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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, Apr 06, 2006

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

I ran in the afternoon instead of the morning today, and that may have contributed to a faster run - first mile was 7:47 instead of the usual 8:10 or so. Second mile was 6:50 (had to wait at a red light for 30 seconds). Third mile was 7:02. Fourth mile was approx. 8:00 (another darn red light, this one longer). Total estimated run time: 29:40. Next time I will try to keep away from routes involving lights . . . either that, or I gotta get me one of those Garmin Forerunner 205 GPS watches!

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 13:53:53

James - If you recover well from those 4 mile runs, I would recommend adding easy 2 mile runs on Monday, Wendesday, and Friday. You need to build up eventually to 6 days a week 10 miles a day to run a sub-3:00 marathon.

From James on Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 16:01:10

I definitely plan on increasing my mileage - my plan is to start adding easier runs on other days once my long run gets up to 10 miles (just hit 6 miles last week). I have exhibited a tendency towards running injuries in the past (shin splints, calf strains), so I am trying to take it nice and slow. I have also been using AI stretching with great success after my cool-down.

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