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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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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles: 964.63
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Sun, Oct 04, 2009
Total Distance
10.64

7:00am

Ran with Preston this morning. I thought it would be a nice slow run... Obviously it didn't turn out that way. I'm still not sure if he was trying to break me or just seeing if it was realistic for me to be thinking about CIM :) Both my calves are pretty sore, but my right leg is fine otherwise. I think I'll take tomorrow off and get back out there on Tuesday. I'd like to get in 4 or 5 days this week even if they are short ones.

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:58
2.00    8:12
3.00    7:56
4.00    7:49
5.00    7:34
6.00    7:32
7.00    7:16
8.00    7:04
9.00    7:09
10.00    7:22
10.64    7:13

Asics 2130blk Miles: 10.64
Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 15:34:39 from 67.177.43.41

nice job! CIM is definitely realistic to be thinking about. you'll kill it.

From rattletrap on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 15:40:36 from 70.193.220.163

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'd be happy if I could just slap it around a little instead of killing it :) My goal of qualifying with the young bucks at 3:10 has now been adjusted to the bare minimum of 3:20:59.

From april27 on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 17:08:25 from 99.188.251.180

I'm just glad that you can still think about CIM. I think you did it smart and quit while you were ahead...now you are getting better and you can run a 10 miler again! that is awesome! I'm very jealous of your pace!

From rattletrap on Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 21:17:33 from 24.19.93.139

Don't be too jealous of that pace april27, it did not come easy. There was literally no conversation for the last few miles. I still have a ton of work to do before I can expect to maintain anything close to that speed for 26.2 miles :) Hopefully Preston will keep dragging me along on Saturday mornings until I can actually keep up. Dec. 6th is not that far away.

From Burt on Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 16:47:52 from 68.76.197.194

Those are some great splits Mike.

From april27 on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 13:11:15 from 99.188.251.180

I'm sure Preston will make it his personal business to drag you on on runs!

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