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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
Thu, May 17, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.500.001.000.000.000.000.006.50

Ran 1.5 miles with the boys early in the evening, then ran 5 miles later on.  With the 5-miler, I found my pace slowly increasing the further I ran (go figure).  Started out nice and easy at 8:47 for the first mile, then 8:41, then 8:33 for the third mile,  and 8:22 for the 4th mile.  I decided to pick up the pace for the last mile and pushed it pretty good.  Final mile was in 6:55, and I was actually increasing throughout.  Started somewhere in the 7's, and ended up right around 6:00/mile.  I was huffing and puffing fairly good at the end, but I feel like I could have run futher - that was part of the reason I picked up the pace - to give myself an idea of what I am capable of next time I run a 5K (still not sure if I am going to do the evening run or not).  Cooled down and then stretched out after the run, took a cool shower (water here isn't cold anymore, just cool).  I feel good.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lybi on Fri, May 18, 2007 at 02:16:55

Great work! What is your goal for weekly mileage? What is your 5K PR? If you don't know, then you definitely should run next Friday, just to get a baseline.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, May 18, 2007 at 17:00:00

I second the idea.

From James in Sunny AZ on Fri, May 18, 2007 at 17:15:29

OK, OK! , I'll go ahead and run the race. We talked last night and looks like I will get to take the Garmin - Lybi doesn't want it for her race. I have to admit, I am intensely curious about how fast I can run a 5K in. The last time I ran a 5K was the summer after my senior year in high school, and that was somewhere between 17-18 minutes. I have a couple of goals in mind:

1. Bronze (satisfied): 22-23 minutes

2. Silver (happy): 21-22 minutes

3. Gold (ecstatic): 20-21 minutes

4. Platinum (cloud 9): under 20 minutes

I'm not sure what to expect right now, but I know the adrenaline will kick in and I will probably end up running faster than I had anticipated. Hopefully the Garmin will come in there and help me to not take it out too hard.

From Lybi on Fri, May 18, 2007 at 18:26:45

Easily persuaded, you speed demon. : ) I'm putting my money on the platinum.

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