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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

Mon, Apr 20, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
1.00	4.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.10

Lunch - 5.1 miles outside. It was quite a bit warmer out today than what I was used to. I intended for this to be a nice, easy run, but I was all pumped up from having watched the Boston marathon this morning, and so I ended up running faster than planned. This was also in part due to my not having my Garmin with me. The temperature was about 90 degrees at the start, and was about 93 when I finished. Not super uncomfortable, but I could tell it was hotter than I was used to. Average pace for the run was 7:03/mile. I am counting this as 1 easy mile and 4.1 MP miles

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 5.10

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Cal on Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 17:49:34 from 66.133.117.3

that's a great pace in those temperatures.

From RivertonPaul on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:26:59 from 67.42.27.114

I'm not sure how hot it was at the gym, but certainly not 90. Good job.

From Burt on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 14:22:47 from 68.76.197.194

I rode my bike home and it was about 94-95. Not too bad, but the funny thing is, when I get next to some of the farms out there, it all of the sudden gets really cool. I mean really cool. Like maybe the fields are irrigated and the heat is causing a lot of moisture in the air which cools it way down. I don't know, but that's my theory.

From James W on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 15:29:45 from 12.151.72.1

Thanks, Cal and Paul. Burt, I have noticed the same thing if I ever go by one of those orange groves - I think that your idea is probably right - has to do with wator vapor in the air creating a cooling effect.

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