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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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Sun, Nov 21, 2010
Race: FSRC Turkey Trot (3.1 Miles) 00:19:48, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
3.10

2:00pm

My PR streak is officially over :( I broke 20 again, but fell 6 seconds short of last year's time and was a looong way from sub 19. I thought I started out too fast because I was keeping pace with Jason who is usually a sub 18 finisher. I didn't bother to check my garmin or I would have realized he was just running slower than usual, so I backed off a little when I should have been pushing harder. During the second mile I knew it was feeling too easy, but I just didn't feel like pushing it and the pavement was getting a little slick from the snow so that's all the excuse I needed to wimp out in the effort department. It was still a fun race even without the PR I hoped for. My friend Paul brought his whole family out to participate and all four of them placed in their age groups! Paul and I also won turkeys in the raffle. It was a good day for sure! Now I'm off to watch Machete with my son-in-law.

Distance    Split pace
1.00    6:14
2.00    6:34
3.00    6:25
3.10    5:44


Asics 2150blk1 Miles: 3.10
Comments
From Dan on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 19:50:59 from 24.209.83.20

Hey nice race - even w/o a PR still looks good, plus a turkey is pretty cool. Deep fry that bad boy! Let us know how the movie is!

From Burt on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 20:13:23 from 72.223.84.236

Great race. I tried so hard to run sub 7 the other night. I couldn't even get one sub 7. Curse all my consistent miles lately! anyway, you did great as usual even without PRing. and I miss the wild mane you used to have. Luckily I've immortalized it on my blog.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 23:48:54 from 76.121.76.165

Dan - Thanks! I've never deepfried a turkey before, probably because I've seen too many turkey fryer accident videos on you tube. The movie was EPIC!

Burt - Thanks for sharing that picture. I almost forgot how cute you were back then.

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:53:36 from 24.18.192.33

Well, it must be nice to know you had a faster one in you! Great job!

From JimF on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 17:42:45 from 68.46.211.156

Nice race! Very close to your PR and sounds like you learned some things which is always good for the future.

From Tom on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 18:06:59 from 137.65.56.16

Nice job, always good to get under 20 even if it isn't a PR.

From april27 on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 19:20:12 from 99.188.251.180

So glad you still got a turkey! Great pace!

From rockness18 on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 21:44:51 from 69.183.232.138

looks like sub-20 is now normal for you. Great job! By the way, I absolutely hate 5k's...they're too painful.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 23:23:01 from 76.121.76.165

Sno - I can't complain about a win and a free turkey, but I'd feel better if I had given 100%.

Jim - I learned that I should be grasping for reasons to push harder instead of the opposite. I should also use that garmin since I have it on my wrist and all.

Tom - thanks, it is good to see another sub 20.

April - heck yes! We'll need it too because about 30 people are showing up for dinner on Thursday. It's a good thing we have the clubhouse at our new condo.

Dave - you may be right. It's funny how that seemed so unreachable last year. I always give 110% on 5k because they are supposed to be painful and that's what is bugging me now that I look back on this one. It didn't hurt at all so I know I could have done better. I did well physically, but I feel a little defeated mentally. I need some incentive. Where's Thaine when I need him? :)

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