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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
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles: 9.60
Mon, May 12, 2014
Total Distance
20.00

8:30am

I set out to see how many laps around Oakbrook I could do at 9:00 min pace. It just seemed way to easy at that pace so I did 8ish instead, I was sure I could still do at least 5 until I got about half way through the 4th. I thought about slowing down and doing the 5th one, but decided to stop instead and give my legs a rest. Next week I'm going to try keeping a steady 8:30 pace from the start and see if the 5th or maybe 6th lap seems like a better idea.

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:42
2.00 7:51
3.00 7:56
4.00 7:54
5.00 8:02
6.00 8:14
7.00 8:06
8.00 8:00
9.00 7:55
10.00 7:51
11.00 7:51
12.00 7:50
13.00 7:46
14.00 7:44
15.00 7:48
16.00 8:20
17.00 8:19
18.00 8:15
19.00 7:55
20.00 8:09
 

Brooks Adrenaline GT13 -2 Miles: 20.00
Comments
From Derunzo on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 14:35:09 from 173.9.52.242

Back to back BIG runs.... very nice!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 14:41:20 from 71.227.240.61

I'm thinking about Rainier to Ruston 50 miler on the 7th. Gotta go big to train fot that :)

From Tom K on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 14:56:09 from 174.58.4.250

42 miles in 2 days? Dude! That's a lot of miles! I think I ticked you off by telling you our mileage to date was similar. Now you are making a big move to distance yourself from us mortals!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 15:00:28 from 71.227.240.61

Do you mean the "mortals" that smoked me in Boston? :)

Long slow distance for a couple weeks. That 50 miler is gonna be a tough one.

From Tom K on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 15:17:46 from 174.58.4.250

According to your "Running Accomplishments" list, this will be the greatest distance you've ever attempted. Best of luck to you, man. 26.2 is more than plenty for me!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, May 12, 2014 at 15:41:38 from 71.227.240.61

Thanks. I'll need a little luck to pull this one off. I think the second half is going to be mostly in my head if I can stay healthy. My support team is pretty thin for this event so I'm still kind of on the fence. I don't want to feel like I shouldn't be out there when the going gets tough.

From I Just Run on Wed, May 14, 2014 at 08:29:43 from 67.79.11.242

And here I'm struggling with 7 miles. I've got to find some friends who are less than "mortal" like me!

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