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Location:

WA,

Member Since:

Feb 10, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

I was an 800/1500 runner in high school and college, with PRs of 1:55 and 4:08. I've run as fast as 16:15 for 5k and 1:20 for a half, but my bests in recent years are 17:07 5k (Dec. '11), 37:40 10k (Jan. '12), 1:23:49 half (Sept. '08), 2:53:12 marathon (September '10), and 4:45:06 50k (March '10).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Late 2015/2016 races: 

— Seattle Soltice 10k (Dec. 19)

— Nookachamps half marathon (Jan. 16)

— Toyko Marathon (Feb. 28) 

Personal:

I'm an editor at a newspaper in Bremerton, Washington and head coach of the Bremerton Jaguars youth track and field team.
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Sat, Dec 15, 2007
Total Distance
8.00

So I get up at 5:30 a.m. (too early) to drive to Port Orchard (too rainy) to meet some guys I was going to run with. But I couldn't find them (too dark? I'm too stupid?) at where I thought we were meeting and I didn't really feel like running around in the pitch dark in a unfamiliar area, so I drove home. The rain stopped then, which was the one benefit of a frustrating early wake-up. So I combined the Illahee State Park loop with the YMCA loop for 8 miles. I thought it'd be a little longer, but there's more overlap than I planned. It's a good run though, real hilly so there's a strength aspect to it. Nothing fast, but I wasn't slacking either. Now if I could just find the secret Saturday morning meeting spot. 

Comments
From Jon on Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 16:18:31

Let's blame it on the dark, eh?

Illahee state park loop- sounds like a nice, outdoorsy run.

From Stacy on Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 17:03:37

I'm glad to see you running more consistently. I don't know if you're anything like Paul, but if you are you were probably driving your friends and co-workers crazy when you were running regularly. Keep up the good work.

From James on Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 21:36:44

You kicked my butt on miles this week, good job! You are the smartest stupid guy I know. Well, Jon is pretty close!:-)

From Jon on Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 21:41:48

What does that mean?

From James on Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 21:56:13

Exactly that. I am just a stupid stupid guy so my excuses are better. You and Dave are too brainy to do stupid things like I do, but you do anyways.

From David on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 18:19:16

Exactly. I probably overthought it. I should have just parked the car randomly and started running in a direction. That would have been the stupid-stupid thing (I wouldn't have hit a cow pen, but maybe I would have fell into the Puget Sound). Still, I wouldn't have felt frustrated afterward.

From James on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 18:49:45

There you go! Like I said, "brainy"!

From Jon on Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 19:53:43

Too much thinking for me!

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