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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

Tue, Nov 27, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.10	0.00	0.00	7.10

AM - 5.1 easy miles. It was a bit nippy out this morning as well - probably more normal weather for this time of year here. We have been having unseasonably warm weather. I, for one, am looking forward to cooler weather here. Total time for my run this morning was 39:36, average pace of 7:46/mile. I must have picked it up again as I got warmed up. I wasn't looking at the Garmin on the run, and Lybi has it right now, so I will have to check my splits later on. I do know that there was one point during the 4th mile where I started to pick it up, and forced myself to slow down. No tempo miles this week, I need to have a full week of just recovery runs.

PM - ran with the boys. First 0.43 with Joey in 5:30, then 0.78 with Joey and Adam in the jogging stroller in 6:45, then another .79 with Samuel in 9:32. Average pace for the combination of runs was 10:53/mile, helped generously by my average of 8:36/mile on the middle leg.

I noticed an odd thing today - the top of my left foot has been fairly painful today. I don't know if maybe my laces were too tight, or maybe I have a nerve that is somewhat pinched. I will ice the foot this evening, and perhaps wear the sock tonight in case some tightness is causing one of the bones in my foot to slip out of place.

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

Comments

From wheakory on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 11:48:30

What's the weather temperature like there now this time of year?

From Lybi on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:05:58

Here are you splits, James:

8:05, 7:49, 7:41, 7:45, 7:32,

7:31 pace for the .1.

Good job, as always. Kory, the 50s we are seeing at 5 am is really harsh. ;) During the days it get up to 70s and 80s. Reading about the cold weather where you guys are makes me feel like a wimp!

From wheakory on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:41:55

Nice Splits James W. I have a brother-in-law that lives in Mesa, and he says 50 degrees feels like your freezing over down there, so I wouldn't think your a wimp it's just the difference in climates.

You've been doing some very good running down there. I know that I couldn't handle the heat in the summer because I not a heat person so I know the summer's have to be hard.

From James W on Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 12:45:52

Thanks - a bit faster than I had anticipated, since I was shooting for recovery miles. Guess I better keep an eye on the Garmin to make sure I don't run too fast :). I can't complain about the weather here now - it is just beautiful. 47 degrees this morning, high in the upper 60's this afternoon. This time of year is why I like Phoenix. Now if only I could have both a summer and a winter job . . . :D

From Mark on Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 12:30:16

I get that pain on the top of my foot sometimes. At times it has been caused by lacing my shoe too tight - other times I'm not sure what. One time it got bad enough that I went to the doctor and she said it was tendinitis. Icing it, opposing stretches on the foot, and slowing the pace a little bit usually clears it up for me.

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