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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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Total Distance
7.88

5:30am Deuteronomy 23 - Joshua 3

Garmin went dead just short of 5 miles on the way to coffee :(

I was trying to practice running slow for my long run on Sunday. I started out ok, but kept drifting toward a faster pace. However, I'm sure the 3 miles I ran after coffee without the Garmin were exactly 8 minute pace :) The plan for Sunday is to run 13 miles to Point Defiance Park to meet with a group for a 6 mile trail run and then run back home. I'll need to slow down quite a bit if I want to finish the 32 mile round trip.

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:43
2.00 7:30
3.00 7:28
4.00 7:25
4.88 7:16
+ 3 miles at 8:00

Audio Bible Miles: 7.88Asics 2150 2E Miles: 7.88
Comments
From Burt on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:00:03 from 72.223.82.180

Holy cow!

From Burt on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 10:01:17 from 72.223.82.180

32 miles? Good luck with that.

From Carl on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 14:28:54 from 24.19.78.45

Better give that Garmin a full charge overnight!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 14:39:16 from 24.18.125.122

No kidding. I'll need it to run for at least 3 hours, right? :)

Seriously, It's got a better than stock battery in it, but I keep leaving it plugged into my laptop which stops charging and instead, sucks the life out of the Garmin when it goes into hibernate mode.

From I Just Run on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 15:11:24 from 67.79.11.242

After filling up with coffee your pace was probably 5:30. It just felt like 8:00.

You're nuts...I mean you're amazing!

From DLTheo on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 15:47:21 from 76.28.161.119

When you're running with the group at Pt. Defiance you can turn off your watch and let someone else time/measure that portion for you.

From Lily on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 15:51:59 from 67.199.178.210

You can doooo eeett!

From Derunzo on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 19:28:20 from 24.218.176.97

Good luck with the slow/long run Speedy.

From Carl on Fri, Jun 01, 2012 at 22:34:23 from 216.161.242.12

Try using a wall charger.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 07:32:27 from 98.247.27.122

Thanks for the tip Carl :) I use one, but sometimes I forget to unplug the watch after downloading to my computer.

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