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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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I'm back!  At least, in one sense.  I'm not going to start running on my own for a little while yet, but I decided today it was time to start running with the boys again.  Lybi and I made the decision to cancel our cable TV today, so we needed something we could do with the boys, and they always have too much energy.  1.5 miles with Sam, then about 0.85 with Joey and about 0.15 with Adam (maybe more, but I'm not counting).  Joey really tired me out - he ran his portion at about 9:08 pace!  I feel really good about this, and it should help me to lose all the weight I have gained since injuring my foot, while keeping me from running too fast and hopefully keeing me from getting injured again.

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Ran with the boys again this afternoon.  Sam's legs were a little sore, so we shortened his run today, and he actually ran quite a bit faster.  Both Sam and Joey ran about 0.85 miles, and Adam ran around 0.25, so I will call it 2 miles.  My legs are a little bit sore too . . .

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2 more miles with the boys this afternoon.  Sam went first, he did fairly good, although not as fast as yesterday.  Then I ran with Joey - the little punk kept speeding up!  He has very good running form, and he is very slender - I think that he will probably be a good runner as he gets older.  Then I ran with Adam.

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Huh.  I thought I had blogged this, but I guess not.  2 more miles today with the boys separately.  Sam did good, but Joey kicked butt.  He is a speedy little runner when he puts his mind to it, and very competitive.  All I have to do is run just behind and to the side of him where he can see me. I just checked out his time - he averaged 8:30 pace for his entire 0.85 mile run.  Of course, the distance might be a little bit off, but still - he was rocking for a 7-yr old.  I wonder what would happen if he squared off against Sasha's daughter Julia . . .

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Same old, same old.  2 more miles with the boys.  I'm glad I'm doing this and glad I'm taking it slow.  Starting next week, I WILL get to bed on time and start doing P90X with Lybi in the morning.  She's a sweetheart for being willing to do it with me, and hopefully she will help me to get to bed on time, because honestly, I think that she is more motivated than me right now.  My biggest motivation right now is getting through my master's program as quickly as possible, and exercise kind of takes a lower priority.  So I will need her to help me to stay well-rounded and not get too one-dimensional in terms of my studies.

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