| 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 | | 40.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 33.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 33.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 10:01, then 0.65 with Joey in 7:18. Unmeasured distance with Adam. Took Sparky for 2.85 miles at 8:22 pace - he was pretty tired and hot after that. Then I ran another 2 miles by myself, averaging somewhere around 8:10/mile. Average for the run with Sparky and by myself was 8:15/mile. Felt good, little bit of niggle in my knee towards the end of the run, but it seems that I have been able to build up the distance I run before I start to feel anything, and sometimes I don't feel anything at all, so that seems to be a good thing to me. I am considering registering for a local 5K in a couple of weeks. (ProGrid Guide - 46.35)
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | 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 | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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AM - ran 3.35 miles with Sparky, unknown time because my watch didn't start up again when I pushed the start button (and no Garmin). Guessing somewhere around 8:20 pace. Then ran another 2 miles by myself, accidentally ran faster than I realized because I messed up with the time - I thought I was actually running at about 8:45 pace, but it was really 7:45 pace. Knee felt fine, except for a brief period where I had sped up with Sparky to try to get him to run next to me and have slack in the leash instead of him running behind me and there being tension in the leash. Kind of aggravating at times, because it pulls back on me. I think this also has an effect on how fast I run alone - I get used to running at a certain pace with Sparky, and then when I run, because I don't have that force pulling back on me, I end up running faster. PM - ran 1 mile with Sam in 9:52, then 0.65 with Joey in 7:02. They both did very well, in spite of the wind starting to pick up. Sam ran almost half a mile without holding my hand, and was able to maintain the pace quite well. |
| 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 | | 6.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.75 |
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AM - ran 3 miles with Sparky at 8:00 pace (a bit too fast, but since I wasn't wearing the Garmin, it was hard to determine that until the end). In spite of the faster pace, the run felt good. Took Sparky back inside and then ran another 2.1 miles by myself in 16:50, still same average of 8:00/mile. Will run with the boys this afternoon to finish my day. PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 9:56 - without holding his hand at all! He achieved his goal (sub-10:00 mile on his own), and will be getting a toy from the dollar store tomorrow (we would have gone today, but they close at 7). Then ran 0.65 with Joey at 10:30 pace - also without holding his hand at all! He also achieved his goal of sub-11:00 pace for his run, and will be getting a toy from the dollar store as well. Gave all the boys hot chocolate tonight as a treat for doing so well. I am so proud of all my boys, they did a marvelous job, and have showed me how they have really improved in their speed and strength. I am going to try to have them run all by themselves from now on, now that they have shown me they can do it, and we might just go a little slower. (ProGrid Guide - 53.1)
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| 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 | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM - ran 5 miles on the treadmill. We stayed up too late last night, so I slept in this morning to get some extra sleep. Average pace around 8:20/mile. Picked up the pace on the last 1/2 mile - felt good. Knee feels good. |
| 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 | | 8.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.15 |
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1 mile with Samuel in 9:54 - he did even better than the other day, from my perspective - not just in terms of time, but in terms of how comfortable he was running at that pace. Then 0.65 with Joey in 6:55 (10:40 pace). He did excellent as well. Untimed short portion with Adam. Then 2.5 miles with Sparky at 8:20 pace, including a 1/2 mile pick-up at 7:20 pace. 4 more miles on the treadmill - this will be my long day, since tomorrow is crazy busy. (ProGrid Guide - 61.25) P.S. - I found out that I got into the St. George Marathon again this year! I am so excited, and am really hoping I will be able to get another PR this year. Goal: sub-3:00. I feel confident I can do it. I am doing a good job of getting in the base right now, and will be able to have several months of 50+ miles/week, as well as plenty of time to get in some speed work. Knee, don't fail me now!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.65 |
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PM - 1 mile with Sam, slower because we had recently eaten and the boys were pretty full. Then 0.65 with Joey, also slower than the past couple days, but no big deal. I plan on doing another 5-6 miles later, either on the treadmill or outside, depending on what Lybi does. We were hoping to be able to run together with our babysitter here, but that didn't seem to work out. Ran 5 miles outside at 8:05 pace. Started off around 8:15 pace, then when I turned around, I started to speed up a bit. Last 0.5 miles at 7:25 pace. Felt good. No knee pain.
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| 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 | | 40.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 40.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 33.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 33.50 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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