| 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, 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: |
|
Click to donate
to Ukraine's Armed Forces
|
|
| |
Run Time: 1:48:42 (9:47 pace)
Finish Time: 6:45am
Temp: 70
Workout Weight: 210
I meant to run this distance Saturday, but I was too lazy to do it in the morning and never got a chance in the evening. I still wanted to do it because I have the Rim Country Challenge Half Marathon this Saturday (while everyone else is doing SGM.) I need to make sure I can even run the distance. I felt pretty good even though I was very thirsty. I even got to the point where I talked myself into picking up any bottle of liquid laying on the side of the road for a few swigs. The first one I saw was a beer bottle, so I passed that up. Then I saw a jug of Arizona Green Tea, so I passed that up. Then I saw a Coca-Cola bottle, and I passed that up. On the WOW scale, they were getting better, but I decided to just man up and wait 'til I got home. Now the plan is to taper down to 3 miles a day until Friday. Then I'll run a couple of miles in Payson to try and acclimate to the higher elevation. Then Saturday's the race. Hopefully I just miss the first session only of General Conference. | |
| | Comments(6) |
| | Warm up run to help acclimate me to the elevation. | |
| | Add Comment |
| | Race: |
Rim Country Challenge Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:21:27 | |
This was quite the challenging course. I started off pretty good. I was in 30th place after the first mile. There were rolling hills for the first four or five miles. I thought it was fun at first. The hills started to become a little more pronounced. Still I felt good. Then mile 7 came along and with it, the "hill". I started trotting up it at a nice gait, but at about the halfway point I found that I could walk up faster than I was running. It also helped to stretch my legs out. But the damage had been done. From then on, every little hill felt like a mountain. Luckily, the last half of the race was mostly downhill. The only thing that kept me going was seeing Camille's orange Ragnar shirt not too far behind me. Soon my only objective became to beat Camille. (Sad, but true.) I think she let me win so that my coworkers wouldn't scorn me to shame.
Well, I think I'm done with half marathons for a while. I'd like to try some 10k's and some 5k's. My next race is a triathlon. End of report. | |
| | Comments(9) |
|
|
| Debt Reduction Calculator |
|
New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):
Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):
|