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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:

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

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~qualify for Boston Marathon~~
run Boston Marathon
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. I work in computer security for a major nationwide homebuilder.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles:						148.66

Thu, Jun 12, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00

AM - 5 mile easy run by myself in 39:33, then 2 more easy miles on the treadmill in 16:00. The pace on the outside portion felt nice and easy, although I could at times feel the blisters on the balls of my feet. Not very much discomfort - just enough to know that they were there. On the treadmill run, I started out at 8:30 pace for .25 miles, then increased the speed to 8:00 pace. I will admit that for the second mile, I bumped up the speed a little bit more just so I could average 8:00/mile on the treadmill :)

Another 1.65 or so planned with the boys this evening, but not barefoot. If I don't get to run with the boys because of Webelos Scouts (we have pack meeting today), I will just run a couple more miles, nice and easy.

PM - did not get the chance to run with the boys - we all went to pack meeting and didn't get back until about 7:30, which was time to read scriptures and get the boys to bed. After the boys were down, I ran another 2 miles on my own at 8:00 pace. Felt good, but my calves are both a bit tight, probably from the barefoot running. I will abstain for a few days (I have to let the blisters heal anyways).

(ProGrid Guide - 185.55)

Night Sleep Time: 6.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.75	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Lybi on Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 09:27:21

I had a little bit of blistering the very first time I tried to run 2 miles barefoot. It is a big jump from nothing to 2 miles. Maybe you should keep your barefooting to a mile or less & keep your shoes on when you run with the kiddos. I have a word or two for your calves. They are in trouble!

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