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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

Sat, Dec 15, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

AM - slept in, let Lybi run with Christine.

PM - ran 13.0 miles on the treadmill. I was watching National Treasure (one of my favorite movies), so it wasn't too bad. Worst part was that in spite of using bodyglide, I got chafed. Guess I didn't use enough.

Warmed up nice and easy, 8:30 pace, then sped up to 8:00 pace for two miles. Had to stop at 3 miles because I had a pebble in my shoe. Got going again and ran the last 10 miles at 7:30 pace. Total time of 1:39:38, average pace of 7:39/mile. The run felt very good, very smooth and controlled. I started to get a little tired at the end because I hadn't fueled well enough. I am happy about this run as well as my mileage this week, even though I only got in one tempo run. I am okay with that. I will shoot for 50 miles next week, and will set a goal of two 3 mile tempo runs at 6:20 pace.

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

Comments

From laura on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 00:38:56

48 miles this week!!! Great week, James! Keep it up! I'm VERY impressed that you did a half marathon on a treadmill!!!!!

From Scott Zincone on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 04:53:17

Only a few more days to a new National Treasure movie. I hope it is at least as good as the first.

From Andy on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 10:11:45

You're probably the first person to get a pebble in their shoe while running on a treadmill. Good job on getting the miles in on the treadmill.

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