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Location:

Culver City,CA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 24, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5K PR: 19:48 (Santa Anita, 2010)

Camp Pendleton Mud Run PR: 53:25 (8th place age group, 54th overall, 2007)

SoCal Xterra Turkey Trot Trail Run: 55:49 (4th age group, 15th overall; 2009)

Half marathon PR: 1:30:28 (3rd place age group finish, 21st overall; Santa Barbara, 2010)

Marathon: 3:39:16 (San Diego, 2009)

2009: 1,043.19 miles, 7:47/mile average

High month: 149.05

High week: 51.88

30 weeks over 20 miles, 19 weeks over 25 miles, 5 months over 100 miles

167 runs in 163 days, 6.24 miles/run

2010: 1,043.44 miles, 7:20/mile average

High month: 132.04

High week: 42.84

180 runs in 176 days, 5.79 miles/run

26 weeks over 20 miles, 11 weeks over 25 miles, 3 months over 100 miles

2011: 1,343.25 miles, 7:20/mile average

High month: 181.28

High week: 50.76

224 runs in 218 days, 5.99 miles/run

34 weeks over 20 miles, 28 weeks over 25 miles, 9 months over 100 miles

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Qualify for Boston
  • Complete 1,200 mile calendar year
  • Run sub-40 minute 10K
  • Run sub-19 minute 5K

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

Personal:

Married, living in LA - great running weather most of the time, lots of racing options.  Tried to BQ in October, 2011 but failed miserably (DNF) in the 80 degree heat and with a head cold..I'll give it another shot at some point, but not for a while.  In May my baby son will be old enough to join me for a run with his jogging stroller, can't wait!
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Red NB 1064 Lifetime Miles: 565.38
Blue NB 1064 Lifetime Miles: 557.36
White NB 1080 Lifetime Miles: 332.53
Blue NB 1064 II Lifetime Miles: 133.48
Red NB 1080 Lifetime Miles: 38.51
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0019.061.000.0020.06
Blue NB 1064 Miles: 11.92Red NB 1064 Miles: 8.14
Night Sleep Time: 23.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 23.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Mon, Jan 31, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.005.631.000.006.63

What a great run!  Added one loop around the park halfway through the run, I kept a steady 7:25 pace for most of the run, then decided to push it for the last mile - that mile wound up being 6:26, probably my fastest since May.  I also got over 100 miles for January, which is pretty huge..hadn't done that in the previous couple of years since I started ramping up the mileage.  

January totals: 21 runs in 19 days, 102.47 miles in 12:48:07.  7:29 average mile, 4.88 average miles/run.  Coming up in February - core/strength training along with more long runs...and a fancy schmancy Garmin watch!

Around college 

Blue NB 1064 Miles: 6.63
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Thu, Feb 03, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.008.140.000.008.14

First run with my fancy new Garmin Forerunner 305/heart rate monitor!  I'm impressed by the accuracy - I set it for "auto pause" when my pace slowed below 14:00/mile, and also kept time with my regular watch.  The times wound up 1 second different, and only .02 miles apart from gmaps.pedometer.com.  Pretty good!  Wound up with a 7:12/mile pace, and a 6:41 final mile, but this was really just to play with my new toy.  Heart rate was around 160-165 whenever I checked, not really sure if that's good or bad - I wasn't ever out of breath so it's probably a good range.  Next up is figuring out how to upload it to the computer and figure out all the different tricks :)

Pico and back 

 

Red NB 1064 Miles: 8.14
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Fri, Feb 04, 2011
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.005.290.000.005.29

Run #2 with the Garmin, very impressed by the accuracy on the GPS - it registered as .01 different than I had the course at.  I was tired after last night's run, with the short turn around time to this morning, but managed a smooth 7:15/mile pace and creeped over 20 miles for the week by adding a lap around the park mid-run.  The weekend will bring me closer to 30, for another solid weekly effort.

5 mile loop 

 

Blue NB 1064 Miles: 5.29
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0019.061.000.0020.06
Blue NB 1064 Miles: 11.92Red NB 1064 Miles: 8.14
Night Sleep Time: 23.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 23.50Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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