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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

Mon, Apr 30, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Ran 6.0 miles this morning using the Garmin. I still love my Garmin! I set a workout this morning to run 6 miles at 8:40 pace. The run felt great. I actually came in a bit faster than 8:40 pace. Total workout time was 50:24, average pace was 8:24/mile. The first mile was slow (warming up) in 8:51, then got into a groove. The rest of the miles were between 8:19 and 8:24 (have to double-check that this afternoon when I get home from work). It felt good to run in the morning, especially since I need to get used to morning runs for when I race. Am planning on getting in at least 6 miles every day this week to hit a goal of 36 miles for the week. Next week I will shoot for 40. I am really excited about this. I don't remember the last time I felt this good after running 34 miles in a week. Sasha, I can't thank you enough for the advice about running every day - it has really paid off!

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 15:39:51

James - I am glad you are getting good results with 6 days a week. 36 miles this week sounds good, however, given your past history of injuries I would do another week or two of 36 before increasing it to 40 just to make sure all of your subsystems are ready for the increased stress.

From Lybi on Tue, May 01, 2007 at 02:03:34

Good job, Sunny Jim! You seem to have broken through your own wall, now just don't let it go to your head!

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