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January 2008

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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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Totals
Total Distance
75.15
Fri, Dec 19, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

Today's run was great. There was about 5" of fresh snow on the ground so it was a little like running on the beach, only cooler.

Comments
From walter on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 00:09:18

Welcome to the blog. Ive been doing my snow beach running here in Utah also! Keep up the good work!

From Eric Day on Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 13:33:33

Welcome to the blog!

From Matt on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 18:36:29

My wife is from Oly so I am up your way all the time. Glad to hear you are braving the snow. Welcome to the Blog.

Sat, Dec 20, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

No fresh snow today, just compact snow and ice. Slippery, but I finished my run with an 8:16 pace.

Sun, Dec 21, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

6" more snow last night and a nice layer of ice on top from the freezing rain that followed. Never thought I would describe a run as crunchy. Great scenery along Sunnyside Beach, everything was white all the way to the edge of the water. Chambers Bay Dr. hill was literally two steps forward and one step back. The people shoveling their driveways looked at me like I was crazy as I ran by.

Mile pace: 8:37

Comments
From Kelli on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 18:06:57

It is great to be the crazy runner, huh??

Welcome to the blog!!

From rattletrap on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 19:56:52

It sure is great to be the crazy runner! I feel excellent after three days in a row of the hardest running I've done in a while. I hope all of this work equates to a faster mile pace once I hit some dry pavement. I want to break 20 minutes in a 5k on New Years morning.

From Kelli on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 20:33:30

Well, then! Good luck to you and I will wait for that race report on New Year's Day!!

From Mike on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 20:39:19

Now the pressure is really on. I guess that's the point of this site huh? Or at least part of it :)

From Kelli on Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 20:43:07

Well, I am not sure if it is the point exactly, but it is the reality! You will get your own fan club cheering you on in cyberspace!!

From Burt on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:27:12

Welcome to the blog. Good pace in the snow and ice.

From rattletrap on Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 21:18:15

Thanks for the comments. I am encouraged and anxious to get back out there so I have something to post :)

From Steve on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 14:29:47

Mike, you are nuts running in that stuff! I almost slipped and fell just walking into the office. No way am I going to chance it out on the trails.

From rattletrap on Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 20:19:51

Steve,

It's really not as bad as it sounds. If you stay in the powder its not slippery at all on the flats. Hills are a bit of a challenge, but I like that.

Mon, Dec 22, 2008
Total Distance
0.00

No miles today. I had to work and there's no daylight between my start and finish time. I don't mind running in the snow or in the dark, but both at the same time couldn't amount to much except injury :)

I'll be resting tomorrow too, then I have 5 days off of work to catch up.

Wed, Dec 24, 2008
Total Distance
15.75

We had some rain today so about 80% of my run was on sandy pavement with good traction, the rest was a little slushy an not much fun. Tomorrow should be better, I might run the The Giant Killer.

The Killer
Pace 7:58

Feeling restless so I ran the Ft. Lewis Loop after lunch.
Pace: 8:19

Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 23:50:00

You are gonna run on Christmas, huh?? Have fun!!!

Merry Christmas to you!

From rattletrap on Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 01:00:04

Yep, That's my Christmas present to me :)

Thu, Dec 25, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

Merry Christmas!
I got my run in today, but it was very icy and I was a bit tired after my extra mileage yesterday. My pace was a little slow but I feel great! No soreness anywhere, just a good tired :)
The Killer
Pace: 8:32

 


Fri, Dec 26, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

Still a lot of compact snow and ice on Chambers Bay Ct.
Mile 4 was over 9 minutes even with the downgrade for the second half.
The Killer
Pace: 7:59

Sat, Dec 27, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

I'm moving pretty slow again today. I didn't sleep well last night and I didn't feel like running at all this morning, but I did it anyway. There's still a lot of ice on mile 4 at Chambers Bay Ct.
The Killer
Pace: 8:38

Sun, Dec 28, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

I had to talk myself into running again this morning.  My back is still hurting from something I did while hauling out all the Christmas trash.  The pain gets better after a mile or so but it's tough to get started. Mile 4 was much faster now that the ice has melted, but my overall pace wasn't much better than yesterday.  I'm thinking about running again tomorrow morning (day 6) and then taking Tuesday and Wednesday off before the New Year's Day 5k.
The Killer
Pace: 8:28

Mon, Dec 29, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

I woke up without the alarm in time to run this morning. I'm feeling pretty good about sleeping in tomorrow.
Pace: 8:39

Tue, Dec 30, 2008
Total Distance
6.60

Exciting run today! I woke up again without the alarm and I set out to run very slow and take it easy since I have a race on Thursday. The first mile was really cold so I had to speed up a little bit to keep warm. On mile two I got so close to a deer that I could have touched it. I wish I could sneak up on them like that during hunting season. It was a little colder down by the water and there were some patches of black ice to keep me on my toes in miles three through five. On mile six I saw a roll-over accident on the s curves coming up Steilacoom Blvd. Thankfully nobody was hurt and I helped the three soldiers put their PTCruiser back on it's feet just before the police arrived.
I'm sleeping in for real tomorrow :) 
Pace: 8:44

Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 15:34:06

Wow, that was quite the eventful run!!! I can never get anywhere close to a deer running, you must have quiet feet. Maybe you can run through the woods while you hunt?

From rattletrap on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 15:49:08

That's one of the nice things about living in Steilacoom, I see deer at least a few times a week. Doe(s) wander around the neighborhood like they own the place and they're pretty tame. It is unusual to get that close to one though.

I think I'd feel guilty if hunting was that easy in their habitat, where it's legal :)

From Kelli on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 15:52:07

We see deer maybe once a week, but they are very skittish!

Easy hunting---isn't that a good thing? Then you could just run up there, hunt, run back home, an call it an afternoon (instead of an entire weekend!!!)

From rattletrap on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 16:25:52

That would make it cheaper too. My wife contends that it costs more for me to hunt than it does to just buy meat. Speaking of meat, or rather lack of it; I'm thinking about a vegetarian diet while I'm training for my next marathon in June. Any thoughts on that?

I'm serious about a BQ and I'm wondering if it could really help my performance...

From Kelli on Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 22:53:19

Well, I hope someone reads that who knows!!! I am not a big meat eater, but I do like the occassional juicey, greasy hamburger. I eat mostly chicken. I actually eat vegetarian a few nights a weeks, just becasue my kids and I do not love meat so much!!! I survived, but you have to be careful and get your protein somehow. I know there is someone on this BLOG who is vegetarian. When it come to me, I will let you know who it is!

I am so glad my husband is not a hunter!! Your poor wife...but, heck, if you enjoy it, go for it! We just have friends who give my husband the elk steaks he loves!!!

Totals
Total Distance
75.15
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