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2008
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Location:

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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Total Distance
18.00

My Sunday run mates were out of town this weekend, so I hopped on a dirt trail in the Snow Canyon area, figuring that the St. G road course would still be there next weekend.  I began the run a little after high noon with 2 frozen rock-solid 24-oz water bottles.  A little hot at first, then 12 miles into the run dark storm clouds rumbled into the region and ate the sun.  I was expecting/hoping to get dumped on but didn't.  Anyway, this was an encouraging run - good effort throughout (though only ~7:30 ave?) and no heat/hydration issues.  Bottles ran dry w/ 2 miles to go.  From the period just before the run to just after I went through 100+ ounces (3 qts.) of water!  Looking forward to a good week.

Comments
From dave holt on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:42:00

Nice Sunday run. Too bad you didn't get hit with the rain - that would have topped it off perfectly!

From Melissa on Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 17:07:59

Did you have to stop to pee?

From EricHokies on Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 07:39:03

Dave, you're right about the rain! Dang..

From EricHokies on Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 07:40:51

Very practical inquiry Melis! Hey, how's your running going? How's the summer in Jersey? How's Bailey not behaving? (*cough* any thought of a blog?)

From Melissa on Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:19:47

You didn't answer my question.

From EricHokies on Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 05:53:59

How bout that!

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