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Minuteman 5k

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Location:

Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2019: 10:29 2 mile, 16:33 5k, 27:14 8k, 55:50 15K, 1:16:04 HM

Post Mayan Apocalypse PRs:

200 31.13 (2016, ATC all comers)

400 69.96 (2015, ATC all comers)

800 2:19 (2016, ATC all comers)

Mile 4:58 (2017, ATC all comers)

3000 9:34 (2017, ATC all comers)

2mile 10:29 (2019, CNW Grand Prix)

5000 16:33.6 (2019, CNW all comers)

5k 16:50 (2018, Green Lake Gobble)

8k 27:14 (2019, Beat the Bridge)

10K 35:16 (2017, Eastside Beltline)

15K 55:10 (2018, Magnuson Park Memorial Day)

10-mile 60:29 (2017, Atlanta 10 mile)

HM 1:16:04 (2019, Lake Sammamish Half)

30K 2:01:56 (2014, Striders WRC 30K)

Mar 2:50:07 (2013, Sojo Marathon)

Fiddy "Classic" Accomplishments (before I forget)

2:03 800, 4:11 1500, 9:47 3200, 15:26 5000, 32:30 10000, 1:11:15 HM (unaided), 2:32 marathon (Boston)

Seattle Half Marathon '08-'11: 2nd (1:13), 4th (1:11), 5th (1:14), 2nd (1:13)

2nd MI half 2010 (1:11)

10th Seattle RNR 2009 (2:35)

97th Overall @ Boston 2010 (2:32)

2011 3rd Place @ Des News (2:35) and Top of Utah (2:33)

I once beat 14 year-old Connor Mantz (2011 Utah Valley Half 1:11) and 16 year-old Ben Saarel (2011 Flat as a pancake 16:23 in the f-ing snow)

2011 Salt Lake Half 1st place (1:14), Capitol Half 1st place (1:14), Provo City 4th place (1:16, unaided)

2011 Ragnar Ultra 1st place Wasatch Back Relay

7th place SLC half 2009 (1:11)

2009 Fremont 5k 16:00, 2010 Dart Challenge 16:05, 2011 Draper Days 16:02

2009 Running of the Leopards 15:03, aided

2009 Striders 10mile 1st place (58 mins)

2007 3rd place SCIAC 5k 15:26

2006 D3XC nationals, 184th (of 280)

Short-Term Running Goals:

5/18 Bart the Brodge

6/9 RicknRail Murothin

Long-Term Running Goals:

get busy living or get busy dying

Personal:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adizero Rocket Lifetime Miles:						323.35
Asics Hyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						369.13
Mizuno Waverider Lifetime Miles:						509.70
Adistar Ride Lifetime Miles:						520.40
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles:						253.60
Adistar Rideb Lifetime Miles:						236.30
Waveriderb Lifetime Miles:						466.70
Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						570.30
WhiteHyperspeed Lifetime Miles:						268.50
RedFree Lifetime Miles:						405.55
Saucony Hattori Lifetime Miles:						46.10
NimbusFIRE Lifetime Miles:						260.50
WhiteHyper2 Lifetime Miles:						100.20
WaveriderC Lifetime Miles:						203.95
NimbusVampire Lifetime Miles:						357.50
CelticMirage Lifetime Miles:						312.00
NeonFree Lifetime Miles:						17.80
Nimbus FireB Lifetime Miles:						2.50
Nimbus FireC Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Sat, Aug 14, 2010

Race: Minuteman 5k (2.88 Miles) 00:15:28, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 3

Total Distance

17.00

Had this race been last week, I would have won my age group! Bah!

Anyway, I felt kind of crummy when I woke up, GI issues, dehydrated and my calves were sore. I was sitting on my couch ready to fall asleep again when Allie showed up. (I actually had a dream in which a friend from Seattle showed up and drove me to the race, but she decided she wanted to go to a rug sale instead).

I felt sluggish warming up, no pop at all in my step, but I felt that I should still have a decent run in me. I saw quite a number of fast people at the start, but I was worried that they might all be too fast and I would have no one to run with.

After running step for step with Dennis for the first mile, he quickly dropped me when we got to a flat section and my calves started to tire. I was worried that I would go into a tailspin at that point but it ended up being ok. Some high school was glued to the back of me the whole second half (he would step on my shoe every 30 seconds or so which was ridiculous because it was just the two of us). I focused on trying to catch Dennis, but couldn't really gain any ground and in the end I got outkicked by the high schooler. I didn't really want to respond to his kick because my calves were in quite a bit of pain. He also was clearly not that tired as he had been stepping on my heels the whole race.

When I saw 15:25, I knew the course was short. It was not an easy course and with a time like that I should have been closer to Nate and Jamal.

Anyway, for those that ran. I measure it at 2.87-2.88. It ended up being 12 seconds a mile (for me) slower than flat. The course tool predicted a mile split (5:20) one second slower than what I actually ran (5:19)

Actual time 15:28

For a 5K:16:36

Converted to flat:16:00
At sea level 15:30-15:40

All in all, a decent run.

Further thoughts, pretty nice improvement over Des News

Des News Minute Man Ratio

Patrick Rotich 29:05 13:52 2.10

Teren Jameson 29:25 14:06 2.09

Jamal Tongo 30:45 14:31 2.12

Danny Moody 31:22 15:06 2.08

Me 32:53 15:28 2.13

Rob Murphy 34:26 16:27 2.09

"Squishy Face" 38:33 17:27 2.21

I probably pull some other names when the results for minuteman are posted.

I ended up doing a tough 7-miler in Liberty Park in the afternoon.

Mizuno Waverider Miles: 14.00	Saucony Type A Miles: 3.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Lily on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 14:09:00 from 67.199.181.73

Hey! You still did super awesome and you are quite the guy. So funny you were!

So, when are you gonna compute my data like you did yours? Yeah I want the whole enchilada James :)

From allie on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 15:07:52 from 161.38.221.168

great job today. thanks for all the data. coming from you, i am sure it is accurate.

about the kid stepping on your heels - i think he was jealous of your shoes. or your speed.

From Nan on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 18:45:48 from 24.8.144.22

Maybe the kid behind you was actually legally blind and you were serving as his involuntary guide.

No, he was probably just trying to take you out by flat-tiring you. Glad he didn't succeed.

What is this course tool you speak of?

From allie on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 19:27:03 from 174.23.182.80

nan - the course tool is one of sasha's great inventions. there is a button for it on the left-hand side of the screen when you are viewing your workout calendar or blogging a workout. you can map out a route and it will analyze it and produce an elevation profile. you can then enter your desired finish time or target flat pace and it will spit out target splits (down to a quarter-mile) based on the course profile. it's quite handy.

From fiddy on Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 20:05:40 from 97.117.89.78

Yes my shoes are quite fabulous although it will be a bit before my calves can handle them.

From jtshad on Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 12:12:48 from 69.20.183.178

Nice job, well run.

From Seth on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:37:19 from 199.188.28.8

Great job! Glad to see you running hard again.

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