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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: 6 miles. Yesterday at my sister's place we played frantic sessions of basketball, soccer, football and capture the flag. From an outside perspective, we must seem like complete fruitcakes, but we kind of revert to our adolescent selves when we're all together, and it's how we bond.

I was way too sore to do my planned track workout this morning. Definitely my best excuse of the week.

I did still go up to the Arcadia High track, and dragged my Mom along to walk while I did 6x400 to shake things out. 83, 82, 81, 78, 75, 76.

Afterwards, we were walking a few laps together, and a guy came up and said hello. He was taking a kid through some football PT drills, casually mentioned: silver medalist 84 olympics in 400 meter hurdles, beat Edwin Moses in 87. His name was Danny Harris. I looked him up when I got back home, interesting guy. He was very nice and laid-back, but also had an definable sense of power surrounding him. As achy as I was feeling, I was half-hoping he would tell me to sprint an 800 all out, because I would have.

PM: 2 miles.

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AM: 2 quick miles before flight back to Florida.

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AM: 6 miles with Richie and Mike G. Good to catch up. Pretty silly, but I have a tweak in my left hamstring from playing with my niece and nephew that is going to limit me this week.

PM: 9 miles. Track was closed down for Spring Break, so I ran on the Pinellas Trail. Kept it light- about a dozen strides between 100-400 meters.

Now that the LA trip is over, I'm ready to initiate Operation Get Ready to Race in 12 Days.

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AM: 4 slow, sore miles.

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Taking today off. Went to sports doc yesterday and got treatment on my left hamstring, much stretching and rolling last evening.

This morning it is improved, so I'm going to give it a day or two, and I expect it should be fine. Sometimes in the past I would have run through this, but the last couple runs I've felt like there was some compensation going on in my stride, and that never turns out well.

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AM: 4 miles.

PM: 7 miles.

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AM: 5 miles. Pushed the jogging stroller down to Northshore Park and ran around with the girls.

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