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Location:

OKC,OK,US

Member Since:

Feb 06, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

All races run

2015

Houston 1/2 Marathon - 1:13:12 (PB) Jan 

Phoenix Marathon - 2:34:08 (PB) Feb

Boston Marathon - 2:35:00 (CR)Apr

Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon- 2:38:59 (Single age state record 42) *6 days after Boston

Go Mile Arkansas- 4:55 (PB)

Fire Ball Classic Ada OK - 16:48

Riverside 5000 Tulsa OK - 16:17 (PB)

Brookhaven 5k Norman OK - 16:22

Medtronic Twin Cities Master Championship Marathon St Paul MN - 2:35:51 

Tinker 1/2 Marathon TAFB - 1:14:32 Oklahoma single age (43)

Tulsa Run 15k Master Championship - 51:58

 

2014

Naughty or Nice 8k 2014- 27:10 (PB)

 San Antonio Rock N Roll Marathon 2014- 2:38:17 (PB) 2nd overall

Tulsa Zoo 10k Run 2014 - 33:52 (PB) Overall winner

Tulsa Run 15k Master National Championship 2014- 52:53 4th overall (sb)

Brookhaven 5k 2014- 16:31 (SB)

Little Rock 1/2 Marathon 2014- 1:14:03 (SB)

2013

Boston 2:41:22 -2013
Tulsa Run 15k Master National Championship 2013 - 51:33 (PB) 3rd overall
Race for Hope 12k- 2013-40:54 (PB) single age usatf  OK state record
 Run for Mums 2013 5k - 16:30 (PB)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 sub 16-5k

2:35:00 marathon

1:13:00 1/2

2:33:00 full

  

Long-Term Running Goals:

stay healthy and run the best i can

Beat Jake 

 

take down as many OK LDR records as i can.

Personal:

 

43 yrs old

Married - 21 yrs

3 boys

1 dog (my little girl Sophie)

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Sun, Mar 02, 2014
Race: Little Rock 1/2 Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:14:03, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.0013.1015.10

Had a great trip to Little Rock...Although the weather wasn't perfect I somehow managed to sqeeze another PR out of this course... we were treated very well. Jake, Connor, Ian and myself all ran the 1/2 this year.

We came out of Juanita's and it started sprinkling and getting colder. I managed to get a few strides in and some stretches and we lined up to go. I took off at my normal bat out of hell pace and led for the first 1/2 mile or so. Jake pulled up next to me and snickered something like "typical" cause he knew i wasn't going to hold that pace.LOL I told him that I still had time to slow down for the first mile split (which i did) 5:17.  

Jake took off with a group of about 6 runners moving at a much faster pace. 3 of them were 1/2 marathoners and the rest were running the full.  2 of the marathoners fell back a bit and i caught up with them at about mile 3 and ran through 11 miles with them. Both of them finished in the money at the 3rd and 4th place spots in the marathon. I ran solo from  there. I hopped just in front of the Lead marathoners when the courses met back up and the 12-13 mile was bitterly cold with a stiff wind..

I wasn't watching my time too much but when i saw the 1:13:xx on the clock i knew i had a good shot of PRing. I really wanted under the 1:14 mark but was a few ticks shy. I was the 4th person to cross the line but found out later that they had a delayed start after the elite field and some dude out chipped me. Regardless i was pretty happy with a 5th place finish and winning out the master field with a PR..

We head out early,shower at the hotel and made a stop at Mike's Place in Conway AR for some lunch.(good stuff)   Then had a very long trip back to the city in the freezing rain/ sleet/ snow / wind.

Little Rock 1/2

Comments
From jtshad on Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 14:11:01 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on a great new PR and the Master's win! Running strong righ now.

From DaveM on Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 20:30:54 from 67.167.155.216

Congrats on PRing yesterday, what incredible times for you and Jake in not ideal conditions. Glad you and Jake made it home safely. Hope you had a good time in LR. Let Wesley Hunt or me know the next time you're in LR and we'll meet. Dave M

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