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ToeJam Hill 10k

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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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Total Distance
26.00
Total Distance
5.00

Easy 5 miles on the Burke-Gilman trail in Seattle, which is a fantastic urban running trail if anyone ever gets stuck in Seattle and needs a place to workout. Full of people also, even on Easter morning (didn't hurt that it was really sunny and nice). My legs felt fatigued, perhaps from the 9 miler yesterday since that equaled my longest run of the season. 

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Total Distance
4.50

Yesterday's miles must have worked something out of my legs, because they felt refreshed today. Still, I took it easy, just covered some distance on a windy and gray Monday morning. Regular route through Manette to Bachman Park and back over the Warren Ave. bridge. 

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Total Distance
4.00

Not a real long run, but I added 6 fast striders. One of my basic routes. I think that as the weather gets nicer in the morning I need to expand and find a few other loops, just to keep things interesting. There's a guy from my work who has started running the same neighborhoods in the morning and I end up passing him twice a week or so. I'd run with him but, quite honestly, he's really slow.

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Total Distance
3.50

Easy day to rest up for a 10k I'm planning to run tomorrow. It's supposed to be a hilly race out on Bainbridge Island. I'm feeling ready to race again. Yesterday I planned for an evening run and ended up looking at houses much longer than I thought, so an inadvertent day off. Not a bad week though, and I'll cap it off with some speed (I hope) tomorrow morning. Then I have Mariner's tickets so I can sit on my butt watching baseball for a few hours. 

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Race: ToeJam Hill 10k (10 Miles) 00:38:00, Place overall: 3
Total Distance
9.00

ToeJam Hill was the toughest 10k course I've run, and I didn't even try the half-marathon, which has an extra hill to it (winner of that race was 1:23). Easy first two miles, mostly downhill, and three of us in the lead pack flew through. We talked after the race and figured we were running 5:30 miles or so (no mile markers, it was a fun run). But I wasn't expecting the hills that just kept coming miles 3-5, and the two leaders left me as I lost my rhythm and pace. If I would have been more familiar with the course perhaps I would have stayed with them or tried to surge earlier, but I kept seeing uphills coming so saved some energy and tried to stick with a decent pace. The last mile was actually easier than I planned so I caught up a bit, but I was 1-2 minutes behind the leader and another 45 seconds-minute back of 2nd. Not a bad race considering it was a tough course, and I enjoyed getting out. 

1 mile warm-up and 2 miles cool down for the distance. Then I took the ferry over to Seattle and watched the M's beat the Rangers. I made sure to get up and walk around every three innings because I felt the cramps coming.
 

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Total Distance
26.00
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