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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:

  1. Get down to 155 lbs 
  2. Run sub 18:00 5K
  3. Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
  4. Run sub 3:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

  1. qualify for Boston Marathon
  2. run Boston Marathon
  3. run sub-2:50 marathon
  4. run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
  5. run sub-17:00 5K
  6. 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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.650.000.000.000.000.000.0012.65
Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 10.30
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.350.000.000.000.000.000.007.35

Ran at lunch today, did Lunch Run 2 again, but added on just a little bit to make it an even 5 miles.  Took it slower today, averaged about 7:35/mile or so.  Felt good, not quite as windy as the other day.  Just nice and breezy, nice temps.  After dinner, ran another 1.5 miles with Samuel at about 10:15 pace, then another 0.85 miles with Joey at about 11:30 pace.  It is so much easier getting in more miles when I am able to run during lunch.  I will be running tomorrow as well, and will be running with the boys tomorrow afternoon before we start for Texas.  We are stopping for the night at Lybi's parents' house - even though it is a bit out of the way, it breaks the trip into two more manageable segments.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.300.000.000.000.000.000.005.30

Ran during my lunch hour again.  Today was a cool and cloudy day, perfect running weather.  I ran a different route today - it is so nice to be able to run so many different ways and be able to get in some hills during my run.  I really don't have that option where I live - it is pretty pancake flat.  Course was Lunch Run 3.  I miscalculated the distance of this run - I thought it was going to be 5 miles, and it ended up being 5.3.  Hit the turnaround at 19:30, which would have been a nice easy pace for 2.5 miles.  For 2.65 miles, it was a bit too fast - 7:20 pace.  However, there was more uphill than down the first half of the run, so I fully expected to run the second half faster.  Second half was in 18:30, average pace of 6:58/mile.  This did include a 1/4 mile stretch where I kind of pushed the pace, but still much faster than I thought.  The strange thing is that it felt pretty darn good.  I guess maybe the almost two weeks of rest I took ended up doing me some good.  I just have to be more careful, though and keep my pace slower.  I also need to start taking the Garmin with me to work so that I can use it for my runs.

Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 5.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.650.000.000.000.000.000.0012.65
Saucony Grid Tangent 3 (Green) Miles: 10.30
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 0.00
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