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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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10.00

Our non-traditional Christmas* continued on Sunday. My brother and I were up in Skagit Valley Saturday night to visit some friends, and we stayed. Another beautiful morning, this time a bright sun was even out over the water as we drove up Chuckanut Drive. We picked up my friend Brita and met Krissy and Brenda at the Clayton Beach parking lot for a Chuckanut Mountain route. Kind of an early Chuckanut 50k warm up run, on a great morning for it. No real plan, and since we had Timm we didn't want to get too complicated with the route or go very long (actually, everyone was in favor of that second suggestion). So we headed out on the course, then cut up the Frangrance Lake trail instead of looping around the lake, descended Cleator Road (much nicer than the race's ascent) and then headed back via Fragrance Lake. We lost Timm at the end (he cut off Cleator, then got lost) but found him. Finding him, however, meant an additional 2.5 miles for me backtracking on the Interurban. I'm guessing it was a 10-mile day, though that could be short. But we did some hiking as well. Legs were tired by the end, but not blasted and I was surprised at how easily I climbed the hills. 2:01 or so all together.

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*We didn't chuck all the trappings of Christmas, however. We did the family gathering on Christmas Eve, and went to the late church service, and Monday night my parents will be in town and we'll do our traditional Swedish Christmas. We just moved the dates around this year, freeing up some time for other stuff.

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Total Distance
6.00

Slug Clug group run and New Year's breakfast this morning. A true winter run, it was 25 or so at the start and frosty out, with a thick layer of fog and clouds. But it was dry, and I'm glad for that. We took our annual photo at Annapolis, then packed up for some group running out to Waterman Dock and back. Easy pace. I've been sick the past few days, but the fever broke overnight and after 800m or so I started to feel normal, and the rest of the run was fine. Then breakfast at Brian's house. 45:19

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5.00

Easy trail run in Illahee Preserve with Mike. We waited until the sun was up, but that didn't do us much good. Still cold and dark in the forest. But there's an advantage -- all the mud is frozen. Good to get out for a second day in the dry, crisp air, and start the year off right. 40:05

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21.00
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