| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 52.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
| Tried a slightly different running technique today - ran leaning forward more than normal. This technique felt exceptionally good and also resulted in my running faster over the distance, while my legs felt good. My lungs felt the effects, but that can be remedied by training. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.20 |
| Ran approx 3.2 miles in 24:20. The run felt good. Not much else to report. I am going to slowly build back up. I got my exercise ball on Wednesday and will be using that to strengthen my core. After visits to my chiropracter, I also found that I had a pelvic torsion that was causing a leg length discrepancy. Possibly the root cause of my problems. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Ran approx. 3.5 miles in 26:00, felt good again. The run was still more of a workout for my lungs than it was for my legs, although I definitely felt like my legs got worked well. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Ran 4 miles on the treadmill this evening, felt good. Started off at 8:30 pace, then increased to 7:30 pace after 1/2 mile. Increased to 6:30 pace at 2 1/2 miles, kept that pace for a mile, then slowed back down to cool off. I feel good about the fact that I could have kept up the faster pace for longer. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Ran about 3.25 miles in 24:19. Started out too fast and was paying for it and the end of the run. I will get in another run tomorrow. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Did another 3.25 miles, did not time my run. Felt pretty good, but was a bit hot, as I ran in the afternoon. Although the temperature has dropped here, it was still about 90 degrees or so. Nevertheless, I feel like I am finally starting to get going again. Although I have no plans of doing a marathon for a while, I still want to get in some races. We have a Thanksgiving day 10-K, and I am planning on running the PF Changs 1/2 marathon in January, plus a few other races I can find. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Ran 4 miles this evening - felt pretty good. I warmed up over the first mile, then slowly increased my pace. I ran the third mile in 6:48, then walked for about 2 minutes and resumed my run. Total time was 30:10. Will take tomorrow off and then run on Wed. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Decided I couldn't wait until Wednesday to run again, and ran 3 miles on the treadmill. Warmed up for the first 1/2 mile at 8:30 pace, then slowly increased every 1/2 mile until I was at 6:30 pace. Ran this for a mile, then slowed back down. Total time was 22:10. The run felt good. I also feel like adding these tempo sessions in the middle of my runs will help my cardio fitness as well as train my legs to run faster. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| biked about 10 miles this morning - felt good. My hip has started to hurt again with impact activities, so I am going to go see an orthopedic surgeon to figure out what is going on. In the meantime, I think that I will be able to continue biking - this didn't hurt at all. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Was planning on doing about 10 miles on the bike, only to run over a nail after about 4 miles and have my rear tire go completely flat. I alternated running and walking home - ran a total of about 2.5 miles. My hip felt good - I think it has something to do with the no-impact activity of bicycling. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Ran 3 miles this morning - total time of 23:00. Hip still felt good, but I need to get my bike tire repaired so that I can alternate running and biking. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| walked 3.1 miles ar 4.5 mph on the treadmill. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Ran 3.25 miles early this morning at a brisk clip. I started out easy but picked it up. Second mile was in 6:45. Stretched out afterwards (which I have sometimes been neglecting) and my hip feels good. I have decided to alternate running, biking and walking on the treadmill, and am going to try to do this every day until my health and fitness are at 100%. Purchased a new inner tube for my bike yesterday that has slime in it to help prevent future flat tires. May go out for a bike ride later today (before or after priesthood session). Listening to general conference on the computer today, as we do not have television. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 52.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 52.30 |
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