| 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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2010 December Tempe Road Runners Free Monthly 5k (3.05 Miles) 00:22:05, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2 | |
Well, my miles haven't been great lately, and my speed work has been nonexistent. But I wouldn't miss one of these races unless something really important was going on. Tonight it was just my kids' Christmas musical recital, so no big deal. Just kidding.
It seems like every month there's always at least one new person that shows up that beats me. So the guy that won last month wasn't there, but some Aussie came by and cruised right on by me. He had such a smooth and effortless running form. He must have been well over 50, too. That's 50 too, not 52.
So I tried a new strategy this time; start out fast and see how long I could maintain. I was in the lead for the first 4 tenths of a mile. Then Crocodile Dundee passed me. I hung with him as long as I could. I even tried matching his stride which seemed to be short choppy steps, but my legs didn't like that. He slowly kept pulling away. The first mile was 6:43, way too fast. But you know, at the time it felt good. There was a small hill on the next mile. Short and steep. Just enough to throw off your momentum. The second mile was 7:19. And they had the turn around in the same place as last month, so I knew it was going to be short again.
I could see I had a sizable gap on the next person behind me and knew I wasn't in danger of being passed. So when I really started gasping for breath as my foolish strategy came to fruition, I made little effort to push through the pain. The third mile was 7:43. Really? Burt, you suck. Yep. I said it. But I have no regrets. As Dewey Finn once said, "If we fall, we will fall with dignity, with a guitar in our hands and rock in our hearts!" I didn't feel like running the additional 0.05 miles to round out my 5000 meters since there was no chance of PRing. As the townie in Waterboy once said, "Oh no! We suck again!"
Oh, how did the raffle go? You mean the raffle where they gave away a hat, socks, and the grand prize of $100 off a new pair of running shoes? That raffle? I won. Let me say that again. I WON! Merry Christmas to me. |
| Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 Silver/Old Gold/Phantom Miles: 3.05 |
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