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Army Strong 5k

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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:

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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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Sun, Jun 27, 2010
Race: Army Strong 5k (2.84 Miles) 00:17:36, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
2.84

9:30am

Same short course as last year's Army Strong Veteran's 5k. Last year I had 2.86 on the garmin, this year it was still short at 2.84. They did mention something about the short distance after the race this time. The announcer said they will probably rename the event though rather than changing the course to make it longer. It seems weird to me that they would do chip timing and not make sure the course was actually 5k. What's that they say about the "Army way"? :) It was still a fun race and it was FREE so what's not to like about that? :)

Technically, this is another PR for me too. I took 58 seconds off last year's time on this same course! My next race is 4 on the 4th in Steilacoom. It will be my first 4 miler so the pressure is off for a PR at that one :)

Distance    Split pace
1.00    6:09 - flat with a short stretch of paved pathway and some grass.
2.00    6:23 - very steep up-hill on trails
2.84    6:09 - flat around the lake on some pavement and back to the grass.

Asics 2140red Miles: 2.84
Comments
From Snoqualmie on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 15:34:58 from 24.18.192.33

Wow - very strong 2nd mile on the hills! Congrats on the PR. :)

From nicole on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 15:46:54 from 67.170.27.155

Nice PR and 2nd place! You are just full of PRs this year. 4 on the 4th you say? If I can walk by then I may have to show up for that!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:07:13 from 76.121.76.165

Nicole - If you can walk? I hope you're just sore and not injured. Be sure to say hello if you come to 4 on the 4th I'll be easy to spot in my flames.

Sno - that hill was brutal, but it felt great passing everybody on the way up. Especially the ones that were snickering about my running gear at the start :) You should come to 4 on the 4th too. The course runs along Lafayette to Sunnyside Beach and back. Great view of the Sound and the Olympics the whole way.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 16:48:36 from 174.52.45.85

WOW!!! That is a killer pace. Congrats on the 2.84 mile PR. :) :) :)

Seriously ... you are so stinkin' fast! :)

From Burt on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 22:40:16 from 68.225.214.248

Wait, last year it was 2 hundredths longer.

Nice job on finishing 1 minute faster. You're like a fine wine that gets faster with age. Or something like that.

From april27 on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 23:50:39 from 99.188.251.180

Awesome steep hill mile!

What was wrong with your gear? Or rather what was so funny about it?

From baldnspicy on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 09:50:49 from 72.77.112.14

Way to go, RT!!

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:11:41 from 24.18.192.33

I will be trapped in Tacoma all weekend except a few hours in PM on the 4th. It's a good thing, actually. A rare opportunity. The American Harp Society conference, which only takes place every 2 years and meets all over the country, is going to be *here*. Anyway, I'll take you up on one of your invitations one of these days!

Way to show them what those flames really mean!

From rAtTLeTrAp on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 11:39:34 from 75.230.251.106

Teena - I don't think I'm all that fast, but I'm getting there one PR at a time :) Thanks!

Burt - I think I just took the corners wider last time because of the mud. I think I'm more like gunpowder than wine. The older I get, the more unstable and unpredictable I am :)

April - Even I have to admit that flame outfit is over the top.

Wes - Flame on dude!

Sno - yeah right, sure you will :)

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 14:53:47 from 71.219.99.30

You don't think you are all that fast????? wHaTeVeR!!!! You so are.

Nice job on the PR, that is a chunk of time to take off from last year. I wish you had done a 4 miler before, because you would certainly be getting another PR.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 15:35:00 from 76.121.76.165

What do you mean would be? I'm guaranteed a PR on the 4th :)

I'm shooting for a sub 25.

From Kelli on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 15:55:46 from 71.219.99.30

Good point! And GOOD LUCK, you will do it, no question.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:00:16 from 76.121.76.165

oh, I just realized that's a 6:15 pace... I'm going to have to run harder than I thought.

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