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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
27.515.005.641.1039.25
8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 30.25Adidas Adizero Boston Miles: 9.00
Weight: 165.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Vickory route - 5 miles in 38:02

I am still a little tired and sore. I need to get more serious about my taper I guess. I ran my Vickory loop with the Garmin today. All the 1/2 mile marks were pretty close, but they were all a little long. Surprisingly, the 2 mile and 2 1/2 mile marks were both long by several seconds, even though I have a good view of those areas in Google maps.

Splits:
0.5 - 03:53
1.0 - 07:49 - 3:56
1.5 - 11:40 - 3:52
2.0 - 15:30 - 3:49
2.5 - 19:21 - 3:51
3.0 - 23:02 - 3:41
3.5 - 26:48 - 3:46
4.0 - 30:35 - 3:47
4.5 - 34:14 - 3:38
5.0 - 38:02 - 3:48

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.005.000.009.00

I decided to do the strength training first today, and then the run. I did that a lot before last year's marathon, but not this year.

 Strength Training:

3 sets of
  12 Plyometric Pushups
  10 1-leg body squats
  12 burpees
  40 crunches
  10 1-leg high bench step-ups
  25 Back arches

3 Sets of
  15xHeel raises
  15 Bench Dips
  18 walking lunges
  10 feet-elevated pushups
  55 1-leg hops

Warmup run progressively faster - Splits: 3:55 - 3:48 - 3:45 - 3:26

Workout:

5 mile tempo run using the Garmin. I was shooting for 6:20 pace (3:10 per half). I really thought I had averaged under the whole way, but apparently at 4 1/2 miles I was 1 second off pace. Oh well. It was a good run. I did not feel like I was killing myself. The downhills were pretty easy, and only the last 1 1/2 miles was really hard. The weather was perfect. Mostly sunny, cool (55 degrees), very little wind. Nice day for a run.

Splits:
0.5 - 03:19 - 3:18.75
1.0 - 06:25 - 3:06
1.5 - 09:34 - 3:09
2.0 - 12:40 - 3:06.50
2.5 - 15:50 - 3:10
3.0 - 19:01 - 3:11.25
3.5 - 22:12 - 3:10.75
4.0 - 25:22 - 3:10.25
4.5 - 28:31 - 3:09
5.0 - 31:24 - 2:53

Miles: 6:25 - 6:15 - 6:21 - 6:21 - 6:02

Cool down
4:12 - 7:55 - 11:50 - 15:45

Adidas Adizero Boston Miles: 9.00
Weight: 165.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.641.108.24

Warmup:

Warmup run. I'm still feeling a little tired and stiff from Tuesday's run.
Splits: 3:42 - 7:25 (3:43) - 11:17 (3:52) - 15:00 (3:43) - 18:57 (3:56) - 22:41 (3:44)

2x2 min at 1/2 marathon pace (6:30) as warmup

Workout:

3 circuits of:
100m stride
  12 Plyometric Pushups
  10 1-leg body squats
100m stride
  12 burpees
  40 crunches
100m stride
  10 1-leg high bench step-ups
  25 Back arches
100m stride
  15xHeel raises
  15 Bench Dips
100m stride
  18 walking lunges
  10 feet-elevated pushups
  50 1-leg hops
100m stride

Except that, instead of running 100m on the track I was striding on an asphalt path using my Garmin as my guide. Half the strides were up a gradual hill (2%) and half were back down. I doubt the Garmin is very accurate at these short distances, but oh well.
The strides were:
360 ft - 23.98 (5:51)
375 ft - 22.41 (5:16)
371 ft - 21.74 (5:10)
378 ft - 22.56 (5:15)
373 ft - 21.35 (5:02)
368 ft - 21.59 (5:10)
354 ft - 21.23 (5:17)
373 ft - 19.49 (4:36)
373 ft - 21.09 (4:59)
357 ft - 19.36 (4:46)
364 ft - 21.78 (5:16)
357 ft - 20.49 (5:03)
339 ft - 20.81 (5:24)
365 ft - 19.72 (4:45)
354 ft - 20.30 (5:03)
357 ft - 20.53 (5:04)

Cooldown:

3.14 mile cool down
Splits: 3:45 - 3:39 - 3:51 - 3:52 - 3:50 - 3:55

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 8.24
Weight: 166.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.010.000.000.005.01

Easy run on the trails.

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 5.01
Weight: 164.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.005.000.000.0012.00

Vickory route - 12.02 miles in 1:26:47

Still a little tired and sore today from Thursday's workout. I guess it was harder on me than I thought it was. This was my first time doing a marathon pace workout with the Garmin, and it was much easier than without. How nice to be able to see early in a lap that I am running slightly slow and need to speed up. Can't wait to put this into practice in the marathon in two weeks!

Splits:
6 mile warmup - 7:45 - 7:46 (15:31) - 7:39 (23:10) - 7:35 (30:44) - 7:23 (38:07) - 7:18 (45:26)

5 miles at marathon pace or faster:
52:13 - 6:47
62:25 - 10:12 (6:49/mile pace)
65:53 - 3:28
72:27 - 6:44
79:14 - 6:37

1.02 mile cool down in 7:34

8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.515.005.641.1039.25
8 - Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 30.25Adidas Adizero Boston Miles: 9.00
Weight: 165.00
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