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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

Tue, Oct 10, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

Ran 4.0 mile loop this evening, the weather is finally cooling down. Decided to wear my HR monitor to see where my fitness was. Avg. HR was 174 - but that was really due to the 3rd mile, which I ran in 6:39. Overall. the run felt good I take the HR readings with a grain of salt, because I have always had a high exercise HR. Total time for the run was 31:04. Stretched out afterwards, which helped my hip to feel better.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 05:39:46

What is your max HR?

From James on Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 09:41:06

I haven't measured my max HR recently, but I would not be surprised if it was still around 220. According to my HR monitor, I hit 193 at one point on the third mile leg, and it felt nowhere near a max effort. I have always understood that the max HR is not an absolute that can be applied to everyone - but it would probably be good for me to get a max HR reading.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 11:52:29

To measure it, run at the fastest pace you can sustain for 5 minutes, then see what the heart rate monitor reads at the end.

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