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Santa Runs Tacoma Pacer

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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

 

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"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

 

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Puke and pass

My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

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Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
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Sat, Dec 13, 2014
Race: Santa Runs Tacoma Pacer (13.1 Miles) 01:50:19
Total Distance
13.20

Pacing for the 1:50 group.

Perfect weather for a race, 45, sunny, no wind, and lots of Christmas Spirit on the course! I ran this one with the pace team leader, Sabrina since I had some trouble parking and showed up to the start at the last minute. She was ready to pace for me and decided to run it with me anyway once I finally showed up. It was fun running with the "boss" and I ran a pretty steady 8:20ish pace all the way through. We ended up finishing a few seconds late because the course was a bit long and I didn't account for that. Rookie move, I know. :(
The only runner with us at the end was Estrellita (same girl that ran with my 4:10 group at TCM) and she pulled ahead in the last half mile to finish well before 1:50, so mission accomplished. Looking forward to next time if I don't get fired :)

1.00 8:29
2.00 8:23
3.00 8:20
4.00 8:15
5.00 8:20
6.00 8:21
7.00 8:25
8.00 8:19
9.00 8:23
10.00 8:22
11.00 8:29
12.00 8:25
13.00 8:20
13.20 7:59
 

Comments
From DLTheo on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 14:50:58 from 73.193.34.110

Nice job Mike!

I thought to be a Maniac pacer you had to run a certain number of races at that distance within a year. Have they lifted that requirement to get more pacers?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 15:01:04 from 24.19.84.40

Scott

http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/marathon-maniacs/pacer-team

Do you want to join?

From DLTheo on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 16:01:13 from 73.193.34.110

I've thought about it, but it's the "completed 15 marathons or 10 1/2 marathons" part that I haven't accomplished yet.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 16:14:32 from 24.19.84.40

I'm still a little short of that 15 mark too. I offered to cover the empty 4:10 spot at the last minute for TCM this year and they keep putting me on the schedule for 1/2 marathons.

I'm also leading the 3:55 group at TCM next year. That will be #15 for me.

From Yasir on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 17:34:48 from 99.20.240.112

Great job bringing them in on time. thank you guys for doing this some day I would like to help others too.

From Burt on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 17:57:19 from 97.117.253.132

Great job, bro!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 18:41:26 from 24.19.84.40

Thanks guys.

Yasir - There's always room to volunteer at races. Pacing is just one of the ways to go the extra mile :)

From Yasir on Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:34:32 from 99.20.240.112

I know I need to do more than just run.

From I Just Run on Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 15:48:09 from 67.79.11.242

Great job pacing...I'm just wondering how you kept from blasting out a 6:30 mile on the last one. :-)

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