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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Member Since:

Mar 20, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Mile: 4:37 (HS)
2 Mile: 10:11 (HS)
10K: 35:52 (HS)
5K - 18:15 (ARR Summer Race Series #1 - 2008)
1/2 Marathon: 1:32:00 (St. George 2008 enroute)
Marathon: 3:10:56 (St. George 2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get down to 155 lbs
Run sub 18:00 5K
Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
Run sub 3:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~qualify for Boston Marathon~~
run Boston Marathon
run sub-2:50 marathon
run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
run sub-17:00 5K
beat my high school 10K time of 35:52

Personal:

I was married in 1997 to my beautiful wife Lybi (confessions of a piano teacher on the blog), and we have 3 wonderful boys who are just as active as I was when I was little (he he). I grew up in southeastern Michigan, and my family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 6. I attended BYU, and served a mission in Berlin, Germany. After graduating from BYU with a degree in Health and Human Performance (pre-physical therapy), I promptly changed careers and started working with computers (although no programming for me). We have moved across the country several times, and currently live in Mesa, AZ. I work in computer security for a major nationwide homebuilder.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles:						148.66

Mon, Sep 24, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.80	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.80	0.00	7.80

6 miles this morning, started out easy, then found myself unintentionally speeding up and decided to go ahead and pick up the pace. I decided I wanted to get in some fast miles today - faster than MP, but slower than 5K pace. I was hoping for 10K pace miles, but they ended up being a bit slower than that. First fast mile was 7:06 - this is misleading because I started off slower and picked up the pace the entire mile. Then an easy mile in 8:18, then another hard mile in 6:56, finished with two easy miles. Got home, went another 0.8 with Sparky. Tomorrow will be an easy day to give my legs a break from the speed work today. Granted, it was only 2 miles, but they were harder miles.

PM - easy run with the boys and Sparky. I pushed two of the boys in the double jogging stroller while Lybi ran with the other boy and with Sparky. No time for the run.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Lybi on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 11:31:48

Great job today, James! And look how organized your goals are...did you change that today?

From Mom on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:08:29

Sounds like you are really ready for the Marathon in 2 weeks. Great going. That is going to be the healthiest dog in the world!

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