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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

Thu, Sep 27, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
1.00	5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	6.00

AM - intended this to be a MP tempo run, but it ended up being a progressive tempo run. Warmed up easy the first mile, then started on the tempo. I did not look at my Garmin for the tempo, went by feel. Out of the entire tempo run, only the 4th mile was a bit laborious, but I was still able to stay in a good rhythm for breathing. I feel like I definitely could have kept up this pace. I will rely on Lybi to provide my splits. I know that the total time was 44:00 exact, average pace of 7:20/mile, and that all of the tempo miles were under 7:17, with the last one being 6:52 (I checked on the Garmin afterwards, just don't remember the others). I feel really good about this. I think that I am now done with my tempo miles, and the rest of this week and all next week will be easy runs. I want to feel those horses neighing for St. George, and I don't feel that yet. I am also going to work on really pushing the sleep issue. I am definitely doing better with sleep, but I want to get a full 8 hours every day.

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

Comments

From Lybi on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 15:59:55

Hey big guy! Sorry, I almost forgot to give you your splits:

1-8:29 Warm up.

2-7:16

3-7:10

4-7:07

5-7:01

6-6:52

.8 Miles with Sparky untimed.

Lookin' Good!

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