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Location:

Tacoma,WA,

Member Since:

Jul 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Maniac #5549

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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
Race: Resolution Series 15K (9.42 Miles) 01:00:35, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.290.0010.070.0014.36

Warmup

Warmup jog on course - 1.22 miles in 10:02 (8:11/mile)
2x2 min 2 1/2 marathon pace with recovery jogs (1.17 miles total)

Race

Resolution Series 15K - 9.42 miles in 1:00:35 (6:26/mile)
10th overall, 1st in age division

The course appears to be about .1 mile long. I talked to several other runners, some with Garmins, some without. Everyone seems to agree that the course is about 1/10th of a mile long, and the discrepency occurs in the 1st and last miles. Adjusting my time for 15k, based on the pace I was running over the last 200m, that gives me a 1:00:05 15k. If it had been an accurately measured course, and I knew I was that close to breaking one hour, I'm sure I would've found some way to take off a few more seconds. Oh well.

Going in I was hoping to get out in about 6:35-6:40 the first 4 miles, and then try to pick up to 6:30 or faster during the 2nd half. I did a good job of holding back through the halfway point, and so was able to push in places on the 2nd half, particularly the 7th and 8th miles, when I caught and passed a couple guys. I had to back off a little the last full mile, but was still running under my average pace, so not really backing off. I had been 12th at the turn around point, caught up to the next guy after about 2 more miles. We ran together for a bit and he let me get ahead of him so we could run single file on the roads. After a bit I pulled away from him as we both tried to catch a high school kid. I did catch that guy about a mile later with my 6:17 mile, then pulled away with a 6:07. I was catching another guy, slowly gaining ground as we approached the finish line. He got to the track about 20 meters ahead of me, and I couldn't close the back. He kept looking back and only gave enough to make sure I didn't catch him. What can I say? He was a 15 year old speedster and I'm a 39+ year old foagie, who was never know for my kick even when I was young. I'll get him next month in the 20k for sure!

Conditions were cold, like the 5k on January 1. Temp at the start was about 20 degrees, warming up to 25 or so by the end. No sun, no wind, no rain or snow. Just cold and dry. Sidewalks were icy, so we had to run on the roads, right up against the traffic. That shouldn't be as much of a factor in the 20k at the end of March.

Splits:
1 - 0:06:37
2 - 0:13:08 - 6:31.5
3 - 0:19:56 - 6:47.5 (lots of uphill in this mile
4 - 0:26:15 - 6:19.25 (big downhill)
5 - 0:32:38 - 6:23
6 - 0:39:21 - 6:42 (big uphill)
7 - 0:45:38 - 6:17.5 (lots of downhill in this mile)
8 - 0:51:45 - 6:07.25 (no hills, just an awesome split)
9 - 0:58:08 - 6:23
15k - 1:00:05 - 2:01.64 (5:56/mile)
Finish - 1:00:35 - (5:00/mile pace)

Garmin results

Cooldown

Cooldown - 2.55 miles in 25:21 (9:56/mile)

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 4.94Adidas Adizero Boston Miles: 9.42
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 17:06:07 from 24.10.248.6

On top it says you ran 1:30:35?

Good race. Always nice to win the age group.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 17:35:12 from 72.102.15.65

Nice job today. You ran a great race! With any luck I might be able to keep up next month :)

From Bret on Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 20:40:04 from 96.228.230.35

Nice race! We appear to be running quite similarly - from opposite sides of the country. Interestingly my Garmin also showed about an extra tenth. There were a few slight course changes to my race this year - wonder if that was it or if I just found the long way around the course. :)

Will check in with you as you approach your 20k next month. Good luck.

From DLTheo on Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 01:01:09 from 67.183.227.41

Rob - yeah, I accidentally put in 30 extra minutes on my time

Mike - Thanks! I hope you are better enough to run just behind me next time ;)

Bret - when's that marathon of yours?

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:38:52 from 184.79.24.255

Nice job on the age group win, and good race all around.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 18:09:13 from 72.102.199.91

I just looked at the course again on the usatf site and it is updated to go through the library parking lot for the 15 an 20k. I wonder what the deal is...?

From DLTheo on Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 12:25:18 from 155.130.107.42

Thanks Joe!

rAtTLe - beats me, but everyone I talked to about it agreed it was about 1/10th of a mile long. The first mile split was ridiculous, otherwise. And the last mile, too. It may be that they have recertified it, but they are not using the new measurements for the mile splits and turnarounds.

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