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St. George,UT,AmericaUSAEarth

Member Since:

Jun 13, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Short-Term Running Goals:

St. G marathon w/ my good friend Mike.

Long-Term Running Goals:

not to run any more marathons.

Personal:

Yes, I am a Virginia Tech Hokie.  I pretty much live and die with VT football, so hide the pups indoors this fall if the season goes south.

I grew up in NJ, competed in middle school XC, was primarily a 400m sprinter (& XC) in h.s., and an 800/400m mid-distance runner at Virginia Tech.  Graduated VT with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and currently am involved with the youth.

This blog is dedicated to my family and friends.  I have 2 (er 3, sorry Tambo!) wonderful sisters and 2 very supportive parents.  Kim is a Graphic Designer in D.C., and at one time rode and trained horses; Melissa is an English Lit teacher at an all-girls h.s. in NJ, in addition to being the XC/track coach.  She really likes comma splices.  Tammy is an Elementary Teacher and a crazy good soccer/basketball athlete, lives across the block from my parents, and is very funny.  All 3 have run at least one marathon.  I believe Tambo has run more marathons than I have.  I am ok with that.  I am very proud of them all.  Oh yeah, also 2 screwball huskies, Apollo and Zeus.

 

"It's ok kids, you've tried your best and you failed.  The lesson is, never try."  --Homer Simpson

 

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.  It knows that it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed.

Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up.  It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death.

It doesn't matter if you are a lion or if you are a gazelle.  When the sun comes up, you'd better be running.

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Met Aaron for an evening track workout. Temps a bit hot and the legs a little fatigued, but I was ready to go. 12x400 at 77, followed by 2x200 -- all with 200m jog recovery (~65-75 seconds). Twice we changed direction on the track. We warmed-up 2 miles and then ran right into the intervals.

01 - 76

02 - 77

03 - 76

04 - 77

05 - 76

06 - 76

07 - 76

08 - 76

09 - 77

10 - 76

11 - 74

12 - 73

13 - 33 (200)

14 - 31 (200)

I was pretty much done in after interval 11 but kept digging away. Aaron was completely out of control as usual. His first interval was in 67, then all 68's, then 66 for the last 2 400's. I don't know what it means, other than that he is substantially faster than I am. We actually had a very good system - he would chase me the first 350m, then in turn presented me with a target the latter 50m.

5 mile warm-down on the infield. Good workout - we both exceeded our average goal times.

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