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Little Rock Marathon

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Location:

Little Rock,AR,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Longest Ultra: White Rock Classic: 6:34:00, 33.4 miles, Ozark Mtns., AR

Marathon: 3:25:06, Boston Marathon, April 20, 2015

Half-Marathon: 1:33:27 (Gun Time), Little Rock Half-Marathon, March 1, 2015.

10K: 43:10, Lenexa Freedom Run, Lenexa, KS, July 4, 2015

5K: 20:23, Firecracker Fast 5K, Little Rock, AR, July 4, 2013 (Mostly downhill course)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run another marathon in 3:25 or better.

2 to 3 Marathons per year - Goal: 3:30 or better

1 to 2 Half-marathons per year: 1:32 or better

1 to 2 Ultra Runs per year: At least one 50K

Have fun running and stay injury-free

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run Boston when I'm 60 years old

Personal:

Married to Kimberly - 23 years

Daughter Brianna - 21 years old

Three dogs: Hershey, Lady, Emmie

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Lunaracer 3 Lifetime Miles:						187.97
Nike Flyknit Lunar + Lifetime Miles:						379.60
ASICS Lyte 33 Lifetime Miles:						181.20
NB 890v3 Lifetime Miles:						221.10
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles:						8.10
Adidas Tempo 6 Lifetime Miles:						110.65

Sun, Mar 02, 2014

Race: Little Rock Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:20, Place overall: 159, Place in age division: 7

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.50	0.00	0.00	26.50

Ran 26.5 miles to complete a 26.2 mile marathon in wet but decent conditions. Temps dropped suddenly, about 6 degrees in the last 30 minutes of my run to approximately 40 degrees. After I finished, temps continued to drop to about 34 degrees and sleet began. Race conditions were nasty for people who finished after 4 hours.

No cramps and no wall. Official marathon time was 33:20 for another BQ. Had some GI problems and took a bathroom break at mile 11 that consumed about 3.5 minutes. Garmin read 7:58/mile pace. Official split was 1:46:14 at 13.1 miles. In second half of marathon course, I slowed down for two hilly sections. Also ran farther than needed to avoid puddles and run around walkers.

Placed 7th in my age group (M5559) and 159 overall out of 1743 runners. Feel almost fully recovered the next day, Will take it easy this week, at least until Thursday.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00

Comments

From butlerbrunning on Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 21:10:11 from 108.202.139.125

Nice run Dave..Yes next time out i would love to meet up...if ya'll come in town for the Memorial Marathon let us know. Were you running with a pace group. I know a dude from OK that paced the 3:20:00 group i think.

Sorry about your GI problems...I had the same thing happen at Tulsa this past yr at mile 5. Hope it never happens again.

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