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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
Wed, Apr 15, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.001.004.100.000.000.000.005.10

Lunch - tempo run today.  It was quite windy, which made things pretty interesting.  First mile was probably around MP or a little slower, then the rest of the miles were more like 1/2 MP, but I am counting them as threshold miles.  Average pace for the run was 6:45/mile.  The last mile of the run was most interesting - I had a strong wind of about 20-30 mph blowing in my face the entire time.

On a side note, the geeky side of me is happy about having gotten a new touchscreen cell phone - it is awesome.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 5.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 172.50
Comments
From Burt on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:58:51 from 68.76.197.194

For those of you who don't know James, he has two sides; a geeky side and a runner side. That's about it.

LOL! Just giving you a hard time.

From Lybi on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 15:23:24 from 70.190.199.29

He has more sides than that, but what else do you expect to find on a COMPUTER-based RUNNING community.

He's romantic for one...

And he's very musical too--great singer, plays piano, ballroom dances etc. etc. He's a speed reader, types a bajillion words a minute, plus he can take you out with Tae Kwon Do, so I'd watch it if I were you, Burt. :)

From Burt on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 16:09:51 from 68.76.197.194

Lybi, I'm more afraid of you...! ;)

From James W on Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 16:36:41 from 12.151.72.1

And rightfully so . . . :D

From Lybi on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 02:17:08 from 70.190.199.29

Better be careful or I might sit on you...

From Burt on Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 18:51:18 from 68.76.197.194

I'm not saying I don't think James could take me, I'm just saying you would leave more lasting damage. (And not because you might sit on me. LOL.)

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