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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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The Enchantments Death March was difficult, but not really a death march. We covered about 20 miles between the Stuart/Colchuck Trailhead and the Snow Lakes Trailhead in 8 hours. This wilderness area is the coolest place I've ever been. Every time we would crest a hill or come around a corner the view would be even more amazing than before.

I left home at 2:15am for the 3 hour drive to Leavenworth. The rest of the group was a little late and we had some trouble finding one of the trailheads so we didn't get started until 7:30. The run started at around 3000 feet and topped out at 7500 on Aasgard Pass. The first 5 or 6 miles to the pass was a gradual climb on very technical terrain. The ascent up the pass was mostly rock climbing for about a mile. At the top we took a break and got some close up pictures of some very curious mountain goats. From there it was mostly downhill. The route was still rocky, but mostly runable at a slow pace with lots of lakes, waterfalls and a few snowdrifts. The last few miles were switchbacks descending to the Snow Lakes trailhead that seemed to go on forever, but were the most runable miles of the day. We finished the day with a huge pizza and breadsticks in Leavenworth around 4:30.

Lots of pics on my facebook.

Asics 2140tr Miles: 20.00
Comments
From baldnspicy on Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 20:50:10 from 72.77.116.121

That's awesome! Great pics, BTW. I'm considering making a remark about the goats and Assgard, but I'll leave that for Burt. Congrats on a killer run/hike/climb!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 01:58:12 from 76.121.76.165

Thanks Wes. I just added a link to a video from our adventure. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kju7r7JqAX0

From DLTheo on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 12:37:00 from 24.17.223.219

Sounds like a blast of a day!

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 14:24:33 from 24.18.192.33

Fun video! I love goats. Glad you had such a great adventure.

From Burt on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 15:58:41 from 206.19.214.144

What an awesome time. What was the name of that pass again?

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