Jack, it was so nice following you on this fantastic journey. The time commitment is so demanding to train the way you did. This shows the heart you have and the willingness to do the time. You deserve every bit of this glory, because you worked your ass off. Congratulations on a great race! The execution was perfect.
I remember seeing that pic of your daughter, and that painting that Cherie did is beautiful. Aren't FE's the greatest?
Barking Mad To Run
What a great report, Jack! Looking strong there at the end too! BQ at your first marathon, that is - as Barney would say in "How I Met Your Mother" - Legen-Dary!
Wow, nice painting that Cherie did, that is really something! I wonder if I send her my Bare Buns 5K photo....nawww...she'd probably want to burn her eyes out after seeing that!
Congratulations, Jack!
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt
Congrats again....your hard work really paid off....great splits too...and you will only get even faster...enjoy your recovery!
marathon pr - 3:16
SheCan
What a great report, Jack! Looking strong there at the end too! BQ at your first marathon, that is - as Barney would say in "How I Met Your Mother" - Legen-Dary! Wow, nice painting that Cherie did, that is really something! I wonder if I send her my Bare Buns 5K photo....nawww...she'd probably want to burn her eyes out after seeing that! Congratulations, Jack!
Scotty I seen this! Do I have to put that line about not seeing y'all nekkid back in my sig line again? Don't make me do it!
Thanks everyone though about the painting. Couldn't have done it for a nicer more deserving person than Jack.
Cherie
"We do not become the people who this world needs simply by turning our backs on anyone we don’t like, trust, or deem healthy enough to be in our presence. " ---- Shasta Nelson
Are we there, yet?
BTW, just to be the wet blanket I am so well known for, you didn't burn 3,000+ calories. Garmin lies.
LTH - actually he probably did. A commonly used figure for calories expended for a male is 124 per mile. 124 * 26.2 = 3249 calories.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
I've got my story and I'm sticking to it.
Short term goal: 17:59 5K
Mid term goal: 2:54:59 marathon
Long term goal: To say I've been a runner half my life. (I started running at age 45).
I LOVE that painting that Cherie did of your beautiful daughter. What a treasure!
Jack (Brad? You never told me you were a Brad... ), I am so very very proud of you! What excellent, smart and strong training and racing on your part. I knew from the start that you had it in you, I could tell without a doubt. It was only a matter of you believing in yourself. And you did that, just like a champ! Congratulations on a great awesome finish time and a FREAKIN" BQ!!!! On your first attempt!!! Bravo!
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
Return To Racing
Oooohhhhh, we all have to go run a race with Cherie and get a souvenir painting.
Hip Redux
Amazing, JK! Great job!
Huge congrats, Jack.
Textbook, from your training to your late-race mental game. +1 to everything that Goo said, especially... that was a very, very well-executed race, never mind that it was your first marathon and a BQ!
Also, the painting by SheCan is super cool. Great job, see you in Boston.
Really, really fantastic execution on this race. You're splits are textbook, and you really showed something in pulling hard those last couple of miles. Congrats on BQ'ing on your first marathon. I'm sure not many can say that.
Life is good.
Smaller By The Day
The easiest way to burn 3,000 calories is to wait until they bring out the free chips at the Mexican restaurant. Light those babies on fire. They're usually deep fried, and they go up in a blaze. Watch out for the floating black ash though.
Improvements
Weight 100 pounds lost
5K 31:02 Sept. 2012 / 23:36 Sept. 2013 (Same Course)
10K 48:59 April 2013
HM 2:03:56 Nov. 2012 / 1:46:50 March 2013
MARATHON 3:57:33 Nov. 2013
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LtH: Thanks for being such a wet blanket. You have just completely ruined this for me.
Hog: You helped me get here, as well. Remember the HMs we trained for on the Ryan Hall plan? And yes, FEs are great.
Scotty: Sorry I couldn't get a "legs" photo of She Can. Were mine ok?
Ric-G: Yes, I will enjoy every second of it. I have been going at it for over a year now and this would be a good time to take a couple weeks off.
Lily: Thanks for believing in me. Your encouragement was always a big help to me.
Oski:
Jay: Thanks, man. Yes, that will be one heck of an FE!
outoftheblue: oh... those last two miles were pain. Bamboo under the fingernails, salt water on open wounds pain... but it was worth it.
No more marathons
Mighty fine Brad, mighty fine.
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!