| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 77.87 |
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| | 5 with Karina. Only 8:34 today. |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | 6.6 with Karina @8:28, then 14 @7:45 |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 20.60 |
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| | The fun was over at 23 miles. I think I set a new record for chafing today. Most painful shower ever! http://connect.garmin.com/activity/737362288 |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 23.40 |
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| | Karina drug me along for an extra half mile today. I had to work just to keep up. 8:24 |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | 5 with Karina @ 8:17 avg. Mile 4 was her fastest mile ever at 8:02! High fives and big smiles to start the day! |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.12 |
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| | Karina and I planned to run 6 today and right before we got to the turn around spot she asked if we could go for 8 miles. Silly girl, of course we can! So we continued out for an extra hilly mile before turning around. All the while, we'd been running a pretty brisk pace around 8:25. She kept that up and even knocked out a 7:56 for the last mile. This is her second one mile PR this week! I finished with a quick loop around Oakbrook to see if I could still finish 13.1 under 1:45:00. Mission accomplished 1:42:53 I'm ready for the Whidbey Island 1/2 next weekend! |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 13.15 |
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| | Up at 5:45 for 5 extra miles with Karina. Our regular days are Mon, Wed, Fri, but how can I say no to a bonus run with my little girl? |
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.10 |
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| | Karina wanted to take a day off and I couldn't pass up a chance to sleep another hour :) Tomorrow we run and I bet she will be on fire again :) | Add Comment |
| | 5 with Karina at 8:14 pace. | Comments(2) |
| | 5 Miles with Karina 8:13 avg pace. The hill didn't slow her down at all today. 9's are so last month, and it looks like 8's are on their way out too. | Add Comment |
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Whidbey Island 1/2 Marathon Pacer (13.1 Miles) 01:44:32 | | 1:45:00 Pacer
Kym and I left early on Friday and made a weekend of this event. We stayed with friends in Anacortes about 30 minutes away from the start/finish. We always have such a great time with Liz and Mike, I wish we lived closer. After a late night with our friends, I worked the Maniac booth on Saturday at the expo and then had dinner at Flyers Restaurant with the maniac crew. It was a long day and I was a little worried about tired legs from being on my feet all day, especially with all the stories I heard about the hills on the course.
I woke up feeling great and knew it would be an awesome day.
The weather was perfect; blue skies, sunshine, a slight breeze and about 50°. I had around a dozen runners in my group for most of the race. The rockstar in this group was Silas, he was only 12 and running his first official 1/2 marathon. I met him and his family at the expo and they were so happy to learn we had a pacer for his goal time of 1:45. He stuck with me every step of the way! There was also a 14 year old girl in my group named Julia. She didn't talk much at all and I didn't really notice her until about 5 miles in when she got really chatty. These were two of the nicest kids you could imagine. We ran steady 8 minute miles through the whole course and they were smiling and talking through most of it. During the last big hill they got a little more serious as the oldsters in our group started dropping like flies. Once that hill was behind us at mile 11 I could feel their excitment as they knew it was mostly downhill from there and they would surely meet their goals. The course ended up being a little long so our last mile was a bit faster than the rest which didn't seem to phase them at all, then I chased them off once we could see the finish line. They both kicked it in well ahead of me and I finished at 1:44:32 within my 30 second window. I am totally psyched for TCM in two weeks!
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| | 3 easy with Karina. | Add Comment |
| | 5 with Karina. The usual route up Farwest hill. | Add Comment |
| | I planned a longer run, but my ankle was pretty stiff today. I picked up the pace a little and ran 13 @7:30 instead of 18 @8:30. | Add Comment |
| | 5 with Karina. It's starting to get light out by the time we start at 5:30 so next week we'll change it up a little and run Oakbrook loop Monday and Wednesday. Friday we're planning to do the hilly route for 8 miles and keep the pace between 8:55 and 9:00 the whole way. A little practice for my pacer gig at TCM on Sunday. | Comments(2) |
| | 5:30am Oakbrook loop with Karina. She killed it today! 8:10 avg. with the last 2 miles at 7:59 and 7:56. | Add Comment |
| | Another speedy lap around Oakbrook with Karina. | Add Comment |
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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 77.87 |
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