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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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Fri, Jul 15, 2011
Total Distance
15.02

6:00am Daniel  11 - Micah 4

This run brought to you by anxiety and ibuprofen.

I was not looking forward to this run at all except for the fact I was running it with Preston. I knew I would keep on pace with him and I was looking forward to having someone to talk to. Yesterday Kym and I drove 600 miles round trip to drop our 16 year old son off for a stay at Jubilee boys ranch. It was one of the hardest things we've ever done as parents. Unfortunately Preston couldn't make it today so I was on my own and for some reason chose to make it extra hard on myself by doing hills at MP. The flats and downhill parts came pretty easy, but the uphills were brutal! Especially the second trip up Farwest about 8 miles in. I almost threw up at mile 12 when I stopped for a drink and then again when I was finished. In the end I averaged better than my goal of 7:03 per mile, but not without a lot of effort and pain in my ribs.

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:01
2.00    6:58
3.00    6:55
4.00    6:52
5.00    6:40
6.00    6:41
7.00    6:48
8.00    7:02
9.00    6:47
10.00    6:36
11.00    6:52
12.00    7:00
13.00    6:45
14.00    6:47
15.00    6:42
15.02    6:26

Audio Bible Miles: 15.02Asics Blk3 Miles: 15.02
Comments
From Dan on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 21:02:56 from 24.209.83.20

Nice run, as always for you. BTW- Veggie Tales rock.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 21:40:33 from 75.244.167.204

Thanks Dan, this was a really tough route for that pace. I'm thinking it "should" be pretty easy to run that fast on a downhill course. ...as long as I don't run into any trees or banana peels or whatever :)

From Laputka on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 00:47:19 from 98.202.142.68

Nice run TrAp. I'm betting this run was much easier than what you went through yesterday. My thoughts are with you.

From allie on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 01:38:53 from 24.10.191.18

wow! great running today. you really know how to kill it.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 02:50:54 from 24.22.239.183

Laputka - I would run it again barefoot on broken glass if it meant not having to do yesterday.

Allie - Thanks, I hope I can kill me a big PR and a BQ next week.

From april27 on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:44:07 from 99.188.251.180

how are the ribs?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 21:16:51 from 75.244.64.232

April - The ribs are still killing me. Ibuprofen is my friend.

From april27 on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 22:40:38 from 99.188.251.180

Ibprofen is a good person! LOL

From Kam on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:05:04 from 174.23.239.10

That was quite a run, esp. with hills. Now you should rest. Relax. Taper. You can't do anything this week to improve your marathon, but you can surely sabotage yourself by overdoing things.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:18:08 from 75.244.64.232

Kam - What do you mean... like running the warrior dash or something crazy like that? :)

From Kam on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:43:22 from 174.23.239.10

Yeah. Or maybe mixing in a 15 mile tempo run in the next couple of days.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 16:54:59 from 75.244.178.180

I survived. Race report and pics coming soon...

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