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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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33.00
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5.00

Even though the weather has mellowed and warmed up a bit, it's still pretty dark out at 6. So a treadmill run again, five miles this time with three at a quicker pace than my usual 8/min. miles. Felt really good, except when the Bears-Packers highlights came on. I think Cutler just threw another interception. 39:10

supernova glide  -- 138

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5.00

Just shy of five on the 11th/Shore Drive loop, it was lightly misting when I started but the heavy rain held off. Medium pace, though I felt like I was pushing around the 3 mile mark and backed off a little for the hills coming home. Otherwise a nice run, and it put me over 1,000 miles for the year. That's a little under what I had originally set out to do (Oct/Nov were a little more of a break than planned), but now I've got another 2010 goal. 35:35

supernova glide -- 143

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4.00

Four on the treadmill, pretty easy pace. Breaking in a new pair of trail shoes for the winter. 31:20

Brooks Cascadia — 4

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Total Distance
19.00

a.m. -- I wanted to go have breakfast with the Slugs because I hadn't seen people in a few weeks. Mike wanted to run a few so I said alright, but only a few because I had afternoon running plans also. We know how that goes after you get out there, and we ended up going to the three-mile marker and back on Beach Drive, and at a decent pace (7:15s). Felt fine, didn't rain much on us, but I had more coming... (43:46, supernova glide)

p.m. -- Krissy took me up to Cougar Mountain, where she runs trails with a group weekly. It's a pretty vast wilderness area really close to Bellevue, so even though the parking lot had a 15-20 cars the trails felt really empty (it was really foggy and drizzly outside, so that may have played a part also). The whole loop has pretty good elevation change, but nothing that's incredibly taxing in one stretch other than one steep 500-foot gain near the summit. So some good hills that balance climbing and pounding down, but we kept a good pace and were at conversational pace the whole time. We even added a three-mile loop (that included that steep stretch) halfway through because it was so nice to be out. I was a little fatigued by the last mile in my hamstrings and quads, but I should probably expect that (and post-run snacks at a bakery replentished the muscles pretty quickly). Great trails, and they were in really good shape after a wet December. I liked how the Brooks Cascadia felt also, good shoe so far. (2:02:00, Brooks Cascadia, 17)

All in all, a great day of running. Sunday I was tired (and too busy to notice it until after noon, actually), but the kind of beat that tells you that the day before was a fun day, not torture. Everything healthy otherwise, so that's a good sign to start the coming year.

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Total Distance
33.00
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