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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, Jan 26, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00	0.00	7.00

Oh. My. Gosh. I don't remember the last time my legs felt so dead, and I felt so out of sync on my run. 6 miles at 7:29 pace, but I was really fighting it today. Everything was off-kilter, including my breathing. Then again, I spent 2 hours this morning running around at our ward activity, then I spent several hours this evening in unnatural positions while I was painting our boys' bathroom. I guess it makes sense, but it was really frustrating. I was hoping to do 8-10 miles this evening - I had no illusions about doing my 8 mile tempo run as originally planned, but even 8 miles was too much for my poor old legs today. After I got back from my run, I took Sparky out for another mile in 8:30. Legs feel bone-weary. I am going to take it easy this next week - just 6 miles/day so that I feel fresh for my 1/2 marathon.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Shauna on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 22:17:33

Are you running the half in Queen Creek this weekend? I'm thinking about it, but just as a training run....

From James W on Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 15:07:21

Yeppers, I am running London's run. Looking forward to it, as I haven't had a race since Thanksgiving.

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