| 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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| Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 White/Classic Blue/Raven Miles: 10.00 | Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 Silver/Old Gold/Phantom Miles: 5.35 |
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Today is my anniversary. 13 years of wedded bliss. Just bliss. We went out Saturday night. We had gift cards to Black Angus and free movie tickets. So it was a great cheap date. My favorite kind. We caught the 10:40 showing of Star Trek. There were only 12 people in the room. One lady by herself was for sure a Trekky, and I would guess she'd already seen the movie at least a dozen times. She made sure the other 11 of us heard her laugh as soon as any joke was cracked.
Since my mileage has been quite pathetic the last two weeks, I decided to get some double digit action going today. I saw a new guy running today. He looked like he was going about the same speed I was, but I was OK with that because I wasn't trying to push it. Plus, since I did an extra loop, I saw him again and figured he wasn't running as far as I was either. I decided to slap him five, and he reciprocated. I saw the old lady regular and the double stroller lady, too. I actually saw her twice as I did my second loop. Some day I'll have to ask her how far she runs. I doubt she'll answer me.
Time - 1:24:22 (8:26 avg. pace)
My splits were pretty consistent. I was going for an 8:30 pace. Miles 8 and 9 had bumped up in the 8:40's, so I thought I needed to push the last mile. I ended up doing it in 8:16. My knee feels fine. |
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I saw a lot of new faces out today. I think I'm inspiring a lot of people to get out and run. Everybody wants to be like me. I'm quite sure of it. Average pace today was 8:31.
No wildlife on the run, but I saw one dead rabbit, one dead snake, and 8 live prairie dogs on the bike ride. Who on the blog can I compare to prairie dogs? They have to be small, fast, and cute. Montelepsy? Distance was 17.7 miles. Average speed was 14.9 mph and max. speed was 20.5 mph.
Ouch. The ride home. My wife called me at work to see if I could be home by 4pm because the missionaries were coming to dinner. I don't think she realized I rode my bike today. So I took off at 3pm. It was 90 degrees out. Not too bad. When I turned south there was a headwind, and I was afraid it would be as bad as last week's. It was rough for a few patches, but overall I managed. At one point a big diesel passed me. Then all of the sudden the wind died and the riding became extremely easy. It was like the diesel took the wind with it. Is that possible? So I cranked it to the highest gear and was cruising along at 26 mph. It was wierd. After about a half mile the wind came back, and I was back to going 16 mph. Did you know lizards can run about 16 mph? I spooked one, and it took off running alongside the curb. It had no where to go but forward. It finally tried to jump over the curb but couldn't make it. That was funny. Don't laugh at lizards. So I was almost home and I had to go around the round-about by my house. There was a car behind me and I didn't want to slow them down so I tried to zip around it as fast as I could. I soon realized I was about to pull a Lucia. Tuck and roll baby! I'm a little banged up, and my bike is fine. Hopefully my knee will feel good in the morning and I can go running.
And that's why you don't laugh at lizards. |
| Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 Silver/Old Gold/Phantom Miles: 5.35 |
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My knee was feeling good enough to ride today.
AM Ride
Distance - 17.46 miles
Time - 1:06:02
Avg. Speed - 15.9 mph
Max. Speed - 21.6 mph
PM Ride
Distance - 3.45 miles
Avg. Speed - 17 mph
Max Speed - 19.5 mph
I went to Red Robin with my wife last night. That's why the low PM mileage. Those Royal Red Robin Burgers are delicioso!
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A little bit faster this morning. I could feel the difference those last 5 miles. I had to tweak my bike a little to get it dialed in. I'm thankful not much damage was done after crashing. Mostly to my ego.
AM Ride
Distance - 17.47 miles
Time - 1:05:16
Avg. Speed - 16.1 mph
Max. Speed - 23.4 mph | |
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| Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 White/Classic Blue/Raven Miles: 10.00 | Mizuno Wave Inspire 4 Silver/Old Gold/Phantom Miles: 5.35 |
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