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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 27, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50

Today felt good - my calves have been kind of sore for a couple of days, and I had my wife massage them yesterday - much better today. No soreness at all. I tried to take it a little easier today (at least my first two miles were slower than 8:00!). Here are my splits:

Mile 1 - 8:24, Mile 2 - 8:18, Mile 3 - 7:45, Mile 4 - 7:53, last 1/2 mile cooldown - 4:52. Total time: 37:15.

I have actually felt good adding the extra days this week. I will leave it at 5 days for a few weeks at least, maybe more, but will gradually increase the miles on some of my easy runs during the week.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:58:35

Good work. How did 7:45/7:53 feel?

It may be a good idea to either run in a race (make sure the course is certified), or do a 3 mile/5 K time trial in the next couple of weeks to measure your fitness.

From James on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 13:21:35

It felt good. My upper body was a little tense today, which I need to work on. Looks like there is a 5k on 5/6 I might be able to do - otherwise I will get in a 3 mile time trial. What kind of effort would you expect for either? Should I be going all out? 90% effort? Shoot for a certain pace per mile?

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 14:23:29

Focus on running relaxed, and gradually increase the pace. Maybe start out at a 10 K race pace, and gradually bring it to 5 K.

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