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Tacoma,WA,

Member Since:

Jul 07, 2010

Gender:

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.720.000.000.0053.72
Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 53.72
Weight: 171.17
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

8:20 AM - Easy 8.51 miles in 1:04:33 (7:36/mile)

Feeling pretty good. I ran without the knee sleeve and had not the slightest hint of pain or trouble with it. Two days off really helped.

Splits: 7:56 - 7:42 - 7:35 - 7:38 - 7:32 - 7:31 - 7:30 - 7:23 - 7:30 pace

I also registered for the Green River marathon on Saturday (June 2nd) and for the Lake Youngs Ultra the following Saturday. Two marathons in 8 days, and my first ultra!  Needless to say, I will only be jogging these. The ultra is barely an ultra - 28.8 miles.

The plan is to run the marathon on Saturday, then take the next four days off. Run short easy runs on Thursday and Friday and then the ultra on Saturday. The ultra is 3 9.6 mile laps around Lake Youngs, so if I get into serious trouble I can always bail. Hopefully that won't happen. Then I can finally join the maniacs!

Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles on Military in 46:15

Second day in a row running without the knee brace and without knee pain! Now I just have to get my quads to stop hurting and I'll be in good shape!

Splits: 7:51 - 7:41 - 7:39 - 7:35 - 7:42 - 7:47 

Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 172.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

11:50 AM - 10 miles on the BPA trail in 1:14:47 (7:29/mile)

Feeling pretty good today. Didn't mean to run quite this fast, but it all felt so easy in the early miles, and just fine in the last few. Third day without a knee brace. Not quite as perfect as the last two days, but probably 95%. I had a couple minor twinges that didn't really hurt. One came at 3 1/2 miles, when I was trying to quickly cross a street ahead of a speeding car. The other came right when I finished because I stopped a little too abruptly. Other than that, I took more risks on the run without any problems. I was even able to step up and down laterally off and on a sidewalk with no trouble.

Splits: 7:26 - 7:29 - 7:30 - 7:20 - 7:32 - 7:22 - 7:35 - 7:33 - 7:25.5 - 7:35 

Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 172.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy 3 on the trails in 24:27. Should've stayed on the roads. My knee didn't like the trails much.

Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 169.50
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Race: Green River Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:29:47, Place overall: 12
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
26.220.000.000.0026.22

Green River Marathon in 3:29:47.

1 down, 1 to go. I decided to run this marathon is a rebound after my DNF at Eugene. It's a great run for that purpose since it is a low-key, no frills, FREE marathon. No race numbers. No mile markers. No awards. No traffic control. Just an accurately measured marathon on beautiful trails from Kent to Seattle.

This year there were about 200 runners, which I gathered is a lot for this race.The weather kept things interesting. It was raining at the start, and off and on for the first 10 miles. When it wasn't raining it was muggy. By around mile 16 it started to clear up and the humidity dropped, too.

Since my main goal is to run two marathons in two weekends, I approached this as an easy long run where I didn't have to carry my own fluids. Goal pace was mid 7:40s. To make sure I didn't run too fast I brought my camera so I could stop and take pictures throughout the course. I also stopped at all of the aid stations, which costed me 10-15 seconds on each of those miles. I also had to stop at a couple traffic lights, just for a few seconds, though. I got to run with the race director the first couple miles. He was a little slower than me so it was a good way to start. I ran with a few other people here and there, just to make the miles go by faster. Nevertheless, from mile 14 through 18 I was beginning to wonder if I was still on the course. There was nobody else around. It was a lot of fun running with no real time goals in mind, and just enjoying the easy pace.

I found that I was really in poor shape to run a whole marathon. Since 18 miles is the longest I've run in a couple months I expected to get to mile 20 feeling good and then go down hill from there. That was pretty much true, except I didn't anticipate how bad I'd feel over the last couple miles. I maintained the same pace through 22 or so. Once I started to get really tired, and everything was hurting, I reminded myself that I was planning on doing another in one week, so I backed off the rest of the way.

Afterwards it took me about 17 minutes to recover, as opposed to an hour or two like usual. The finish is across from Spuds Fish 'n chips. I passed on that, but enjoyed a big bowl of clam chowder!

I wish I had two weeks between these races. I'm pretty sure the second one would be a lot easier, just from the benefits of having run 26 miles, as well as being fully recovered. Instead, I anticipate not being completely rested. I'll play it by ear. I will probably take it even easier than I did today. My garmin is in the other room, so I'll get the splits later.

Mile - time - split
01 - 0:07:51 - 7:51
02 - 0:15:59 - 8:09
03 - 0:23:47 - 7:48
04 - 0:31:35 - 7:48
05 - 0:39:25 - 7:50
06 - 0:47:02 - 7:37
07 - 0:54:53 - 7:51
08 - 1:02:38 - 7:45
09 - 1:10:12 - 7:33
10 - 1:17:44 - 7:32
11 - 1:25:33 - 7:49
12 - 1:33:19 - 7:47
13 - 1:40:54 - 7:35
14 - 1:48:40 - 7:45
15 - 1:56:21 - 7:42
16 - 2:04:02 - 7:41
17 - 2:11:56 - 7:53.5
18 - 2:19:48 - 7:52
19 - 2:27:23 - 7:35
20 - 2:35:13 - 7:50
21 - 2:42:53 - 7:40
22 - 2:50:54 - 8:01
23 - 2:58:58 - 8:04
24 - 3:07:22 - 8:24

At this point my watch got stopped. Not sure of mile 25 split.

26 - 8:32
26.22 3:29:47 - 22.25 

Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 26.22
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
53.720.000.000.0053.72
Red Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 53.72
Weight: 171.17
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