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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: Pushed the jogging stroller down to the Forerunners aid station on the St. Anthony's course. The 10k section of the triathlon goes back into a beautiful, shady neighborhood, with lot of spectators and a 4th-of-July-in-April kind of feeling.

The girls didn't hand out water, but they did enjoy picking up discarded cups. A lot of parents and kids from our running group- great atmosphere.

I had a few minutes to catch up with Joe. He was 3rd in his age group at Boston, first American. We made a soft agreement to run Twin Cities this fall, but haven't signed the blood oath yet.

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AM: 10 miles.

PM: 5 miles at lunch with Quint.

Day One!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.003.000.0016.00

AM: 6 miles.

PM: 10 miles at track. For the workout, 8x600 with 200 rest. Ran with Lee. Not fast, but a decent effort. Averaged ~2:03.

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AM: 10 miles.

PM: 6 miles.

After some waffling, I've decided to run TCM this fall. The waffling was mostly because if I did decide to go, I wanted to go all in.

There are so many outs from training with 100% focus. No doubt a lot of it is psychological. I've put together blocks of good months here and there, but I don't feel like I've ever fully committed myself.

I'm in my prime years as a Masters runner. If I do care about running well (which I do), now is the time to go after it.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

AM: 10 miles.

PM: 6 miles at lunch with Quint and Josh.

Great night for Tampa Bay sports last evening, with the Lightning advancing to Round 2 in Game 7. And the Rays beating the Yankees in extra innings, with A-Rod grounding into a double play to end the game was nice too.

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12.004.000.000.0016.00

AM: 10 miles, with 4 @ 5:54 avg pace

PM: 6 miles at lunch with Quint.

My company announced a "Wellness Benefit" yesterday. Quarterly, you can expense iPhone workout apps, gym memberships, personal trainer fees, exercise videos and CrossFit.

You cannot expense running shoes.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 5 miles with the girls to Northshore Park for some tree climbing. Then another 9 solo to meet up for a picnic lunch.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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