Winning Back What I Lost

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Location:

Meridian,ID,US

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

5K Beat Coach Pete Fun Run Boise, ID- 21:13(2009)

Meridan Barn Sour Days 10k, Meridian, ID- 41:32(2012)

Famous Potato Half Marathon, Boise, ID- 1:30:40 (2012)

Utah Valley Marathon, Provo, UT- 3:20:14 (2011)

Athlinks profile here.

Garmin Connect profile here.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2014 Racing Schedule and Goals:

-Get healthy

-St. George Marathon, October 4, 2014, St. George, UT

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run at least one marathon every year until I buy the farm.

Qualify for Boston Marathon.

Personal:

Started running in November 2007 to get fit. Now I'm back almost to square one after back surgery. I did it once and I'll do it again.

"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance MR 1400 Lifetime Miles:						392.77
Saucony Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles:						424.41
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles:						438.89
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles:						235.68
Brooks Launch (Blue/Yellow) Lifetime Miles:						282.52
Hoka Rapa Nui Tarmac's Lifetime Miles:						181.17
Hoka Clifton (Blue)(2) Lifetime Miles:						164.15

Mon, Feb 16, 2009

Total Distance

7.60

Registered for Robie Creek 1/2 marathon today. The field filled up in less than an hour and to tell you the truth I wasn't real optimistic about 15 mins into the open registration period. After about 20 mins of hitting the refresh button I finally got in. The powers that be switched to active.com this year due to the enormous problems they had w/ online registration process the past couple of years.

Temp run on the T/M. Warmup, 6 miles at 8:30, and cooldown. Legs felt great after a day off. Did some strides at 7:24 toward the end. I think my conditioning is almost back to where I was last summer. Weight= 181 lbs.

Wave Rider 12 Miles: 7.60

Comments

From court on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:29:08

Good luck at Robie. I don't think I got in this time. I was in meetings so my wife tried to register for me and errored out after entering the credit card #. I think I'll have to wait and pick up a number the night before.

From jtshad on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:39:22

Congrats on getting into Robie. Good luck with the hill training!

From Neil on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 13:00:58

Thanks guys.

Court,

I wasn't sure I was in either. I was literally hitting the refresh button for twenty minutes. After I put my debit card # the confirmation page failed to load but I got a confirmation email w/ a confirmation # and I looked at my checking account and active.com has debited my account. I'm assuming I'm in? You would think that active.com would have known what they were in for given that they have the account precisely because the last online service that Robie organizers used was so ill-prepared? BTW, the Robie website says that there's always people selling numbers at the packet pickup on April 15th.

From Neil on Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 23:08:49

That sucks. I wasn't sure if I got in because the confirmation page didn't load either after I entered my debit card #. But I got a confirmation email immediately w/ a confirmation #, and active.com charged my account. I'm assuming I'm in? You would think that active.com would be more prepared given the fact that they got the job precisely because the last service Robie organizers used was not.

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