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Just finished another 30 mile run (12 miles to Running Wild, 16 miles of marathon pacing and 2 recovery miles back home). That makes 3 Saturdays in a row of running 30 mile runs and now time to taper down and rest for the next few weeks. I was definitely feeling fatigued today, especially with […]
Finished a total of 30 miles with total time of 4:53:50 and average pace of 9:48. Ran 7 miles to Running Wild, paced the training group for 21 miles, then finished with 2 miles back home. Great weather and now I have over 32 marathons complete (24 of them being 30+ mile distance). I didn’t […]
Finished a total of 30 miles today with an average pace of 9:43. First run was 6 miles from home to Running Wild at a 9:20 pace, then I paced the marathon training group for 20 miles at a 10:01 pace. Finished up with a 4 mile run back home at an 8:44 pace. Slowly […]
Needing to add some distance to train for the upcoming ultras, I reached out to the people in charge of the Pensacola Marathon to see if they needed any pacers and ended up pacing the 5 hour group. This gives me free entry to run the marathon while letting me train for the longer distance […]
Finished the Marine Corps Marathon with a 3:57:39 on my watch and an official race time of 03:58:15. Not quite sure why, but my watch as well as all my friends who ran it, all showed a much longer distance. I was focused and consistent on running the tangent lines as well, so not quite […]
My overall goal is to complete the Marine Corps Marathon under 4 hours. However, I’m trying to pick up my pace and keep improving in hopes to qualify for the Boston Marathon in the next year or so. I have a long way to go and things don’t come easy, but just need to focus […]
This was the second time of being the “sweeper” at the Blackwater 50k ultra. Not including the missing runs that got deleted off my watch, this should bring me up to 21 ultras with distances of 30+ miles now! For those who don’t know what a sweeper is, it’s basically the person who stays by […]
Just finished a 30 mile run with a 10:08 pace. Beautiful weather to add another ultramarathon distance run to my log!
Finished pacing a group at Running wild and added more mileage to get 30 miles in. Here’s some photos of the adventure. These guys seemed like they wanted to join me for a short section (or chase me away):
Just finished 30 miles this morning with my EKG on which included a 5 mile run to Running Wild, then paced the 4:45 full marathon group for 21 miles, then ran 4 miles back home. Still no call from the heart monitoring company so it seems like things are good with my heart! A year […]
Was going to try the 100, but lack of training and some painful legs decided to do the 50 mile instead! I had some pain around my knee area on the last ultra distance run I did, but didn’t think much of it other than not training as much. However, my legs really started getting […]
Decided to start running around the bays again and was going to try to get 50 miles in again. On Hwy 90 now in Milton. Other than a 5 mile run, I don’t think I’ve ran since the 36 miles out at Blackwater a few weeks ago. My legs are tightening up so not sure […]
I volunteered to be the sweeper at the Blackwater 50k and added some extra miles after, finishing up with 36 miles on the trails. Legs feel pretty normal too so it was a success. I wanted to go longer but the sweeping added an extra 3-4 hours to my run so I figured I’ll add […]
Finished a total of 30.41 miles today with a pace of 9:32. It was great running with my cousin Corie and also with some other friends (Briana, Suzanne, Katie and Scott)!
I paced the 5:00 hour marathon group and it was great seeing each person from the training group cross the finish line. I ended up with 28 miles as I kept running back to the next person in the group to run with them to the finish. It was a great day and definitely one […]
Finished today with 30 miles. I ran 8 miles before pacing the 5:00 marathon training group at Running Wild for 20 miles, then I ran the last 2 miles home. So proud of the training groups this week!
Starting around mile 35-40 I started dealing with some asthma and wiggly legs building up (reminded me of when I passed out at my first marathon). I felt my body was telling me the 100 mile run can wait for another day and I pulled out with a DNF at the aid station at mile […]
This was a unique location for a race out at the Wildlife Animal Sanctuary near Denver. The 26+ mile marathon was actually a training run as I’m using them to build up strength for further distances. I was supposed to be running a 100k there but the weather wasn’t happy with that and washed out […]