| 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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| | I went to sunny California a few days before a work meeting began, visiting a friend and then doing some exploring. I drove to Santa Barbara and found a trail that would take me into the mountains above the city. I parked at a busy trailhead (holiday, or these rich people just don't work) and headed up the San Ysidra Trail. The first mile is moderate and crosses a creek a few times, though the water was low. Then I started a consistent climb (I'm guessing it was about 2,000 foot elevation gain, I turned just below the summit). I took one small detour after getting out of the woods, then found the correct trail again and really mountain goated up an exposed face. I was laboring (In-N-Out for lunch didn't help), but the views back over SB and up and down the Pacific Coast were stunning. We don't have that scenery here. After 40 minutes of climbing I turned and bombed back down, burning my quads in the process and getting some footwork practice in. Wonderful run on a sunny, 80-degree day. 1:07:00 supernova sequence | | Add Comment |
| | At the work meeting on the Oxnard, Calif. waterfront, I met a fellow editor who is a 2:50 marathoner and training for Boston. So we met up before dawn for some miles. We just wound around the harbor, easily warming up and then letting our competitive instincts get the best of us. By mile 3 we were easily running sub-7s and telling running stories, and I don't think either of us wanted to be the guy to say "we should back off." So it was a good workout, and I was feeling the hill from Monday. We did a cool down jog on a beach trail, which was nice, then settled in for 8 hours of sitting in a meeting. The bad news is at the end of the meeting Mike told me that his ankle, which has been giving him problems, was aggravated during our run. So pushing it put him on the shelf the rest of the week, and I feel bad about that. supernova sequence | | Add Comment |
| | Easy miles on my own because Mike took the day off, ran the other direction down the beach before breakfast. 32:20 supernova sequence | | Add Comment |
| | Back in Bremerton, I slept in a bit and met Mike at Evergreen Park after the sun was up. Up the Warren Bridge, out to Tracyton boat launch, back through Eastpark to Perry Ave and then Manette. A little inconsistent with the pace, we ran as quickly as 7/min. but varied up to 7:30s. We both kind of struggled with that today for some reason. I am missing that SoCal sun already. 1:19:00 supernova sequence | | Add Comment |
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