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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:

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

Long-Term Running Goals:

  1. qualify for Boston Marathon
  2. run Boston Marathon
  3. run sub-2:50 marathon
  4. run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
  5. run sub-17:00 5K
  6. 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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Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Tue, Oct 30, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.800.003.000.000.006.800.006.80

AM - 6 miles with a 3 mile mini-tempo run in the middle.  Wore the Strassburg sock last night, my heel felt much less stiff this morning, although still a bit.  Warmed up the first mile, then got into the tempo.  I was originally planning on doing 3 miles at MP (7:00/mile), but that quickly went out the window.  I was more or less running on feel and did not check the garmin, but I could tell I was running faster than MP.  Pace ended up being more like 1/2 MP.  First mile was 6:44, second mile was 6:36, and third mile was 6:31.  Breathing was good through the first two miles, then started getting a little bit labored on the third, but not too bad.  Legs felt good, too.  Slowed down for the last two miles.  Total time for the 6 mile run was 44:19, average pace of 7:23/mile.  Took Sparky out for another .8 miles untimed.  He was happy to get out.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tom on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:32:58

James dang you're really ripping it up lately! It will be really interesting to see what you can do in your next race. I think barring injury or something a sub-3 marathon next year will be a piece of cake for you.

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:49:07

This is a very good sign.

From James W on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:11:06

Thank you both! I am very excited about what the future holds for me. I am beginning to think that I never reached my potential back in high school, and that I have the capacity to do much more. I also definitely think that I can do sub-3 next year, and am excited to see what I will be able to do for shorter distances as well, from 5K up to the 1/2. BTW, I should also mention that I have been working hard on my core: slow crunches, leg lifts, bicycle crunches. I think that this is also helping me, as my core has been somewhat soft.

From Lybi on Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:30:38

Great job, James!

Ya, he has a lot of speedy potential, guys. His 7th grade school record for the mile still stands, I think. 5:18 for a 11-12 year old!

Hey James, we just got a guy from Germany on the blog. Isn't that cool! "running nose" Check it out.

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