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July 02, 2024

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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.

Favorite Blogs:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles:						964.63
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles:						9.60

Tue, Aug 02, 2011

Total Distance

6.40

5:00am Mark 13 - Luke 4

I almost skipped my run today because I am so tired. My neighbor had a stand-off with the police last night. They showed up about 12:30am and started in with the bull-horn, "come out with your hands up" "we know you're in there" "this is your last warning", etc. etc. I swear they said "this is your last warning" at least 50 times! I felt like telling them to shut up and just tear gas him so I can go back to sleep! Any experienced parent knows you only give ONE "last warning" before taking care of business. Eventually he did come out so they didn't have to kick the door down and shoot him. I wonder what he did in the first place? Maybe this will drum up some interest in the neighborhood for our "National night out against crime" tonight :)

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:50
2.00    7:37
3.00    7:36
4.00    7:20
5.00    7:04
6.00    7:21
6.40    7:03

Audio Bible Miles: 6.40	Asics Blk3 Miles: 6.40

Comments

From Steam8 on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 00:08:00 from 166.70.55.77

WOW! WHat a night! How in the heck did you even get your butt out of bed after a night like that? I could never run that fast on a race day and that was when you had a sleepless night and just ran a marathon one week ago........I don't like you anymore! :)

From Lily on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 00:26:41 from 67.199.178.210

That's crazy! You know what I think, they should create some 'sleep bar', where people can check in to check out. Sleep in a silent sound proof environment as long as they need :)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 00:57:13 from 24.22.239.183

Amy - Don't be hatin' I'm running a half on Saturday with Kym too, that makes 4 races in three weeks :)

Lily - I like the sleep bar idea almost as much as the oxygen bar I saw once. I think they should have those on marathon courses. I sure could have used one last week.

From Burt on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 01:25:32 from 72.223.91.148

What were you dreaming about during your marathon? One eyed one horned flying purple people eaters?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 11:42:31 from 75.196.6.39

Burt - No, but I saw one last night on a TV show. He was a blowin' it out and really knockin' them dead. Playing rock 'n roll music through the horn in his head.

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