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Tacoma,WA,

Member Since:

Jul 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Maniac #5549

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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
33.123.002.001.9040.02
9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 22.778 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 171.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.620.000.000.408.02

With my hamstring getting worse last week I decided to back off this week and do lower mileage and lower intensity.

Warm up:

4.78 mile warmup run in 36:12 (7:34/mile) (7:39 - 7:22 - 7:33 - 7:37 - 6:03)

Workout

2 sets of:
25 second stride
15 pushups
10 burpees
25 Roman crunches
10 squats
25 second stride
10 feet elevated pushups
25 back raises
10 bench dips
15 lunges uphill
25 second stride

Cool down:

Cool down of 2.6 miles in 20:44 (7:58/mile)

9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 8.02
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

5.5 mile run on DeVry loop in 42:22 (7:42/mile)

Part of the run was in some neighborhoods I've never run through before, and there wasn't an outlet where I thought there would be. So, I ended up having to backtrack and got a little more mileage in than intended. Oh well, it's all good!

Splits: 7:49 - 7:43 - 7:43 - 7:39 - 7:37 - 3:52

Afterwards I did a couple light-weight sets of hamstring curls. This was on a Cybex machine, only two plates of weight. It was enough that by the 9th and 10th reps my left hamstring was starting to feel the work, but not real challenging. The right hamstring had no problem with the load. I did 2 sets of 10 pretty easily, felt fine. Got up to walk to the water cooler, about 15 feet away. Before I got there my left ham erupted in a massive charley horse. I just had to stand there trying to get it worked out. Finally it subsided. I took two more steps towards the water and it happened a gain. I think I may be on to something!

9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 171.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles on Vickory in 1:00:14 (7:32/mile)

I was feeling pretty good today, energy-wise. My left ham is sore from yesterday's workout and charley horses, but held up for the run ok. I took the day off work, today, so got lots of cross training in the yard. About 4 hours of potting and shoveling before the run, and another 3 1/2 hours of shoveling and other stuff afterwards. Good day!

Splits: 7:40 - 7:36 - 7:36 - 7:30 - 7:24 - 7:31 - 7:28 - 7:30

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

The plan was to go 8, but my left hamstring was so sore from Tuesday that I was limping, so I cut the run short to 4 miles.
Splits: 7:40 - 7:45 - 7:56 - 8:01

9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.001.255.25

Warmup

2 mile warmup jog on the trails. I'm feeling much better than yesterday, my left ham is hardly sore at all today.
Splits: 7:37 - 7:03

Workout

Circuit training workout.
2 sets of
1/4 mile on treadmill @5k pace
5 pullups
32 crunches
15 burpees
15 pushups
20 squats
1/4 mile on treadmll @5k pace
10 feet-eleveated pushups
32 back raises
15 bench dips
15 lunges
1/4 mile on treadmll @5k pace
I ran the 1/4s in 6:10, 6:00, 5:52, 5:52, and 5:45/mile pace

Teak routine, 2 sets of ham curls. The ham curls were much easier than on Tuesday and no massive charley horses afterwards.

Cooldown

2 mile cool down in 15:32 (7:47, 7:45)

9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 5.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.003.002.000.259.25

9.25 Progression tempo run in 1:04:56 (7:01/mile)

Feeling really good today. Yesterday's circuit training was not tiring and no fatigue today from it. I was planning to do just a mild progression, but was feeling so good I just kept ratcheting it up. I found another gear around 7 1/2 miles.

Splits:
1 - 07:55 (warm up)
2 - 15:32 - 7:37
3 - 23:03 - 7:31
4 - 30:14 - 7:12
5 - 37:07 - 6:53
6 - 43:51 - 6:43
7 - 50:36 - 6:45
8 - 57:09 - 6:33
9 - 63:27 - 6:18
9.25 - 64:56 - 1:28.8 (5:50/mile pace)

Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
33.123.002.001.9040.02
9 - Brooks Adrenaline 11 Miles: 22.778 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 171.00
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