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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
132.003.000.000.00135.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.000.000.000.0023.00

AM: 23 miles. 8 solo, then 8 with Steve Wilcox. Ended up at home, picked up the family and ran 7 more with the jogging stroller.

Goal for the week is a lot of miles, and keeping them slow. So far so good!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

AM: 10 miles.

PM: 8 miles at lunch with Quint.

Due to the unrest in Baltimore, the Orioles moved their games against the Rays this weekend to St. Pete. All tickets were $15, general admission. I took my older daughter, and me made it to the seventh inning stretch - a new record for us.

My training partner, Lee, won a 5k on Sunday. Although my understanding on this point is imperfect, there is apparently some confederation of American nudist resorts, which conduct 5ks, and the Central Florida Bare-to-Dare 5k is considered the championships. So congrats to Lee-male nude 5k champion for 2015!

We close on our new house in 3.5 weeks. Not a single viewing request on our current home yet.

Unseasonably cool weather over the last five days. Won't see this again for five months.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.003.000.000.0020.00

AM: 10 miles.

PM: 10 miles, light track workout. Not too humid, thankfully.

1 X 1 MILE, 400 REST, 1 X 1200, 400 REST, 800 WITH 200 REST 800

Splits: 5:55, 4:27, 2:55, 2:55.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.000.000.0019.00

AM: 10 miles.

PM: 9 miles at lunch with Quint.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
21.000.000.000.0021.00

AM: 12 miles of running back and forth over the newly renovated Pinellas Bayway bridge. Yes, I am jealous of people who live in geographical regions containing changes in elevation.

PM: 9 miles at lunch with Quint and Josh. Feeling goofy.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.000.000.000.0020.00

AM: 11 miles - 3 warmup, then light fartlek the rest of the way.

PM:  9 miles at lunch with Quint.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 10 miles. My wife gets first shift on Saturday, so while she was out running my girls and I turned out the lights and danced in our underwear. Even though I got to start my run around 8, it was already pretty unpleasant out. For most of the run I wished I was back inside boogeying down.

PM: 4 miles, off to Tampa for work-related dinner. My wife and I get a date out of it.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
132.003.000.000.00135.00
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