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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Member Since:

Mar 20, 2006

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:

  1. Get down to 155 lbs 
  2. Run sub 18:00 5K
  3. Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
  4. Run sub 3:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

  1. qualify for Boston Marathon
  2. run Boston Marathon
  3. run sub-2:50 marathon
  4. run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
  5. run sub-17:00 5K
  6. 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.  I work in computer security for a major nationwide homebuilder.

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Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Tue, Oct 28, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.001.002.000.000.000.000.006.00

AM - 3 miles with Sparky, average pace of 7:54/mile.  Each mile was faster than the previous.  The first mile was about 8:17, second mile was something like 7:56, and the last mile was about 7:20.  Not 100% sure of the splits, but it felt pretty good.  I need to do some speedwork either tonight or tomorrow to get a better idea of what I might expect to do on Saturday.

PM - 3 more miles, hard workout.  1.5 miles at CV pace - average 6:08/mile.  Then a quick break, then headed back, next mile felt easy compared to the first 1.5 - hit it in 6:45.  Then sped up again for the last 1/2 mile at CV pace again, hit the last 1/2 mile in 2:56.  Average pace for the entire run was 6:17/mile.  I was puffing pretty hard after this run, and it took me a long time for my body to slow down.  As a result, it took me longer than normal to fall asleep.  No more hard workouts at night - they keep me up!  I was glad to get this workout in, though.  Now I will have to see what I will be able to do on Saturday.  I am sure the adrenaline spike from racing will help me to run a little faster than I did this evening.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Comments
From lybi on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 15:05:08

My Dearest Love, I have a coded message for you. You must use the blog to decifer it. He he he.

http://lisa.fastrunningblog.com/blog-09-20-2008.html 17th word

http://holt.fastrunningblog.com/blog-08-09-2008.html 2nd sentence, 5th word

http://argentinerocket.fastrunningblog.com/blog-10-27-2008.html last sentence, 5th word from the last

http://pthomas.fastrunningblog.com/blog-04-12-2008.html 3rd paragraph, 2nd sentence, 1st word

http://dale.fastrunningblog.com/blog-02-03-2008.html first paragraph, last sentence, 2nd word

http://shauna.fastrunningblog.com/blog-12-09-2007.html 6th sentence, 3rd word

Followed by an exclamation point.

Love you.

From Andy on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 15:23:47

Congratulations!!

From Tom on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 15:32:04

Wow that was a bit of work to decipher. Huge congrats!

From James W on Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 16:20:29

Woohoo! In the words of the Pointer Sisters, "I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it, I'm about to lose control and I think I like it . . ." !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now we will have to wait and see if my prediction comes true or not . . .

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 13:51:48

Nice run. I've been trying Tinman's paces too. They are easier for me, though, since I'm slower than you in the 5k. Ha. Hopefully we will both improve.

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