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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

Thu, Jun 07, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	5.00

Ran 5.0 miles with HAL. I had an extremely long day at work (12 hours straight) and didn't want to overdo it, hence the 5 miles instead of 6 or 7, especially considering the difficulty I had with my run yesterday. Didn't know what to expect, since I was mentally drained from work. However, being greeted at the door by my wonderful wife and children really gave me a boost.

Started off nice and easy, then after the first mile, decided I would run a mile at MP. That mile was in 7:45 (a little faster than MP). After that mile, I was planning on slowing down, but my body said no, so I ran another mile at MP (7:49, closer to my planned pace). Finally convinced my body to slow down somewhat for the last two miles, 8:25 and 8:22. Total time was 40:49, average pace was 8:09/mile. I put some 3/4 length arch inserts into my shoes, and that seems to have helped.

I decided to set some goals for the Provo River 10 miler:

Goal 1: under 1:20 (8:00 pace)

Goal 2: under 1:17:30 (7:45 pace)

Goal 3: under 1:15 (7:30 pace)

I will be happy with any of these goals, but ecstatic if I can hit the third goal.

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

Comments

From Lybi on Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 11:43:03

Go get 'em! I'm sure you will be below 8:00 pace.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 11:52:10

You should be able to get Goal 3 quite easily assuming nothing crazy like getting sick while traveling or injured during the race. I anticipate that you will finish around 1:10.

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