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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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Thu, Jun 30, 2011
Total Distance
22.61

4:00am Ecclesiastes 8 - Isaiah 37

Thrills, hills and spills today. I started out extra early so I could get in a long run. Before I got away from the condo complex I felt the urge and turned back for another trip to the restroom. As I approached my place I tripped over a boulder at the edge of the parking area and splat! right on the pavement. Road rash on both palms, both elbows, my left knee and right hip. I think I have got to be the clumsiest runner on the blog! So I go in and take care of business, assess the damage and take some ibuprofen before I head back out the door. Reset the Garmin and away I go. Since I'm already in pain I figured why not just run 22 miles of hills today? So 4 trips down and up Steilacoom hill and 3 times on Farwest hill was the new plan. At mile 18 I got a low battery alert on the Garmin so I restarted it again hoping I wouldn't lose all my splits if it died in the middle of the run. It hung in there for another 4 miles without dying as did I for a total of 22.61. Not bad for a Thursday. Have any techies out there ever tried to replace the battery on a Garmin 305? Mine was fully charged today and doesn't appear to have a full marathon left in it on a single charge.

Distance    Split pace
0.50    10:48 ouch!

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:42
2.00    7:25
3.00    7:18
4.00    7:33
5.00    7:47
6.00    7:37
7.00    7:25
8.00    7:26
9.00    7:33
10.00    7:52
11.00    7:43
12.00    7:25
13.00    7:18
14.00    7:20
15.00    7:34
16.00    7:44
17.00    7:26
18.00    7:06
18.04    7:32

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:21
2.00    7:32
3.00    7:35
4.00    7:03
4.07    6:07


Audio Bible Miles: 22.61Asics Blk3 Miles: 22.61
Comments
From JG on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 22:40:29 from 74.190.51.252

Wow - sorry to hear about the spill - but what a recovery! You are an amazing runner, those are great splits with hills! Btw - I loaded the Book of John tonight & headed out for an unplanned run of 8 miles ... it was exactly what I need! Thx for referring me to the download site!

How old is your Garmin? That is crazy it is borderline on a marathon distance! Sorry, I don't have any tips, other than to call Garmin and tell them that is not acceptable!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 02:18:32 from 24.22.239.183

Thanks JG. I'm glad you could work some Scripture into your run. I hope you get hooked like me :)

My Garmin is almost 3 years old and I have ran about 4500 miles with it. I'm not surprised that the battery is tired.

From Steam8 on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 11:06:33 from 166.70.55.77

Haha! I don't know....I am glad to know I am not alone. I am an ADHD runner. I am a running mess!

Such a great run for you today even with your spill! So excited that you are in such great shape coming up on your marathon!

From DLTheo on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 15:43:28 from 76.28.161.119

Carl had the same problem with his Garmin a few months ago. I don't know what the solution was, but I think he's been able to use it since.

You might just take it to Batteries Plus.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 09:29:42 from 24.22.239.183

Steam8 - This make 4 times I've crashed and burned in the last year or so. That has to be a record for the blog.

Scott - Nobody sells a direct replacement battery for it. I found some how-to pages on the web for replacing it with a higher capacity phone battery. If I can't get at least three hours out of it, I may try that. Sounds like a fun geek project anyway.

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