| 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 | | 41.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 41.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - 4 miles on my own, then 2 miles with Sparky. Legs felt a little tired and sore from the big workout on Saturday (plus Lybi did some more scraping last night), but nothing out of the ordinary. It is interesting that the knot that was in my right calf seems to have moved into my left calf, in exactly the same spot. Perhaps I was compensating a bit . . . average pace for the 4 miles was 7:45/mile. Came back in and got Sparky, average pace with Sparky was 8:36/mile. Depending on how I feel, I might do some more tempo work on Wednesday or Thursday during one of my runs, but I am shooting again for a good tempo run during my long run this Saturday. I am hoping to be able to get in 15 miles on Saturday. I also need to attend Leader-specific trainin that morning for my calling as Webelos leader. Busy day. |
| 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 | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| PM - 2 miles outside with Sparky, average pace 8:10/mile. Felt pretty good, although it was still pretty hot out. Then inside to the treadmill. 1/2 mile warmup at 8:00 pace, then into a 3 mile tempo at 1/2 MP - 6:40/mile. Managed to do pretty good with both my form and my breathing. We had had a brief power outage this afternoon, and the air conditioner stopped working for a small amount of time, enough for the house to heat up to 83 from its usual 78 degrees. It was still fairly warm inside when I did my run. Cooled off the last 1/2 mile at 8:30 pace. Average pace on the treadmill of 7:02/mile. Legs feel good, instead of getting them scraped this evening, I actually had Lybi massage my shoulders, which had been feeling very tense. |
| 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 | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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AM - My legs, especially my inner thighs, were sore after last night's tempo run. Slept in a little, woke up at 5:30 and ran 2 miles with Sparky at average pace of 8:22/mile. It was very muggy out - 84 degrees and about 50 percent humidity (that's extremely high for Arizona). Will plan on another 4-5 easy miles on the treadmill tonight. PM - 4 miles on the treadmill. First mile was a warmup at 8:30 pace, legs were a bit stiff. Then cranked up the pace to 7:30 for the remainder of the run. Ran another 0.5 miles to and from the local gas station to pick up a bottle of Gatorade, as we were all out of powder. No time on the last 0.5 miles.
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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 | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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PM - 4 miles outside at average pace of 7:25/mile. It had just rained, and the temperature had falled all the way to 82 degrees, so it was quite nice, although extremely humid. 6 miles just isn't going to happen today, folks. I was lucky to get in the 4 miles - I was doing some work this evening and ended up with a big delay, so I figured I might as well run while I was waiting. Either 6 or 7 miles tomorrow, depending on how I feel, but I'm not too fussed either way. Planning on 14-15 miles on Saturday, including a big 10-mile MP tempo run in the middle of my long run. We'll see how that works out. |
| 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 | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM - 4.5 easy miles by myself, average pace of 7:57/mile. Started off easy and slowly picked it up. Temperature was quite nice. Came back home and took Sparky for another 2 miles, average pace of 8:35/mile. |
| 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 | | 15.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| AM - woke up a bit early so that I could get in my entire run before I went to Webelos training. It was already 82 degrees at 4:45, so I made a snap decision to not do a tempo run this morning, and instead would just get in the whole run. The plan was to do 14 miles on my own, and then 2 miles with Sparky. Took some gel and gatorade before starting off, ran 6 miles, came back to the house to get another gel and some more gatorade. Ran another 8 miles, then stopped at the gas station to get a cold bottle of Gatorade, which I promptly guzzled most of as I walked home. Ran 2 miles with Sparky, untimed. Not sure of my pace either, but it felt pretty slow. My legs were pretty tired out. Average pace for my 14-mile run was 7:47/mile. I had one mile I am going to count as MP, not sure of the split because the Garmin was not charged, so I just used my regular watch and didn't try to guess splits for miles. After the run, I just had time to shower and grab a quick bite to eat before heading over to the church for my Webelos leader training. Very tired now, but my legs feel pretty good - no sore spots. We are thinking about heading up to Payson next weekend with Lybi's grandpa who has a cabin up there, which would allow our boys to spend some time with him, while allowing me to get in a bit of altitude training. |
| 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 | | 41.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 41.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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