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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. 

Blog title explanation

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, DooneEight Kid Mom, Erico, Flatlander, Gary, Jake Krong, JamesW, Jose, Josse, Julieesplin, JunKelli, Kerri, KP, Kyle Dion, Lightitup, Little Bad Legs, Lybi, Marthon Dreamer, M, Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Misty, Nan, Peds Endo Doc, Rachelle, RADRhett, 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

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Mizuno Wave Inspire 7 Lifetime Miles: 803.99
Asics Gel 3030 Lifetime Miles: 204.85
Saucony Hurricane 13 Lifetime Miles: 149.22
Asics Gel DS Trainer 17 Lifetime Miles: 87.49
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Lifetime Miles: 800.59
Brooks Ravenna 4 Lifetime Miles: 88.83
Mizuno X10 Trail Lifetime Miles: 180.06
Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 Lifetime Miles: 802.77
Asics Gel Kayano 21 Lifetime Miles: 56.47
Mizuno Wave Inspire 11 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 800.75
New Balance 1260v5 Lifetime Miles: 9.19
Reebok Floatride Lifetime Miles: 8.23
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15.39
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 15.39
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Total Distance
2.54

It felt nice today.  Just a nice recovery run.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 2.54
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1.46

Happy Independance Day.  I ran with Herbie today.  He did all right for the most part.  I had to tug on the leash a couple of times.  I finally let him have a break when we reached the Canal.  Surprisingly, he went chest deep into the Canal.  He won't even get in the swimming pool.    Speaking of swimming pool, I then spent an hour cleaning it so that it would be ready for the day.    I took most of the day off from work and spent a lot of time splashing around with my family.


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2.54

I got up a few minutes after 5am this morning.  I was anxious to get a few miles in while it was still relatively cool.  But then I had a thought.  What if nobody cleaned up that mess we made in the cul de sac last night with all the fireworks?  Sure enough it was a mess.  At least the big stuff was picked up, but there was little papers all over the place.  I fed the animals, grabbed a broom and dust pan, and got to work.  I finally was able to run at 6:30am and I had already worked up a pretty good sweat.  But that's ok.  I need to since I took another cheat day yesterday.  I felt pretty good.  Maybe from all the carbs I had that I'm not used to consuming for the last few months.  Nothing too exciting happened other than seeing a couple of sketchy looking dudes by the Floodway.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 2.54
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1.45

It was just straight up hot this morning.  I left about 6am.  My legs are sore.  Should they be this sore?  Nope.  Unless it was all that street sweeping I did yesterday.  Anyway I got to almost Brown Road and I saw a zanjero truck driving down the Canal.  As I turned the corner I saw half of a watermelon that had been halfway eaten.  I was really admiring it when I heard a woman's voice call out.  I looked around expecting to see someone by the Canal.  But then I heard the voice again, and she was calling my name, and she was behind me.  It was my wife on her walk!  I was not expecting to see her there.  So we smooched.

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7.40

Another early morning with Mike out at Usery Pass.  It was 94º already at 4:30am.  Despite my best efforts yesterday to baby and stretch my left calf muscle, it was still quite sore this morning and I questioned my ability to do this run.  I figured I'd just have to give it a try.  As soon as I started it immediately began to hurt.  But I just changed my stride slightly, and I was able to go, albeit slower than last week.  I could tell because Mike was putting some serious distance between us, whereas last week I managed to stay in sight of him for quite some time.  Anyway, it was hot, too, so that was another reason for me being slower.  I always have to talk myself into not turning around before I get to the top.  It was so hot that there weren't very many bikers out.  I didn't see the first two until 2.7 miles in to my run.  I counted a total of 7.  On the way down I saw one of them coming uphill towards me, but then I noticed he wasn't pedaling.  He had an electric bike.  So he doesn't count.  6.  The last half mile always seems to be the hardest because I'm tired, thirsty, and the slope starts to level out.  I was glad to be done.  The sun broke the horizon at 5:37am.
 

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 7.40
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15.39
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 15.39
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