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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Thu, Aug 23, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.202.000.000.009.200.000.009.20

AM - ran 6.2 easy miles.  Legs felt a little tired, but otherwise felt pretty good.  Nothing to complain about, no pain in my calves or any other parts of my body.  Lybi and I agree that stretching before I ran was probably causing problems with my muscles.  Since I have moved to stretching after the run, along with trying to have my first mile be nice and easy to warm up, I have not had any problems at all.  Tomorrow is race day.

PM - ran 3 miles.  0.5 mile warmup, then took off at MP - my legs just wanted to go this evening, so I obliged.  There were the most beautiful clouds just before sunset, I assume from the remnants of Hurricane Dean.  Total time for the run was 23:11, average pace of 7:44/mile.  That includes middle 2 miles of around 7:15/mile.  Everything feels good, even though it was hot out and I was sweating a lot, my lungs and legs felt good.  Lybi and I decided that since I will be running 18 miles on Saturday, I am going to take a morning off and get plenty of sleep tonight, and will run the race with her tomorrow plus warmup, for around 4 miles.  This will give me a chance to tank up and make sure I can finish my run on Saturday.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lybi on Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 01:42:05

Yes, sleep well and long, Mr. Exuberance. You're gonna need all the energy you can spare to keep up with me tomorrow (and carry all my stuff for me).

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