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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.000.000.000.0010.50
Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Mon, Dec 01, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.000.000.000.001.50

PM - 1.5 easy miles with Samuel - he was recovering from being sick, so we took it easy.  I didn't run at work yesterday - was still feeling tired and rundown from all the driving I did over the weekend.  10 hours on Saturday from Ft. Worth to Albuquerque, then another 7 hours on Sunday back home.  And that doesn't count the 15 1/2 hours we drove through the night to get to my brother's house in Ft. Worth on Tuesday/Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with them.  But it was worth it.  We had a good time, and got to spend time with them.  Since we undoubtedly will not be going to our family vacation this year in Utah (Lybi will be about 8 months pregnant at the time), this might be our only chance to see them for a while.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 1.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Dec 02, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.000.000.000.007.50

Ran during lunch today.  It was nice out - sunny but cooler than it has been.  I hope it continues to cool down a bit.  Ran a new course today:  Lunch Run 4.  Less uphill than a couple of the other courses.  Did pretty good for not having run since last Tuesday.  Need to get myself into good racing shape for London's run.  I have a little more than a month to get ready.  Average pace for today's run was about 7:30/mile.  Still need to slow down - it is much harder for me when I don't know exactly how fast I am running, and it looks like I tend to run faster without the GPS.

PM - 1.5 miles with Samuel and about 0.9 miles with Joseph, easy pace.  However, I regretted running with them afterwards.  After my lunch run, I wasn't feeling quite right, and after running with the boys, everything kind of intensified.  I'm afraid I may have gotten myself sick.  Going to take it easy for the rest of the day, and will hopefully feel well enough to work tomorrow.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 7.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Sat, Dec 06, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.000.000.000.001.50

PM - 1.5 miles with Samuel and Sparky.  I am feeling a bit discouraged about running right now because I have been having a pain behind my right knee since early this week, and as a result, my weight has ballooned.  I need to get my weight back down.  I am considering adding some weight training to my routine to get my large upper-back and other muscles more involved to get my metabolism a jumpstart.  We will see how that goes.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 1.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.000.000.000.0010.50
Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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