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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:

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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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Fri, Jun 22, 2012
Total Distance
13.14

4:30am

Preston took a different route to the park today so we never connected until we got to the coffee shop at 6. My calf is feeling much better, but now I have a pain in the top of my right foot. I think I must have aggrivated something in there this month with the intervals or the extra long runs to the park or both.

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:23
2.00 7:30
3.00 7:18
4.00 7:41
5.00 7:48
6.00 7:54
7.00 7:33
8.00 7:37
9.00 7:20
10.00 7:05
Coffee stop
11.00 7:55
12.00 7:06
13.00 6:43
13.14 6:45

Asics 2160 Miles: 13.14
Comments
From DLTheo on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 22:23:41 from 76.28.161.119

More often than not pain in the top of the foot can be solved by tying the shoe really loosely.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 22:29:17 from 98.247.27.122

Yeah, I learned that really early. Now I keep my shoes VERY loose. The pain I experienced from that several years ago would go away quickly once the shoe was loosened up. This time it is not going away and even bothers me walking around barefoot. I'm hoping it's just a pinched nerve or something. If it gets any worse tomorrow on the trail run I'll probably go to the doc for an xray...

From Derunzo on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 04:41:41 from 24.218.176.97

Nice run! Glad the calf is better... although bummer about the foot. Hopefully just a passing pain.

From I Just Run on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:02:51 from 67.79.11.242

Hopefully to top of the foot thing is just an aggrivation and will go away soon. It's good to see you back to your old (I mean consistant) self :-)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:12:35 from 174.253.195.174

There's something bad going on in there. The trail run yesterday was confirmation. I'm taking the rest of the week off and seeing the foot doc on Friday. Looks like I may end up volunteering at the relay instead of running.

From I Just Run on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:32:57 from 67.79.11.242

Nooooo!!! Seems like almost everyone on the blog (the ones I chat with) are injured :-( Sorry to hear about the problem. Hopefully it will just be a matter of a little time to recover.

From Burt on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 07:43:49 from 174.235.193.112

How's everything going?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 17:03:02 from 174.253.202.14

My foot is feeling better today, but I know it will probably flare up again if I run on it too soon. I may take it for a test drive again before I go to the doc on Friday. I wonder how many days I could take off and still survive the ragnar relay on the 20th? I'm finally reading Dean Karnazes' book 26.2 and it is making me want to run! I don't want to drop out.

From Burt on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 17:45:53 from 72.223.80.161

You must run Ragnar. For glory!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 19:54:42 from 174.253.202.14

I know...right?!

From I Just Run on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 08:05:23 from 67.79.11.242

Trap,

How long is the Rangnar? I was out from running basiclly a full month before my first marathon with a bone spur in my knee. I ran 20 miles before the knee started to lock-up. I ran a respectable (for me) 8:00 pace for the 20 miles. I know I'm not in your class running but I think you can be off for quite a while and do pretty good!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 09:37:19 from 174.253.202.14

IJR - My 3 legs of the relay total 24.4 miles. I'll probably just run unless I have a stress fracture or something terrible like that. I was thinking I could trade places with one of our volunteers, but I just got news that 2 of our 3 have dropped out. The only volunteer we have left is my wife and she hasn't been training at all since August. I'm not worried about how fast I run, I just don't want to drop out and let the team down after making a commitment.

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