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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:

  1. Get down to 155 lbs 
  2. Run sub 18:00 5K
  3. Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
  4. Run sub 3:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

  1. qualify for Boston Marathon
  2. run Boston Marathon
  3. run sub-2:50 marathon
  4. run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
  5. run sub-17:00 5K
  6. 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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Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Mon, Sep 10, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.000.000.004.00

AM - Nice, easy run to get back into the groove of things.  It is finally starting to cool down here a bit, and it was lovely out this morning.  Of course, it's all about perspective.  It was probably in the low 80's when I ran.  Took it out nice and slow, started around 9:00 pace, and tried to keep it in that range the entire run.  Found myself slowly speeding up as my run progressed and I got warmed up.  Total time was 35:01, average of 8:45/mile, so I'll take that as a good run.  No soreness in the calf at all.  Sinus infection is gone, although I have some lingering stuffiness - may be due to allergies.  I also got hit with a minor coughing attack when I got back from my run.  I can tell my body is still not 100%, so I will continue to take it easy this week.  No MP mileage, just recovery miles.  Next week I will think about getting in some MP miles to get ready.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Brent on Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 18:19:35

James, get healthy, I think a few of us pacing together would be a good idea. I'm not sure what pace. I will likely know more about my fitness after this saturday at TOU. See you a Lybi at the Pasta Party.

From James in Sunny AZ on Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 22:37:13

Thanks, Brent. I am definitely on the mend, just dealing with some sort of allergy stuff or lingering stuffiness in my nose. Makes my mouth all dry when I wake up since I have to breathe through my mouth instead of my nose at night. But hopefully not for much longer. I will be eagerly anticipating your race report from TOU to see what time you are thinking of going for at SGM. It would be totally awesome to get a good-sized group together. Share the pacing responsibilities, encourage each other, etc.

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