| Location: Mesa,AZ,USA Member Since: May 12, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.
Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)
2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)
5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)
10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)
Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)
1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)
Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon) Short-Term Running Goals: Run a half marathon in under two hours.
Run a marathon in close to 4 hours. Long-Term Running Goals: Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium. Personal: I am married and have six kids.
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Ringing in the New Year with a casual little run up the Hualapai Mountains. Actually, it was anything but casual. In fact, I would compare the level of difficulty to that of the marathons I've run. I saw a post on Facebook that the Kingman Running Club would be doing a group run from the Gas n' Grub to the Ranger Station. Since I was going to be in town, I decided to join them.
(To be continued. My nagging wife wants us to go :P. But just wait. It's gonna be a good one.) Okay. I'm back. Anyway. I had a feeling fellow blogger Kerry would be there. He was, along with local speedy Chris Brady, a guy named Cody, and a gal named Cari who I found out is also a Fast Running Blogger but has never blogged. (She told me she's going to start the Slow Jogging Blog.) ((Cari just commented on my blog and entered her first blog entry. Give her a warm welcome. BTW, she's super cute and looks like Danielle Fishel.) Twice before I've run this route. But both times were in the opposite direction, downhill. I'm not sure which hurts worse, uphill or downhill. Downhill I think. But uphill is harder. We started at 9:30am. It was chilly. I was allllll bundled up. We ran in a group for the first couple of miles. Then something amazing happened. I found a $20 bill! Now everyone's eyes were open, but nobody had quite the eagle eyes of Chris who next found $100 bones! 10 seconds later he found another $100! Then another $100! Then a $1! I questioned why he'd even bother with the $1. But it was crazy! After a while Chris, Kerry, and Cody took off. Cari and I ran together up until mile 7. It was really neat running up the mountain and seeing the patches of snow ever increasing as we climbed. Then Kerry's wife Denise drove by and offered to take our gloves. After that, Cari starting putting some distance between us. At mile 8 I was 100 feet behind her. At mile 9 about 300 feet. Then I bonked. I've never had my legs sieze up like that, but it was d-i-f-f-i-c-u-l-t! I kept going, but had to take some walking breaks. Finally I made it to the top and Denise had some hot chocolate waiting for us. Here's some pictures. 
| Mile |
Time |
Elevation |
Elevation Gain |
Total Elevation Gain |
| 0 |
0 |
3555 |
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| 1 |
10:08 |
3668 |
113 |
113 |
| 2 |
9:53 |
3818 |
150 |
263 |
| 3 |
10:36 |
4068 |
250 |
513 |
| 4 |
10:54 |
4321 |
253 |
766 |
| 5 |
10:38 |
4567 |
246 |
1012 |
| 6 |
11:29 |
4863 |
296 |
1308 |
| 7 |
10:16 |
5002 |
139 |
1447 |
| 8 |
11:16 |
5201 |
199 |
1646 |
| 9 |
12:57 |
5546 |
345 |
1991 |
| 10 |
15:41 |
6174 |
628 |
2619 |
| 11 |
20:30 |
6500 |
326 |
2945 |
| 11.17 |
2:24 |
6502 |
2 |
2947 |
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| Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 White/Classic Blue/Raven Miles: 11.17 |
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