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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

Married, 4 kids, 5 grand-kids
Former heavy smoker, been running since May 2003
Network administrator
Bicycle commuter

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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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles:						964.63
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Tue, Feb 15, 2011

Total Distance

5.11

5:00am 1Chronicles 9-22

5 miles! I started getting a little pain in my calf during the 5th mile. It was a little higher and more to the outside than where it was hurting before. It was probably just a little cramp this time, but I figured I'd play it safe and quit while I was ahead. Thursday night I'm going to run a few miles with the Tacoma Runners. They meet once a week at a different pub/restaurant around town to run a few miles and hang out. Sounds fun.

Asics 2150blk2 Miles: 5.11	Audio Bible Miles: 5.11

Comments

From Kelli on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 09:54:03 from 71.219.84.215

That does sound fun!!!

Glad the legs held up for 5 miles, hopefully you just keep getting better and better.

From allie on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 19:50:46 from 174.23.192.205

glad to hear the calf is doing better. way to play it safe.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:18:54 from 76.121.76.165

I'm not out of the woods yet. I'm still sore today...

From Laputka on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:37:16 from 98.202.142.68

I had some calf pain back in mid September, I didn't shake the injury, or whatever it was until the end of October-beginning of November. I ran through it. Still ran everyday but cut my mileage. It hurt bad, some runs ended in tears.

Some things I did that seemed to help a lot. Athletic tape, wow, this did wonders, I shaved my lower leg and wrapped it with tape, unbelievable results. I also would sometimes wrap and ace bandage around my calf and last, a compression sock. I used TED hose, worked well. Not that I recommend TED hose, I just happened to have some. Of the three, athletic tape worked best.

From Dan on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 23:18:50 from 24.209.83.20

Good to see you back out there! I think running with others like that IS fun.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 17:10:09 from 72.102.96.148

I can handle a little or even a lot of pain, but when it physically makes me limp it's time to stop. I'm going to do a short run with the group tomorrow night and then another big slacker workout at the Y on friday morning. If all goes well, I will try another 5+ run outside on saturday or sunday.

From nicole on Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 23:38:18 from 67.170.24.135

where do they meet? Are they all super fast like you? Let me know if its fun. If its ever on Pacific and there's slow people to run with I would totally be in.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:18:59 from 69.96.130.110

Nicole - It was a lot of fun! About 60 people showed up and people ran anywhere from 7 to 13 min miles.

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