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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Ran 3.5 miles after work with all my boys and Sparky, each one separately. Ran 1.5 miles with Sam, I think he set a new record for the time. Then ran 0.5 with Joey. Ran an unnamed distance with Adam, then came back and took Sparky for 1.5 miles at a nice 7:30 pace. Lybi has practice for her piano Cavalcade event until 8:30, so I will have to do the other 4 or so miles when she gets back (and probably after she runs with Christine). Need to work on getting to bed earlier tonight - I was tired this morning, and am a little concerned that I might be starting to get sick again. I will have to wait and see.

Ran another mile with the 3 boys in the jogging stroller (man, they are getting heavy), and Sparky on the side.  Did not time the run.  One kind of scary incident where Sparky decided to stop paying attention to the stroller and start growling at a couple of dogs - he got his foot or leg or something like that run over by the wheel of the stroller.  I think he learned his lesson, though :)  This mile really tired me out with all the weight I was pushing.

Ran another 2.5 miles in the evening - was short on time, so I decided to push the pace.  The run felt good, but this may not have been the wisest choice - I am definitely feeling worse now from a health perspective.  First mile was 7:03, second mile 6:33, last .5 something like 3:11.  Average pace was 6:42/mile.  Based on how I feel right now, looks like tomorrow will be either a very light day or no mileage so I can recover.  I really need to get more sleep.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From laura on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 12:04:06

Oh man, I got tired just reading about your yesterday. I hope you're able to survive today and get some much needed sleep! So, what was the Liar, Liar quote? I didn't recognize anything Libby had said that would be a movie quote.

From James W on Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 13:34:03

Maybe this will jog your memory - "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife, and after what you just said, I'm not sure I want to be that anymore!" I was quoting from that movie, since Lybi said she was already in bed, which she obviously wasn't :)

From Lybi on Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 20:20:14

Happy Valentine's Day Sweetie! Thank you so much for the goodies/loot you got me. You're going to spoil me yet. Hugs!

From laura on Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 00:24:23

So, James, does this mean you got sick anyway? It's not like you to miss two days. Hope you're feeling better!!

That's so funny about the movie quote. I thought you were quoting from the movie, "Liar, Liar" instead of that being the quote itself. It was Mike who clued me in and then I read your post. Ha!!! --PRINCESS BRIDE!

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