| 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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Bloggers I've met in real life: 1MileToGo, Aaron Kennard, Andrea North, Arizona Desert Monsoon, auntieem, Bec, Ben, Benjamin, Bonnie, Camille, Cari, Collin Anderson, David Holt, Doone, Eight Kid Mom, Erico, Flatlander, Gary, Jake Krong, JamesW, Jose, Josse, Julieesplin, Jun, Kelli, Kerri, KP, Kyle Dion, Lightitup, Little Bad Legs, Lybi, Marthon Dreamer, M, Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Misty, Nan, Peds Endo Doc, Rachelle, RAD, Rhett, Riley Cook, Rossy, runningafterbabies, Sasha, Scott Hughes, Scott (Kelli's husband), Scott Wesemann, Slow Joe, Spencer Simpson, Stephen, Steve Piccolo, Susie, The Rookie, Toby, Tracy, Twinkies, TylerS, Walter Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Alarm went off at 3:30am. Hit snooze once. Got up. Sat on the toilet for quite a while due to Mexican food yesterday. Got a text from Mike at 3:50am that he was here. Told him I'd be out shortly. Got on the road at 4:00am and started running at 4:26am. I noticed a large amount of moths flying around and getting plastered against Mike's windshield. I wondered if they'd be attracted to our headlamps. They weren't a problem. This was my fastest run on this route this year. First time being under 11 min. pace. Mike got to the top of Usery about 0.4 miles before me. As I approached the top I could see another headlamp. I thought it was a cyclist, but it kept going out, then it would come back on. I realized it was a guy getting ready to run. There's a place where you can park on the side of the road about a tenth of a mile from the top. He took off before I got to the top and turned around. How do I know? Strava. I never caught him. But I did get caught by three other runners on the downhill. Only one of them was a Strava user, but I wondered if they were all in the same group because they all started from the top and ran down. The first guy was huge. Like very muscular. Looked like a defensive end. The next guy was also huge, but not as muscly. He looked more like a lineman. They caught me within the first half mile of the downhill. Mike said they almost caught him, but he sped up so they wouldn't. The last one was a girl. I kept hearing footsteps behind me and would turn around to look but couldn't see anyone. Finally I saw her. She was wearing all black with very little reflective gear. She had headphones in, but she said hi. She passed me with just over 2 miles to go and I kept her in my sights the whole time. With about 1.2 miles to go a runner was coming uphill. He said good morning to me. Turns out, thank you Strava, it was the husband of one of my former Ragnar teammates.
I felt real good this morning except for wanting to drink some water and thinking I needed to go potty again during the last half mile. It was nice to finish before sunrise today.
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