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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles: 148.66
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
1.502.001.000.000.000.000.004.50

Lunch - ran on the treadmill today, because I forgot my sunglasses. Warmed up 1.5 miles at 8:00 pace, then did a 3 mile progressive tempo run. Started out at 7:00 pace for the first mile, increased to 6:40 pace for the second mile, and increased to 6:20 pace for the last mile. Last quarter mile was at 6:00 pace. Total time for the tempo run was 20:00 even.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green 2) Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 07:11:56 from 98.167.151.26

Looks like you're back and better than ever.

From James W on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:11:15 from 70.190.199.29

Well, not quite. I'm still about 20 lbs overweight, and my base fitness is still lacking. I was huffing and puffing after this run. This is still about a minute slower than I ran that 5K in this year, and this was only 3 miles. I'm thinking about starting the P90X program to aid with my weight loss.

From Burt on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:20:44 from 98.167.151.26

Me too.

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