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Location:

Lakewood,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k
    Resolution Run 5k:
    1/1/09 20:46 (6:42)
    1/1/10 19:33 (6:18)
    1/1/11 19:23 (6:15)
    1/1/12 19:33 (6:18)
    FSRC Turkey Trot:
    11/20/11 18:50 (6:04)
  • 10k
    Resolution Run 10k:
    1/24/09 42:40 (6:53)
    1/23/10 40:48 (6:35)
    1/22/11 39:40 (6:24)
  • 15k
    Resolution Run 15k:
    2/21/09 1:05:59 (7:06)
    2/20/10 1:04:15 (6:55)
    2/26/11 1:03:46 (6:51)
    2/25/12 1:02:26 (6:42)
  • 20k
    Resolution Run 20k:
    3/21/09 1:27:16 (7:01)
    3/20/10 1:26:46 (6:59)
    3/26/11 1:24:37 (6:49)
    3/24/12 1:25:27 (6:52)
  • 1/2 Marathon
    Grand Columbian 1/2 Iron Relay
    2007 1:58:29 (8:59)
    2010 1:39:07 (7:34)
  • Marathon
    2005 Portland: 3:52:21 (8:52)
    2007 Tacoma: 3:47:17 (8:40)
    2010 Eugene: 3:16:21 (7:30)
    2011 Boston: 3:25:28 (7:51)
    2011 Tunnel: 3:06:30 (7:07)
    2012 Boston: 3:53:56 (8:56)
    2012 Big Sur: 3:23:06 (7:45)
    2013 Tacoma: 3:41:25 (8:27)
    2013 Tunnel Lite: 3:07:33 (7:09)
    2014 Boston: 3:40:35 (8:20)
  • Ultra Marathon
    2013 Defiance 50k: 4:49:12 (9:18)
    2013 Steilacoom 50k: 4:44:06 (9:09)
    2014 R2R 51.9mi: 9:51:40 (11:24)

Short-Term Running Goals:

??

Upcoming races: Just pacing and volunteering this year. PRs coming in 2016?

St Paddy's Day 1/2 1:50 Pacer 3/12/16

Whidbey Island 1/2 1:45 Pacer 4/?/16

Tacoma City Marathon 3:55 Pacer 5/1/16

 

Personal:

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Heb 12:11

 

Favorite Quotes:

"Go out and preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words."  - St. Francis of Assisi

"Life is short; running makes it seem longer." - Baron Hansen

"If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand." HD?

"Rule #1. Cardio - Zombies lead a very active lifestyle, so should you." - Columbus (Zombieland)

"A one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all." - Strongbad

"Running without hills is like motorcycling without corners" -me

 

Favorite Blog Posts:

Puke and pass

My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

Hot tips for winter running:

Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
Are you cheap like me? Put those little hotties in a ziplock bag and use them again tomorrow!

Kickstart your dead Garmin
Hold down the reset/lap button and the mode button together to get your 205/305/310xt to restart if it won't turn on or if it freezes up.

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12:00pm

I was hurtin' again last night after my little 4 mile run so I didn't run this morning and instead went to the doc to get a referral to PT so Preston can get paid :) The doc gave me the referral and practically yelled at me for not cross training during the last week and told me to go straight to the Y and find something that would get my cardio going for a couple hours without straining my leg! I expected to hear something more like "if running hurts then you should just stop". Well, I just got back from the Y and I'm pretty excited! I ended up on a machine called sci-fit REX, it's like a recumbent eliptical thing and the first 20 minutes on it didn't bother my leg at all! I accidentally set the difficulty on 20(the highest setting) when setting the timer to 20 minutes so needless to say it was a bit of a workout. After that I figurured another hour on a hilly profile with a difficulty level of 10 should be good. It was good...and hard! 80 minutes on that thing was a much harder cardio workout than my usual 10 miler(around 75 minutes). Now i'm just praying that things don't flare up later like they did after my run yesterday. My calves did cramp up pretty bad when I got off the machine, which was a weird feeling, but I'll beat them into submission with the stick :) I didn't think to check if REX measures distance or not so I still get zero miles for today.

 

Comments
From april27 on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 12:38:19 from 99.188.251.180

That contraption looks cool. I'm glad you got to work on that. So what else do they suggest you do before your race? Are you still going to be able to run it?

From Mike Warren on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 12:46:02 from 208.117.124.133

Sounds like a tough workout on Rex. I really hope your injury will allow you your chance at the BQ. I feel your pain, a very familiar road for me. Hang in there and if the crosstraining does not hurt, you should be able to keep your fitness for the race.

From rattletrap on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 12:53:19 from 147.56.55.131

I'm using a heating pad during the day, an ice pack after any exercise and some icy-hot cream stuff at night. I'm not supposed to do anything that hurts and so far REX doesn't hurt so I plan on being at the Y every day until I can run. I still plan on finishing that race by 10:20am on 6/27!

From Kelli on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 19:08:12 from 71.219.74.247

I have never seen anything quite like that and I am having a hard time figuring it out in my head!!! BUT it sounds like it was a tough workout. Do not kill the calves, maybe a little less resistance???

Enjoy tomorrow's workout!!!

I am going to go see if I can find a video of someone on that machine so I can figure it out.

From rattletrap on Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 23:40:11 from 24.19.93.139

REX is a pretty strange machine. It's kind of like running with your bicycling muscles. You can also assist with your arms, but I keep them relaxed so they are just along for the ride. My only complaint is the seat which probably wasn't designed to be sat in for more than 30 or 40 minutes :)

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