| Location: St. Petersburg,FL, Member Since: Dec 30, 2014 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments:
- 5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
- 10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
- 15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
- 1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
- Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46
Short-Term Running Goals: 2016 Races
Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ??? Long-Term Running Goals: Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k. Personal: Born in 1973 in Southern California.
Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.
Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.
|
|
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
|
| Miles: | This week: | 0.00 |
Month: | 0.00 |
Year: | 0.00 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 250.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 254.00 |
|
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| AM: Spinning on the treadmill of life, sadly no actual running.
PM: 7 miles a lunch with Quint and Jim. I entertained the idea of a workout to make up for yesterday, but it was enough to be out there.
When I got back to my car to change into my work clothes, I had messages from my wife and realtor that that our offer was accepted. I'm sure in six months this will be a good thing.
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM: Chores.
PM: Zero. Quint drove to Tampa to run at lunch. 15 minutes before he showed up, a client called with their environment in flames. I had to bail on him - he went out and ran solo.
A normal person would be at least a little irritated about this. Instead, he offered to help me move boxes into storage on Saturday. I'm lucky to have a friend like that.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: 14 miles. Christina is a couple weeks out from Boston, so she tried to pull together a group for a long run, since most are occupied this Sunday. It ended up being her, Mike and myself.
I'm not sure how much it helped from a marathon standpoint, but having a couple good friends to blow off steam with definitely helped me.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: 8 miles.
PM: 4 miles. Full day of decluttering and yardwork. Quint brought one of his delivery trucks and helped me move stuff into a Public Storage unit. When we got there, the manager was out for lunch. We both were wearing old running clothes, so we got 4 miles in. It was that or a whole lot of rock-paper-scissors.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 miles, ~7:15 pace.
My family went to Jacksonville for Easter to see my wife's parents. Normally, they invite me along on these outings, but this weekend I was frantically packing.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM: 6 miles.
Usually, when Opening Day rolls around, I'm pretty stoked to see the Rays in action. Last year, David Price & Co dismantled the Yankees for the season opener. Everything seemed to go their way- perfectly positioned shifts, some actual offense, Sabathia was sweating...
It was tough watching the season unravel, as almost every player went on to underperform. I was hoping Price would finish the year with the Rays in the postseason before being traded, but that was not to be.
Then, in the offseason, seeing the departure of the Rays excellent GM and manager combo was bad. More trades came- Zobrist (one of the most valuable players in baseball), Myers (his talent remains to be seen, but we did give up James Shields for him), Joyce, SRod, Hellickson (another former Rookie of the Year).
Even with that, I had been nuturing hope in the face of the faded AL East. Then 3/5 of the starting rotation hit the DL during Spring Training.
The great thing about this time of year in baseball is that all the stat lines are zero, all the teams are tied, and unless you are settings lines in Vegas, any fan can imagine their team in the World Series.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| PM: 6 miles at track. We settled on 8 x 800s broken into two sets. It was a real struggle. I tried to keep within a few paces of Mike, but couldn't help pull the pace at all.
First set was: 2:38, 2:40, 2:34, 2:31. Jogged a quarter, tried to get going, then pulled off the track and walked 200. Jumped back in on the 6th repeat, ran 2:45, and quit the workout for good.
With everything that's gone on in the last week, there's no big mystery why my running is off. Looking forward to running better, next time hopefully.
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| PM: 7 miles of slogging at lunch with Quint.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Another zero day. I planned to run during lunch, but work obstacles cropped up for both Quint and myself, and a co-worker ordered a 28" pizza. He was very excited about the place - supposedly the most authentic NYC pizza in Tampa, even shipping in the water for their dough.
So basically, I sat on a pointless conference call, holding the phone away from my mouth, while I shoveled in greasy, overrated pizza, instead of running.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: 10 miles. Woke up very early and got the run out of the way. The inspections on the new house are happening today, and a meeting about our new, shiny mortgage is this afternoon. Somehow I'm working today too.
Lots of thoughts rolling around this morning on the run. I'm uncomfortable with the house purchase. It will be nice when we're settled in, no doubt. But it's big, and expensive, and I am very much a less-is-more type of guy.
I don't own nice things. I drive a 2004 Civic without power locks. I don't like shopping. It's not that I'm some ascetic purist - I just don't have any interest.
With the house though, I'm pulled in by the thought of a haven for my family, particularly my daughters. My current situation is not ghetto, but it's not a place where I'm comfortable with them being outside, or someday riding bikes, without supervision. That's pretty much what it boils down to.
I've been working hard on all the moving parts involved in that transaction for the past month, and running has taken a back seat. I'm OK with that, but I'm also conflicted there. There is a local track meet tomorrow night I can't even decide on.
Behind all of this, moving is a clean slate, and I have been feeling for months, if not years now, that I need a fresh start. I think I'm a solid B student in the game of life right now- as a father, husband, employee, runner, friend. Sadly, as a son and brother, I probably score even lower. The point is, I've been comfortable with doing pretty well, but I think there is a lot I could do better, if I can find my way to it. That gets into motivation and focus, which is another thing I want to think and write about, but this is already long enough.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| PM: 2 miles.
Busy day, almost didn't run. But when I finally got the girls down I got in 2, just to avoid the zero.
On the positive side, I worked the yard, fixed things inside, dropped off junk at the storage space, went to Home Depot, Bed/Bath/Satan, replaced the dishwasher, etc....
I didn't magically appear at the track meet tonight and knock out 5000 meters. Not even close.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running today, but very productive, with plenty of lifting and schlepping. Getting there.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: 8 miles.
PM: 6 miles at lunch with Quint.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| AM: 5 miles.
PM: 6 miles. 400s with descending rest at track. Not exactly a real workout, but I am just trying to regain my footing. Mike knocked out a real workout. Lee and I lollygagged behind, "discussing" politics.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| AM: 2 miles.
Not a good day, but that was no surprise. Early to work, and shuttling between multiple clients in Tampa. Tomorrow will be similar, hopefully a bit better in the AM though.
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: 7 miles.
PM: 5 miles at lunch with Quint, our last run before he heads to Boston.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| AM: 7 miles.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM: 6 miles with the girls to Northshore Park.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: 14 miles.
Small crew with a lot of people out of town for Boston this weekend.
Then a cleaning frenzy leading up to 1pm, when we had to vacate for an open house on our property. Hours of cleaning and strangers roaming through your house, what's not to like?
My cousin called while we were out. 16:00.45 5k on the track this weekend, and he just turned 46. Gotta keep up with that.
We took our daughters to an indoor playground where they had coffee and lounge chairs for the parents. I almost fell asleep.
My younger daughter asked my older daughter what her favorite thing was today, and she said "being with my family". I guess we're doing some things right.
First thunderstorm with rain this evening.
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM: 6 miles.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| AM: 5 miles, gentle progression run.
School event tonight = no track. Maybe a lunch run?
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| PM: 4 miles with Richie, good to hear his Boston tale.
| | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 0. Running vacation continues unabated.
Back to school on Monday.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM: 6 miles.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| AM: 15 miles with Lee. Since St. Anthony's Triathlon will be occupying downtown St. Pete tomorrow, moved this one up by a day.
Got to catch up with the Boston Marathon crew last night. Somehow that ended in a jam session at Bryan's house that I didn't escape until about 2AM. I noticed two things: (a) running 15 miles on 3 hours of sleep isn't much fun, and (b) I can no longer play the guitar.
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| AM: Pushed the jogging stroller down to the Forerunners aid station on the St. Anthony's course. The 10k section of the triathlon goes back into a beautiful, shady neighborhood, with lot of spectators and a 4th-of-July-in-April kind of feeling.
The girls didn't hand out water, but they did enjoy picking up discarded cups. A lot of parents and kids from our running group- great atmosphere.
I had a few minutes to catch up with Joe. He was 3rd in his age group at Boston, first American. We made a soft agreement to run Twin Cities this fall, but haven't signed the blood oath yet.
| | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| AM: 10 miles.
PM: 5 miles at lunch with Quint.
Day One!
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| AM: 6 miles.
PM: 10 miles at track. For the workout, 8x600 with 200 rest. Ran with Lee. Not fast, but a decent effort. Averaged ~2:03.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| AM: 10 miles.
PM: 6 miles.
After some waffling, I've decided to run TCM this fall. The waffling was mostly because if I did decide to go, I wanted to go all in.
There are so many outs from training with 100% focus. No doubt a lot of it is psychological. I've put together blocks of good months here and there, but I don't feel like I've ever fully committed myself.
I'm in my prime years as a Masters runner. If I do care about running well (which I do), now is the time to go after it.
| | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| AM: 10 miles.
PM: 6 miles at lunch with Quint and Josh.
Great night for Tampa Bay sports last evening, with the Lightning advancing to Round 2 in Game 7. And the Rays beating the Yankees in extra innings, with A-Rod grounding into a double play to end the game was nice too.
| | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 250.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 254.00 |
|
|
|
| Debt Reduction Calculator |
|
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
|