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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

Sat, Sep 22, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
14.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.20	0.00	14.20

AM - Long run. Was actually planning on running a bit longer, but my calf started twinging a little bit and I decided to cut my run short. 14.2 miles in 1:59:54, average pace of 8:26/mile. Even though I was planning on doing more, I am pretty happy with this run. I know my longest run was 18 miles, and I know that I am probably going to bonk a bit when I run my marathon, but I also know that I am in much better shape this time around than I was in 2004, and I am also almost 10 pounds lighter now than I was then. Both of those things will definitely play a role in how well I do.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:19:28

Steve Jones was able to set a world record in his first marathon with the longest run of only 18 miles prior to that. Your ability to hold the pace has more to do with the length of your average run, sustained weekly mileage, and volume of training at marathon race pace than the length of your longest run. You will most likely bonk, though, not because your longest run is only 18, but more because you are not yet ready to run 10-12 miles a day consistently, and you have not done a lot of 10-12 mile runs at marathon pace. But that is OK for now, you have enough speed to where you can bonk and still qualify for Boston.

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