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Location:

Tacoma,WA,

Member Since:

Jul 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Maniac #5549

Bronze Level (*)

 


 

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"You're only as good as your next race!" - Coach Mark Smith

"A nomadic portion of the metamorphosed igneous or sedimentary deposits of the Proterozoic era accumulates no bryophytic plant life."

 


Marathons:
Raced:
3:30:30 - Portland Marathon - October, 2003
3:19:57 - Portland Marathon - October 2004
3:11:45- Tacoma City Marathon - May 2, 2009 BQ
3:01:43- Tri-Cities Marathon - Oct 31, 2010 BQ
DNF - Eugene - April 29, 2012

Run for Fun:
3:29:47 - Green River Marathon - June 2, 2012
4:20:28 - Lake Youngs Ultra (28.75 miles) - June 9, 2012
3:33:33 - Tacoma City Marathon - May 3, 2013

Recent:
1:00:05 15K - FSRC Resolution Series - 2011
1:20:37 20K (adjusted) - FSRC - 2011

48:45 12K - Sound to Narrows - 2009
47:45 12K - Sound to Narrows - 2011


24:02 4 Mile - Four on the Fourth - 2009
23:27 4 Mile - Four on the Fourth - 2011


19:01 5K - Alumni XC race - 2010
18:45 5 K - Alumni XC race - 2011

11:13 3200m - Sparks Stadium - 7/20/2011
5:21 1600m - Sparks Stadium - 7/20/2011


29:45 8K - Lakefair - 2009
37:59 10K - Bank to Bay - 2010


Good ol' days:
16:38 Road 5K - Roman Meal Glove Run - 1988 (High school)
21:50 4 mile - Four on the 4th - 1994
27:57 5 mile - Black Cat - 1991
35:09 Road 10K - Auburn City Haul - 1991
42:24 12K - Sound to Narrows - 1990
1:19:44 1/2 M - Pacific Rim - 1990?


High School PRs:
2:06.5 800 - 1988
4:39 1600 - 1989
9:50 3200 - 1989
15:30 3 mile XC - 1988

College Track PRs:
32:55 10,000m - 1994
15:57 5000m - 1995

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get into Marathon Maniacs  Done (See above)

 

Recover from Knee Injury

October marathon or ultra, choosing between Defiance 50K, Poulsbo marathon and Ft Steilacoom marathon. The goal will be to finish at a moderately easy pace, no racing. Sub 3:30 would be nice.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Age gracefully

Join Marathon Maniacs Done (See above)

Run an ultra Done (See above)

Personal:

Married, with 1 daughter

IT Analyst/Programmer for 20 years. Also, an avid gardner with a small retail nursery on the side.

I've been a runner most of my life. I started running in 5th grade when the high school coach started a "run for fun" program at all the grade schools in the school district. Also, growing up my neighbor, who was about 8 years older than me, was a superstar in high school with a 4:15 1600m in the early 80s. So I had some good role models.

Most important, I love the Lord, and serve Him in my church and in Bible Study Fellowship, which is an international Bible Study open to people of all church backgrounds (i.e. interdenominational). If you are looking for a phenomenal way to study the Bible and draw closer to God this is the study for you. Check out BSFInternational.org to find a class near you. They are all over the place!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adidas Adizero Boston Lifetime Miles: 757.68
E-Train Lifetime Miles: 24.01
Brooks Adrenaline 14 Lifetime Miles: 292.13
Brooks Adrenaline - Gray Lifetime Miles: 125.94
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.010.002.772.5412.32

Warm up

12:30 PM - I started a little later, trying to wait out the rain. It didn't work.

LMx6, 2.35 mile warmup run to track (7:41 - 7:29 - 2:35)
Skipping routine, LL (3x3 1-leg lunges)

2x500@1/2 marathon pace with 300m recoveries
1:57.9, 2:00

4x150@5k pace with 250m recoveries
32.2, 32.0, 32.4, 30.9

Workout

12x288m in 60s with 144m recoveries in 60s

60.1, 62.7, 61.0, 62.0, 61.6, 61.0, 60.2, 61.5, 61.1, 62.3, 61.1, 61.7

It's been a long time since I ran a hard effort of any kind, let alone a track workout. Six weeks, in fact. I decided to jump back into what I did 6 weeks ago, but scaled back to 12 instead of 15 intervals, and then finish up with a slower-paced short tempo. It was supposed to be dry between 1-3pm today, but it started to rain just before I started this workout, and it was pouring pretty good by about the 5th one. Around the 10th the rain stopped and I took off my jacket and hat. The workout was not too hard, and I could've done 3 more. I actually was going a teensy bit further than last time, enough to add another second to each split, probably.

And then...

PLU Loop tempo run - 2.14 miles in 13:21 (6:14/mile).
I started out planning to run about 6:20/mile, but decided that was too slow. I'm hoping to run a 12k in 6:15/mile in a few weeks, so ought to be able to handle that, even after a tough workout, for a short, flat 2 mile tempo like this.

I started out a little quick - at half mile I was on pace for 6:07 the first mile. I eased up a bit and settled into a more reasonable pace the rest of the way. It was a bit more effort than I originally envisioned for this part of the workout. Still, I'm going to be tired tomorrow no matter what, so may as well pile on a little more!

Splits: 6:12.6, 6:18.5, 48.4 (5:52/mile)

Cool down

Cool down, 2.35 miles in 19:29 (8:17/mile)

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 4.70Adidas Adizero Boston Miles: 7.62
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:58:09 from 72.102.163.49

Nice workout! You're going to burn up the course at Sound to Narrows.

From DLTheo on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 11:32:45 from 155.130.107.20

Thanks! I'm hoping to get under 47 minutes and score a 3rd place in the 40-44 age division.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:03:09 from 72.102.163.49

Why only 3rd? Have you already scoped out your competition?

From DLTheo on Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:58:46 from 155.130.107.20

Just based on the last couple years of results. Dan Salazar has won the division the last couple years in around 44 minutes. I'm not quite that fast (yet!). There are some other regulars who've run down in the 45 minute range, too, but 3rd place has been around 47 minutes.

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