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Why do you run?
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Running is my outlet. It
is where I do my best thinking. And
there is no better way to see the world then running various marathons around
the globe.
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Describe your best
marathon memory.
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Twin Cities 2000 – I set my PR.
I was in an absolute groove. I
went out at a pace I thought was conservative (thinking I would hit 6:00
minutes). My first mile was 5:51. My next mile was 5:50, then 5:47, 5:43 and
I felt great. I maintained roughly
that pace through 20 miles, reaching that in 1:54:21. The last 10k is challenging and I slowed
somewhat, but I managed to set a new PR by over 6 minutes.
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Why do you pace?
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I like the challenge of running consistent pace. And I feel that with the number of
marathons I’ve run, I can offer a lot of guidance to runners in my group. There are a number of ways to conserve
energy and maximize your effort that I think a lot of runners aren’t aware
of. I will share those secrets with my
pace group.
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Tell us your best
pacing experience.
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I paced my best friend in the 1995 Grandma’s Marathon. It was his second marathon and my
first. I was just coming off of my
Collegiate career and was in pretty good shape, so at the time running 7:00
pace wasn’t a big deal. I ran with him
the whole way and helped him to a PR of 25 minutes. We finished in 3:02:15.
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Why should someone run
in your pace group?
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Based on the number of marathons I’ve run, I can offer a lot of
helpful tips to the group. In
addition, I can lock onto a pace pretty well and hit splits mile after mile
consistently so the group won’t do a lot of speeding up or slowing down.
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Any tips for runners
about to join your group?
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Let me do the talking and follow me. The two biggest wastes of energy are
talking and running the curves. If you
don’t know what I mean, you will when we run.
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