JohnK

May 21, 2024

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Location:

Athens,GA,USA

Member Since:

Oct 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2:51.13 marathon PR (Drake Relays, 1983) 2:59.12 masters best (Snickers Marathon, Albany, GA, 2008) Other PRs: mile 4:42, 3,000m 9:30, 5K 16:30, 10K 34:31, 20K 1:12.27, half-marathon 1:18.57

Short-Term Running Goals:

~2:57 marathon in '08 (missed by 2:00 with a 2:59.12, but I'll take it)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:00 marathon at age 50 (2010) and possibly a sub-2:57.15 (Georgia state 50-54 age division record) that year; continue enjoying running for another 50 years from that point!

Personal:

Born in Iowa, I now live in Athens, Georgia and have been married to Amy for 17 years. We have two children: Emma age 13, William age 12

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14 miles, first 2 easy to warm up then 15K on UGA track in 1:00.55 followed by 2.75 cool-down. Ran first 5K in 20:29 (1Ks in 4:06, 4:07, 4:07, 4:04, 4:05) then sped up just a bit with a 20:18 (4:03, 4:03, 4:04, 4:04, 4:04) and ran the final 5K in 20:08 (4:04, 4:04, 4:03, 4:03, 3:55). Overall pace for the 15K is 6:32 so this is ~:15-:20 faster than MP.

My original thought was to run 20K in ~1:22 but after 5K I could tell I wasn't having a great day so I agreed with myself to just do 15K but pick up the pace a bit. It didn't feel as easy as I would have liked but I've had some short nights lately and think I came into this kind of tired.

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