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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.800.500.000.000.000.000.007.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

2.5 miles with my boys in the afternoon.  Adam is starting to do better with his runs - I think he likes it when I pretend to be gasping for air because he is running too fast for me :)  Sam has been complaining of his tummy not feeling well - oddly enough, it seems to flare up right when I announce we are going for a run :o  Joseph is just a little running machine.  His legs are like little pistons.  I ought to take some video of him running - he really has good form, especially for a 7-year old.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.300.000.000.000.000.000.002.30

2.3 miles today.  I didn't get to run with Adam because it was time for dinner and I had Elders Quorom visits after dinner :(  He was pretty bummed about that.  I ran first with Joey, and he did quite well, but was whining towards the end about not feeling good - I told him to slow down, and he just seemed to not be able to.  That child!  Sam had been coughing all day, and I gave him a reprieve by allowing him to take his razor scooter with me while I ran.  Probably a mistake on my part, as it resulted in me running significantly faster than I normally do with him - sub-8 minute pace.  Haven't done that for a while . . .

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.000.500.000.000.000.000.002.50

2.5 more miles today, mostly with the boys.  Ran with Joey first, he did much better today - no whining, even though he ran faster.  Adam did well too.  Sam was still not feeling well, so I let him ride his bike with me today - another bad idea.  He actually peeled off after the first loop, and I finished by myself.  I ran way too fast :o  Even if I calculate that my 1.5 mile loop is really more like 1.45 miles, I still ran about 7:20 pace for the entire run, including the portion I ran with Sam on his bike, which I know wasn't that fast.  I didn't look at my watch until I was finished, but I ended breathing quite hard.  Finished up the night doing my P90X workout - shoulders & arms, plus Ab Ripper X.  On Ab Ripper, I am almost back to where I can do all 25 reps of each exercise.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.800.500.000.000.000.000.007.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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