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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

Wed, Oct 17, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

AM - started out easy, was feeling frisky, decided I would try to do a mile at 5K pace, which would be equivalent to my LT pace. First mile was about 8:15 or so, second mile I picked it up a bit, in 7:40. Third mile was my LT mile, was shooting for 5:45, ran 6:00. This may have partly been due to the previous mile, but I also feel like I need to work on my speed some more between now and my next 5K. I currently have 3 goals in mind for the 5K in November:

1. Bronze - 19:00

2. Silver - 18:30

3. Gold - 18:00

I know the gold will be pretty difficult to reach (this would be an average of around 5:45/mile), but I feel with some good workouts between now and then, I should be able to get there. I am open to suggestions about my training.

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

Comments

From Lybi on Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 21:42:57

Good job on your 6 min. mile, hon! You've got the 5:45 guy shaking in his boots!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 23:29:44

It takes a while to get your fitness back after a marathon. Especially after the one that rips you up and reduces you to cross-training for a week. Also, true 5 K pace is hard to hit in training, alone, with no split feedback, and immediately after a marathon pace mile.

At this point I would not worry about this too much. Just keep building mileage, focus on the marathon training, and let the 5 Ks happen. They will eventually get faster.

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