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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

Wed, Feb 18, 2009

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

Lunch - 5 miles on the treadmill, followed by ab work. A variation of planks where I did plank lifts, then side planks, then leg lifts. Run felt good, shins are still a little bit sore, but no more than before. Easy runs the rest of this week (I promise!).

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 5.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 18:24:13

Nice core work.

From Burt on Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:59:33

Every couple of days I crank out 50 sit-ups. I don't know if it helps at all because they seem too easy. Any suggestions. I've never really done crunchies because I believe in full range of motion when working out.

From James W on Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 00:03:08

Situps are good, but the problem is that they don't work the deep core muscles that are needed for running. If you want a really good workout, try doing planks. From laying on your belly, raise up onto your elbows (under your shoulders) and toes and hold the position for 10-20 seconds. You will feel the burn. You can work your way up to longer times. For variations, you can go to each side to work the obliques, or even do the plank raises, where you raise one leg off the ground from the plank position. Try 'em - guaranteed to rock your world :)

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