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Location:

Naples,FL,

Member Since:

Mar 29, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

400m - ATC:  1:08   May '11

800m - ATC:  2:32   May '11

1600m - self-timed:  5:?? 

5k- Vinings Downhill 5k:  18:34  Sept, '11

10.k - Mardis Gras 10k:  39:15   Feb '12

Half - The Scream:  1:23:59  Jul '11

Marathon - Ridge to Bridge:  3:06:23   Oct '11

Completed 13 Marathons & 2 50k & 1 Century ride

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run injury free

Upcoming Races:

Sept. 14: - Erie Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sprint down Boylston Street once per year

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
ST-6 Racer Lifetime Miles: 223.50
Boston Adizero Red Lifetime Miles: 607.00
Boston Adizero White Lifetime Miles: 430.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles: 362.00
Nike Trail Lifetime Miles: 327.20
Boston Classic Lifetime Miles: 362.50
Adidas Marathon TR Lifetime Miles: 155.90
Vertical Feet Climbed - 2011 Lifetime Miles: 75701.00
Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles: 31.80
Adios Lifetime Miles: 277.90
Ghost GTX Lifetime Miles: 328.00
Karhu Flow Formula One Lifetime Miles: 166.30
Brooks PureFlow 2 Lifetime Miles: 153.70
Adios II Lifetime Miles: 147.40
Adios 2 Lifetime Miles: 150.20
Race: Peachtree 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:42:51, Place overall: 832, Place in age division: 58
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.006.207.70

A great day ... Happy Fourth to all!!
 
Race went pretty much as expected.  Hottest start in 14 years, 75 degree & 80% humidity at start.   Hit a comfortable stride early, although was breathing a little heavy with humidity:  6:22, 6:12, 6:25.
 
Then start of not so friendly uphill for next 2 miles, knew my legs were not fresh enough to attack, in addition to the weather:  This is about what I expected here:  7:21, 7:24
 
Alex joined me at Mile 5 for last 1.2 ... immediately I had to tell him to slow down unless he wanted to see me hurl!  :)   I felt bad, because I could tell he was all psyched up to pace me to an awesome time, but I knew after coming off two miles of uphill that wasn't going to happen, and just wanted to finish in control, it was too late for a great time to happen,  Mile 6 was 6:55.  Last .34 was a 6:30 pace.  Hard to run tangents with huge crowds, so I would guess the Garmin was probably a pretty accurate on distance ... another reason why I knew I would not have a great time!  Garmin AP was 6:46.
 
Hoped to break 42, but was fine with breaking 43.  Top 1,000 finishers get a commemorative glass, was happy to be in that group!  Sorry nothing more exciting to report, but heat, hills, & humidity are not my friend!  Overall I was happy with my run!!
 
The elite we picked up at the airport finished 2nd in Masters with a 33:03 (74th Overall!) & took home a $1,000.  He was a good guy & great meeting him.  Alex took pics of him getting his award, & he gave him a signal from on stage that he would call him, that was pretty cool.  Winner finished in 28:05, Ryan Hall finished 17th in 29:15.  With the big prize money & being the U.S. 10k national championships, there were definitely lot of fast runners.  All the Kenyans & Ethiopians were on stage in sweat pants, they probably thought it was a cool fall day!
 
Time for fireworks & beer!  #$%^&*()_+!
 

Oh & the elite told me all he thought I had to do to join the elite ranks, is double my mileage & lose 20 pounds!  He had a pretty good sense of humor.  He was 5'9 128, I am 5'8 148.

Easy 1.5 mile jog back to hotel with Alex.

ST-6 Racer Miles: 7.70Vertical Feet Climbed - 2011 Miles: 670.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 20:00:17 from 173.24.140.194

Way to go JG...I guess all of the Elite runners were shooting to beat you and avoided racing me in Hillsboro :-) I guess they were scared! Your time was really close to your eariler PR. I know with cooler weather you would be able to beat that PR easily! How may runners were there overall? What age group are you in? Wish I had been at your race, it was obviously much more exciting than my race :-) Let's keep working and set some new PR's this year...!!!

From JG on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 20:11:07 from 74.190.128.167

There were only 60,000 participants in my race! lol In Age Group 45-49, I finished 58th out of 3,428. I feel good about going sub 40 in the fall, really had no expectations of a PR on this course in July. I would have been pretty excited to finish first overall, maybe I should have been in Illinois!! lol

From SlowJoe on Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 21:20:14 from 75.109.104.60

Wow, didn't realize that was such a huge race. Sounds like a really good time for that heat and the hills.

20 pounds huh? I'm sure you'll get right on that!

From Dan on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 00:07:47 from 24.209.83.20

Wow that is a massive race! Good job - even without the conditions, but that just makes it better. Looks like you are on track with your goals for the year and that is a huge plus. So what is easier... doubling the miles or losing 20 pounds :/

From Steam8 on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 00:50:50 from 166.70.55.77

Great time! Good job on your race. I ran 5 in 41 today..hahhahaaa!

And one more thing...don't lose the 20lbs!!!

From timp on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 09:19:29 from 76.97.185.123

nice race JG especially with the heat and humidity yesterday.

From JG on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 12:53:59 from 74.176.226.245

Thanks All - and no, it is not likely I will be either dropping 20 lbs or doubling my mileage! In fact, after festivities yesterday, I think it is now 25! :)

From flatlander on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 14:19:56 from 198.207.244.102

Good job, that is a very nice pace and it looks like you had a good time. I knew it was a big race but didn't realize they were handing out so much money. $1,000 for 2nd place masters? No wonder everybody showed up. I didn't think it was possible for Ryan Hall to finish 17th in anything.

From JG on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 at 17:58:47 from 74.176.226.245

Thx Flat, total purse was just over $110,000! Overall winners got $15k & US Nat'l Championship winners got $10k.

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