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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, Apr 22, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

I decided to only do 7 miles today instead of 8, since I am taking Sasha's advice and am going to add some light easy runs this week on Monday and Wednesday, if possible. I also tried to hold back a bit more. Splits were:

Mile 1 - 8:26, Mile 2 - 8:08, Mile 3 - 8:07, Mile 4 - 8:06, Mile 5 - 8:10, Mile 6 - 8:28, Mile 7 - 8:28. Total time - 57:56.

I was able to maintain my same breathing rhythm throughout, and the miles actually went by pretty quickly. That could have been the music, or could have been that it was just a nice relaxing run. In any case, I will be putting in 1-2 miles on Monday at an easy pace.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 07:05:04

Good work! Keep it up.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 17:47:21

Was the slow-down on the last two miles an attempt to hold back/cool down, were you just tired, or did the conditions/terrain change?

From James on Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 20:45:00

I think it was a combination of trying harder to hold back/cool down and being a little tired, but mostly just trying to hold back. I ran at the local high school track in an attempt to be nicer to my legs for my long runs, so the terrain definitely didn't change.

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