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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Mile: 4:37 (HS)
2 Mile: 10:11 (HS)
10K: 35:52 (HS)
5K - 18:15 (ARR Summer Race Series #1 - 2008)
1/2 Marathon: 1:32:00 (St. George 2008 enroute)
Marathon: 3:10:56 (St. George 2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose another 10 lbs (to get to 155)
Run sub 18:00 5K (I am very close to this right now . . .)
Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
Run sub 3:00 marathon (all I can say is, watch out SGM . . .)

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~qualify for Boston Marathon~~ (technically, I have already done this, since my last year's time qualifies me for the 2009 Boston Marathon - he he!)
run Boston Marathon (maybe in 2010 with a bunch of other FRB'ers?)
run sub-2:50 marathon
run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
run sub-17:00 5K
beat my high school 10K time of 35:52

Personal:

I was married in 1997 to my beautiful wife Lybi (confessions of a piano teacher on the blog), and we have 3 wonderful boys who are just as active as I was when I was little (he he). I grew up in southeastern Michigan, and my family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 6. I attended BYU, and served a mission in Berlin, Germany. After graduating from BYU with a degree in Health and Human Performance (pre-physical therapy), I promptly changed careers and started working with computers (although no programming for me). We have moved across the country several times, and currently live in Mesa, AZ.

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Tue, Oct 07, 2008
Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Night Sleep Time	Nap Time	Total Sleep Time	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.50	0.00	6.50	2.00
AM - 2 very slow (and painful) miles with Sparky. My calves were tight as all get out, my quads were still sore, and I was basically stumping my way around, which caused my lower back to feel sore by the end of the run. However, I am glad that I got out. This is the quickest I have ever started to recover from a marathon, and I take that as a good sign. I am hopeful that tomorrow will be better because of today. I may also have just had my mind made up for me about which marathon to run - The Arizona Desert Classic Marathon is on January 31 next year, which is the same day as London's Run, a half marathon benefitting children's cancer charities. The story behind this run is tear-jerking, yet heart-warming to see how the family of the young girl whom the race is named after has handled her loss from cancer and has turned their loss into an event that helps others, and I am determined to run this race every year I can. So that means that, if possible, I will be running the LA marathon, which is just over 2 weeks after London's Run. That should give me enough time to recover, since it is only a half marathon. Update #2: I just got an email from MarathonFoto with a link to my photos. Some of them don't look half bad (I just took screenshots of the large thumbnails and saved them to jpg's and cropped them - one of them is my new blog photo), and some of them look extremely dorky. But I guess that's the way it is . . .
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Mon, Oct 06, 2008
Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Night Sleep Time	Nap Time	Total Sleep Time	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00	0.00	7.00	0.00
Oooh, my legs are so sore today still! All day Saturday and yesterday they were killing me - today it is more tolerable, and I am almost back to walking normally. Nevertheless, today is a day of rest for me, and possibly tomorrow as well to give my muscles a chance to recover. Then it is back to easy running for a few weeks. I am already thinking about the possibilities for a January/February marathon, which would be a first for me. Here are my two choices, with their pros/cons: 1. Desert Classic Marathon - pros: here in Arizona, no travel required, inexpensive entry fee, small field, not on a Sunday. cons: more hilly than I would like, small field. 2. Los Angeles Marathon - pros: on president's day, close enough to drive, have friends that live in LA that we could probably stay with, appears to be a pretty fast course, may have a large FRB contingent. cons: under new management, huge field (17000 runners), first two miles are uphill, LA traffic is horrible. Right now I am undecided and will have to talk to Lybi about each, but would appreciate any comments regarding both.
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Totals
Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Night Sleep Time	Nap Time	Total Sleep Time	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	13.50	2.00

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