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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, Apr 26, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
2.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.20

It felt good this morning to get out and run. I have to admit that I had a real hard time keeping a slow pace - in fact, the slower pace felt less comfortable and smooth. I actually picked up the pace during the second mile, and only then did my stride feel more natural and smooth. First mile split was 8:45, second 1.2 miles run in 9:30. Total exercise time: 18:15.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 14:02:57

If 8:30 feels good for those easy runs, do 8:30, or even faster if that still feels good and relaxed. 9:00 was just a very conservative stay-away-from-injury guess. Listen to your body. Just make sure this running is very relaxed, and you are not driven by a goal to run a certain unnecessarily fast pace.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 14:03:51

You may even want to consider not timing the easy runs at all. Then your body will naturally choose the optimal recovery pace.

From James on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 08:08:02

That's probably a good idea. In general, I am a competitive person, even if it is just running against the clock. I will see if this works for me next week.

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