| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 38.25 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 23.25 | 19.50 | 0.00 | 42.75 |
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Night Sleep Time: 40.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 40.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran 1.5 miles with Sam and Sparky at a slow pace, then another 0.5 with Joseph. After Lybi did her walking, I went out for another 5 miles, felt very good. Didn't check the Garmin to see how fast I was going, although my speed constantly increased throughout the run. I ended the run at a pretty good clip. Total time for the 5 miler was 35:46, average pace of 7:09/mile. Sasha and I talked last Friday about the need to go easy the first day after a break, but right now I am having a hard time with that - my legs feel so fresh and spunky that it is hard to hold back, even when I start nice and steady. I had started my run last night at about 7:45 pace, and just slowly increased the pace. Maybe if I had looked at the Garmin I could have held back. Oh well - next time. |
Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 4.50 | 0.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Easy 1 mile with Samuel (his leg was hurting him), then another 1/2 mile with Joseph. Then another 2 miles on my own - average pace of 7:23/mile. I will get in a few more miles after Lybi gets back from her walk.
Ran another 3.5 miles later in the evening - I felt "in the zone" on this run - I started out close to 7:30 pace for the first 1/2 mile, but just found my legs wanting to really lay down the hammer, so I decided to go with it today. I don't have my splits but my average pace for the 3.5 mile run was 6:36/mile. Felt awesome during and after the run. No soreness, no problems. I feel like my fitness has been improved right now, given how well I was able to crank this run out. There is no doubt in my mind that if I were to run another 5K, I would be in the low- to mid-18:00 range, and sub-18:00 is not out of the question. I think I am going to enter a 5K in the next week or two to see what I can do. Planning on 7 miles/day for the rest of this week, with a 13 miler on Saturday to put me at 48 miles for the week. |
Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Ran 1.5 miles with Samuel and Sparky - he actually did pretty well - something less than 18:00 by my recollection, which would be under 12:00/mile. Then ran approx. 0.5 miles with Joseph, although probably a little more.
Got my new cell phone and spent over an hour playing with it and configuring it (it is a Smartphone), then thanks to a timely reminder from my wife, managed to make it out the door for another 4 miles before it was time to go to bed. 29:06 for the 4 miles (sans Garmin), average pace of something like 7:14/mile. |
Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
| Ran 1.5 easy miles with Samuel, then ran another 0.5 with Joseph, and another 0.25 with Adam. Went to Webelos Scouts - we are making bulletin boards this week as we are working on their craftsman activity badge - then had Roundtable. Got home around 9:00 pm, went out for another 5 miles. Changed the Garmin to autolap every 0.5 miles for a change. This run ended up being a progressive run as well. Started out around 7:50 pace, then slowly increased my pace as the run continued. The final mile was at 6:40 pace. Total time for the run was 36:07, average pace of 7:13/mile. I have noticed that I tend to run faster whenever I wear my Tangents - maybe because they are lighter, and maybe because they feel better on my feet. Even with how light they are, I can tell a difference between them and my Adrenalines, which sadly are probably close to the end of their life. |
Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| 1.5 easy miles with Sparky at about 8:15 pace, then another 5 miles on my own. The 5 miles were at 7:36 pace. My legs felt kind of dead today, not sure if it was because of the shoes or just because of the increased miles. I am feeling more and more that the shoes need to be retired. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| I am so frustrated today! I had plans to do a 13 mile long run today, was feeling really good, but starting at about mile 4, my knee started acting up (the outside of my knee, right around my IT Band). I stopped to stretch it out and continued. I had to stop again after another mile and stretch again, then again at the turnaround point (mile 6.5). I stretched again at mile 8, and was not feeling very confident of my ability to continue. I decided to push the next mile, which finished on a corner where there was a gas station. I made the decision to stop there, because it was really hurting me and felt like my knee might lock up (kind of felt like something was catching). I called Lybi and had her pick me up. Darn my knee! Cardiovascularly, I felt excellent. The first 8 miles felt easy to me. They were at 7:31 pace. Everything else felt good, my form, my legs did not feel dead, just this problem with my knee. My hip was also getting very tight, so I am fairly sure that the origin of the problem is up there (piriformis, IT Band, gluteus minimus, something like that). I am going to do some good stretching, and if it feels better this evening, I will do a few more miles with the boys. Otherwise I am shutting it down until next week. Hopefully it will feel better on Monday. I am probably going to go see the chiropractor as well. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | 38.25 | 2.00 | 2.50 | 0.00 | 23.25 | 19.50 | 0.00 | 42.75 |
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Night Sleep Time: 40.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 40.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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