| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 20.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.20 |
| Here we go - this is my first additional day of running. Total time: 18:10. I took it easy, and it felt good to get out this morning and run before going to work. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Felt good after my run yesterday. I felt like I had to try hard to hold back, and after my third mile, where I popped a 7:12, I found I couldn't slow back down as much as I wanted to. Splits: Mile 1 - 8:14, Mile 2 - 8:12, Mile 3 - 7:12, Mile 4 - 7:39, last 1/2 mile was run in 4:44. Total time - 36:03. I am noticing it is also about time for me to get a new pair of shoes. That will happen within the next couple of weeks. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.20 |
| It felt good this morning to get out and run. I have to admit that I had a real hard time keeping a slow pace - in fact, the slower pace felt less comfortable and smooth. I actually picked up the pace during the second mile, and only then did my stride feel more natural and smooth. First mile split was 8:45, second 1.2 miles run in 9:30. Total exercise time: 18:15. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Today felt good - my calves have been kind of sore for a couple of days, and I had my wife massage them yesterday - much better today. No soreness at all. I tried to take it a little easier today (at least my first two miles were slower than 8:00!). Here are my splits: Mile 1 - 8:24, Mile 2 - 8:18, Mile 3 - 7:45, Mile 4 - 7:53, last 1/2 mile cooldown - 4:52. Total time: 37:15. I have actually felt good adding the extra days this week. I will leave it at 5 days for a few weeks at least, maybe more, but will gradually increase the miles on some of my easy runs during the week. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
| Instead of driving to the track and doing my long run at the track, I ran to the track (2.6 miles), ran 2 miles there, then ran back. It was refreshingly different, and definitely broke up the monotony quite nicely. Since I didn't know the actual distance to the track until after I ran, I just took my splits to and from the track, as well as my mile splits at the track. I kind of like this approach. Splits were: To the track - 21:17. Mile 1 - 8:21. Mile 2 - 8:18. Back home - 21:04. Total time - 59 minutes flat. I am going to continue with the 5 days per week for a couple more weeks before adding the 6th day, but am going to add a mile on to each of my two easy runs this week to increase my mileage. I also went ahead and bought a new pair of running shoes, and will plan on integrating them into my runs this week as soon as I get them. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 20.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.60 |
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