1:19, 1:19
  2. 2:45, 2:40, 2:35
  3. 1:16, 1:18, 1:18, 1:16

Comments
From Bret on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 13:28:05 from 216.234.133.229

Nice. I envy the training group and the commitment. Nostalgic for running with my old cross country team in the summer rains in Florida.

From Rob Murphy on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 13:58:51 from 163.248.33.220

I remember showering in a downpour on the Dunedin High track after a summer run. Bar of soap and everything.

From Drew on Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 18:01:28 from 24.92.19.68

I can definitely imagine that in a summer downpour. Last night was cool enough that I was ready to get off the track as soon as the workout ended.

There have been lean times in our track club so I really appreciate the group we have now.

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