| 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 | | 12.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 13.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 13.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - 6 miles this morning - after two weeks of slacking off, I am now back on track! On vacation, I found it exceedingly difficult to get out early for a run - usually the activities from the day left me fairly wiped out at the end of the day, and when I would wake up in the morning, I wouldn't want to run. When I got up this morning, it was to muggy weather that we seem to have brought back with us from Florida - boo! First 3 miles were nice and easy, around 8:10/mile. Just before the 3 mile turnaround, I passed a man running in the opposite direction. When I turned around, he wasn't too far in front of me, so I started off at a little bit of a quicker pace. When I caught up to him, he picked up the pace. "Well, I can do that", I thought, so I kept right up with him, although I was on the sidewalk and he was on the bike lane on the road. After about 1/4 mile at this pace, I picked up the pace ever so slightly and started to pull ahead of him, and got back onto the road in front of him. At the end of my 4th mile, I slowed back down to 8-plus minute pace and checked my split, to find out that I had just busted out a 6:45 mile. Oops . . . I really hadn't intended on doing that. Run felt okay, despite the (perceived) humidity, legs felt pretty good, but my calves felt a little tight. I will get Lybi to do some scraping and massage tonight to make sure I don't hurt myself again. I am still hoping to be able to do the ADT 1/2 marathon on Labor Day in Colorado Springs as a good tuneup for St. George. |
| 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 |
| AM - 3.5 easy miles on my own, average pace of about 8:10/mile, then another easy 3 miles with Sparky at average pace of 8:30/mile. Lybi tortured my calves last night (at my request), and they were still feeling kind of sore this morning. I will see how they feel tomorrow. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | 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 | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Well, in case anyone has been wondering why my entries have been so spotty, last week we were on vacation, and this week I got sick on Wednesday and Thursday and didn't run. I felt better today and decided it was time to get started again. I also got my free pair of Grid Tangent 3's from Road Runner Sports this week, so I was anxious to try them out. I think that my Grid Tangent 2's have pretty much worn themselves out - probably between 350 and 400 miles on them. So I set out for a nice easy 4-5 mile run. I felt really good, even though it was still 100 degrees out. But then disaster struck - after only .6 miles, my right calf gave a mighty twinge (not a pop, mind you!), and my calf started to tighten up. I was so angry, I was running easy, just trying to get back in the groove, and my body was not cooperating with me at all! Well, I walked a bit, stretched out my calves, then jogged back home. Total of 1 whole stinking mile. Looks like it is crosstraining time . . . I am going to pick up a bike headlamp from wal-mart today so that I can go out and ride my bike and still maintain some fitness while I rehab my calf. I am hoping I will still be able to do the ADT 1/2 marathon as a good indicator of fitness for St. George. |
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No running, but I biked a total of about 16 miles
1. I dropped my car off to get a slow leak repaired and have the valve stems replaced free of charge, biked back home, then biked back to the shop and drove home - this covered about 9 miles total.
2. Got out again later in the evening, rode for 7 miles. Hit max speed of 21.1 mph on my big, heavy mountain bike (that was in top gear). |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 12.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 13.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 13.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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