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Rocket City Marathon

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Location:

Decatur,AL,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

*1 mi: 4:55.86 (2008)AL Record 42yo
*2 mi: 11:10
*5K: 17:23
*4 mi: 23:20
*5 mi/8K: 29:33

*10K: 36:27
*15K: 58:01
*10 mi: 1:02:38
*1/2 marathon: 1:22:48
*Marathon: 2:57:46 (Boston 2007) 
*50K: 4:42
*MT Mist50k: 5:34:52
*Mtn Masochist 50+miles 9:12 (2009)
*Hot to Trot 8 Hour-  42 miles
*Triathalon 400m/15k/5k 1:00:23

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a 100K or 100 miler

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy, encourage others to run.

Personal:

Married to Kelly since 1992, I have three beautiful daughters; Lily, Camille and Avanelle

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
2140 Blue Lifetime Miles: 236.88
Asics Ohana Lifetime Miles: 150.11
Asics Trail 2140 Lifetime Miles: 314.13
2140 White Lifetime Miles: 238.14
2140 Flame Lifetime Miles: 292.94
Asics 2150 Trail Lifetime Miles: 274.94
Asics 2150 Road Lifetime Miles: 250.26
Nike LunaRacer Lifetime Miles: 80.03
Nike Structure Triax 13 Lifetime Miles: 123.78
Nike Streak XC Lifetime Miles: 30.81
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
19.200.0022.000.000.0041.20
2140 Blue Miles: 15.00Asics Ohana Miles: 26.20
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.001.000.000.005.00

Flat run thru neighborhood. Marathon on Sat.  35:25/7:05

2140 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Even paced run thru Oak Lea. Will try and run w/Eric S at 6:45 pace for as long as I can in Rocket City Marathon this Sat.   35:16/ 7:03  

2140 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Flat and easy thru neighborhood.

 Marathon Sat., weather looking to be inhospitable, possibilty of snow, sleet and then rain.

36:29/ 7:18

2140 Blue Miles: 5.00
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Race: Rocket City Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:04:40, Place overall: 62, Place in age division: 10
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.200.0021.000.000.0026.20

Another great race at Rocket City Marathon 2009. This was my 10th official marathon and 6th consecutive RCM. It's nice to have a well run event like this so close to home.

Once again I had the honor to run along side friend and fellow blogger Eric S. Our race plan was to run at 6:45 pace thru 20 miles then see what we could do for the last 10K. I lasted thru 21 miles at goal pace then struggled over the final miles, while Eric stayed strong and on pace. Last year I ran a 2:59:01 and I knew in the back of my mind that I wasn't trained up to repeat that due to the two ultras that I ran in Nov.

I always go into my major races with three goals in mind. In this case; 1)PR(-2:57), 2) Sub 3, and 3) +/-3:05. At 21 miles I knew goal 1 was gone and as I trudge thru the next 2 miles I realized goal two was not gonna happen. Doing the calculations and digging down to pull myself out of my bad patch I knew Goal 3 was attainable.

It was great to have Kelly and my daughter Lily as well as a lot of freinds there cheering me on

This was Race 2 of the Fleet Feet Grand Slam. Next up: Recover from the Holidays FA 50K on the 31st.

Asics Ohana Miles: 26.20
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
19.200.0022.000.000.0041.20
2140 Blue Miles: 15.00Asics Ohana Miles: 26.20
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