| 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 | | 43.30 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 34.90 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 34.90 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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AM - ran 3.35 miles with Sparky around 8:00 pace. Started off slowly, then sped up once I got warmed up. No pain in the knee again, yay! I would have gotten in a couple more miles, but instead of hitting the snooze button this morning, I didn't wake up until Lybi's alarm went off 1/2 hour later. Planning on somewhere around 42 miles this week. PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 10:13, then 0.65 with Joey in somewhere around 7:00. Then after dinner I ran another 2 miles to make it 7 for the day. (ProGrid Guide - 68.25)
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.15 |
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AM - ran 3.35 with Sparky, then ran 2.15 by myself. I was just planning on 2, but a short way into my route, I saw what looked like a fox or a coyote up ahead and decided to turn back and go a different route. Felt good, still no knee pain. More miles later with the boys. PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel - not one of his better days. Then 0.65 with Joey. Had to hold both of their hands today. Ah well, such is life. We will keep working on that. I am trying to work with Samuel on getting rid of his negative attitude when he runs, because he often will literally "think" himself out of running faster by telling himself he can't run any faster, when he and I know for a fact he can because he has before. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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AM - ran 3.5 miles with Sparky, somewhere between 8:00 and 8:30 pace. Started off nice and easy, around 9:00 pace and just picked it up throughout the run. Knee felt good. No pain whatsoever.
One of our vendors hosted a golf tournament today, which I went to - lots of fun, sprayed golf balls all over the place, good food. Even with carts, I ended up running around quite a bit. Not counting anything, but it definitely adds to the exercise.
PM - after I got home, ran 3 miles on the treadmill. Started at 8:30 pace for 0.25 miles, then picked up the pace to 8:00 pace for 1.25 miles. Bumped up the speed to 7:30 pace for 0.5 miles, then picked it up to 6:40 pace for the last mile. Felt good, still no knee pain. Yay!
(ProGrid Guide - 74.75)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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AM - slept in a bit, just had time to run with Sparky this morning for 3.35 miles. Total time of 27:15, average pace of 8:08/mile. Started nice and easy and slowly picked up the pace as my legs warmed up. PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 9:58, he whined quite a bit. Then ran 0.65 with Joey at 11:00 pace. PM2 - ran 2 miles on the treadmill to make it an even 7 for the day. Average pace of 8:15/mile. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.90 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.90 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
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PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 10:15 or so - he was whining again. I am kind of thinking that maybe I need to go back to holding his hand for a bit to help him with his form. Then 0.65 with Joey at 10:45 pace. Although he whined a bit, he toughed it out, and looked good the entire time. Ran another 5 miles later on, 4 with Sparky. Felt good, knee felt good, no pain whatsoever. I am thinking about running in a 5K next Saturday - it is probably the only one of the Arizona Summer Race Series races I will be able to run. The next one is on a Sunday, and the one after that is on July 4, and we will be in New Mexico that weekend. (ProGrid Guide - 81.4)
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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AM - ran 6 miles on the treadmill. First 4 miles at 8:30 pace, then bumped it up to 7:30 pace for a mile. Last mile was at 6:40 pace. Everything felt good. No pain, felt good cardiovascular-wise. I think I am definitely going to try to do that 5K next Saturday to see where my fitness is. I am also thinking of doing the TOU 1/2 marathon in August, since there are no 1/2 marathons in the area (the only one we had was cancelled this year due to sponsor fatigue). We will have to see how that goes. I would love to get in a good 1/2 before SGM to better gauge my fitness. Will do another 4 miles or so this evening. PM - another 4 miles, nice and easy. Legs felt kind of tired from earlier, and from going grocery shopping shortly afterward this morning. But I got in my 10 miles, and hit 44 miles for the week. I will probably plan on maintaining next week or maybe adding just a couple miles on. I am getting excited about hitting 50 miles, and should be able to top 60 mpw before St. George.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 43.30 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 34.90 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 34.90 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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