| 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 | 25.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 32.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 32.25 | 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 |
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AM - 2 easy miles with Sparky, average pace 8:15/mile. Didn't get to sleep until 10:30 and didn't want to run off only 6 hours of sleep, so I slept in. Will get in another 4 miles this evening. Felt very good this morning, legs felt loose, had some pop to my legs this morning. I hope to be able to have that same pop next Monday morning when I run my race. PM - 4 more miles outside. The temperature was phenomenal - we had had several thunderstorms move through the valley today, and it was only 84 degrees at 8:30 PM. It was wonderful. As a result, I was kind of over-excited, and ran a little faster than I had planned on. Average pace for the 4 mile run was 7:30/mile. |
Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.75 | 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 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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AM - 3 miles on my own, averge pace of 8:08/mile, then 2 miles with Sparky, average pace of 8:39/mile. The run this morning felt much easier than last night, although last night's run wasn't really hard - it just wasn't easy. It was a balmy 74 degrees this morning, but the humidity was unreal. Even at that temperature, I was sweating buckets by the time I came back from my run.
PM - 1 more mile with Joey, in 11:30. We got to run outside this afternoon - it was only 95 degrees out! He did a great job, and it felt good to my legs - let them loosen up a little bit. My calves are still a little tight, and I think a little more scraping and massaging will be in order this evening. |
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 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| PM - 4 miles on the treadmill, fiddled around with the incline settings, went up as high as 3, then back down to 1 for the last mile. Last 1/2 mile at MP. Then another 2 miles outside with Sparky. Last 1/2 mile with Sparky was right around MP as well. It was 84 degrees outside this evening when I ran, but today was extremely humid by any standards, and especially for Arizona - 81% humidity - that's crazy humid here. However, I am glad for the rain. We have already gotten an inch more rain this monsoon season than we got all last year's monsoon, and we still have a few weeks left, with more storms on the way this weekend. |
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 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| PM - after having not run at all yesterday, I was not real motivated to run today, especially since a) we were traveling all day, and I was fairly tired and b) I had eaten a large plate of spaghetti with seconds :) However, reason prevailed on me, and I ended up at least doing 2 easy miles with Lybi. My stomach complained the entire second mile, and after having planned on doing a few more miles after I dropped Lybi off, I determined that this would not be a good time, and I did not want to puke up my entire dinner, so I called it quits after 2 miles. |
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 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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PM - this is a pre-emptive blog here in Colorado Springs. Mike and I are planning on going over the first half of the out-and-back 1/2 marathon I am running on Monday - me on foot, and him on his bike. I am going to make sure that I take these miles nice and easy - 8:30 pace. My only desire for this run is to acquaint myself with the 1/2 marathon course other than just via a map so that I know where the turns are and such, and have a better idea of what the elevation will be like. More detailed blog to follow.
Update: disaster struck! So I went for a nice easy run with Mike riding his bike alongside me, so that I could get a good idea of the course and better know what to expect. The first 1/2 of the course was all gravel trail. Other than a first mile that was a little too fast, I was right on my target pace of 8:30/mile. However, I think that two days straight of travel, combined with the altitude, ended up doing a number on my calf. At the 3.5 mile mark, I got a monster cramp in my calf - not a pop, but boy did it hurt! I ended up walking a bit, and then finished the run at a slower pace. Needless to say, I was extremely upset and worried I wouldn't be able to run the half on Monday. After vigorous massage and scraping, it started to feel better on Sunday, but I was still worried. See race report on Monday for full details. |
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 | 25.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 32.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 32.25 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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