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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, May 11, 2009

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

Lunch - 6 easy miles on the treadmill at 8:00 pace. Feeling a little under the weather - scratchy throat, little stuffed up, so I wanted to make sure I took it easy. Felt very easy today, although it took a minute or two for my legs to warm up.

Update: I got an email from the St. George marathon and I am IN! I am excited and hoping that this will be the year that I will be able to break 3 hours.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green 2) Miles: 6.00

Night Sleep Time: 7.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Burt on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 20:06:37 from 68.76.197.194

Let's see, 6 miles at 8 min. pace + time to change + time to shower + time to eat + ... how long 'a lunch break you get, boy?

From James W. on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:24:58 from 75.209.138.247

I normally get about an hour for lunch, so I just eat at my desk after running and do work. Did you register for St. George?

From Burt on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 01:39:49 from 98.167.151.26

Yep. Didn't get in. Saw that you did, tho. Congrats!

From James W on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:00:36 from 70.190.199.29

Sorry to hear about that. You may want to check out the Top of Utah marathon since you didn't get into SGM. It is about 2 weeks earlier and is probably the second fastest marathon in Utah. It's on September 19. I was thinking about doing that one if I didn't get into St. George.

From Burt on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 12:49:56 from 68.76.197.194

It's not a big deal. I kind of would like to do a marathon towards the end of the year, but I also kind of don't want to do one until I'm confident I can qualify for Boston. I really need to start putting in the miles. So I'm not sure if I have enough time to build the necessary base. In signing up for SGM I was hoping to commit myself to do so.

SGM has everything I'm looking for: relatively close, the last half is all downhill, and it's on a Saturday. I did TOU two years ago and didn't like it. The last 8 miles are flat, and it's too far away. So keep your eyes open if you see any more that meet my criteria. :) (criterium?)

From RivertonPaul on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 14:54:52 from 67.42.27.114

James, sub 3:00 this year is also my goal. You need to practice NOT having any shoe issues.

From James W on Thu, May 14, 2009 at 16:06:12 from 12.151.72.1

LOL - I am planning on wearing my flats this year - I might just have to superglue the inserts or something just to be safe! We'll have to make sure we meet up in the forward corral this year.

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