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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.

Favorite Blogs:

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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles: 964.63
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles: 9.60
Total Distance
35.58
Asics 2130blk Miles: 35.58
Total Distance
11.32

8:00am

I set out for a shorter long run this morning since I did 15 last Sunday. I tried again to slow my pace for the longer distance, but as I was listening to the book of Acts my thoughts would drift from running and my pace would creep down towards the low 7's. This is not really an "easy" pace although I do like the feeling I get at that level of effort :)

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:17
2.00    7:32
3.00    7:12
4.00    7:11
5.00    7:30
6.00    7:22
7.00    7:24
8.00    7:17
9.00    7:30
10.00    7:22
11.00    7:16
11.32    7:12

Asics 2130blk Miles: 11.32
Comments(4)
Total Distance
8.11

5:15am

Not much sleep last night and I started so late that I didn't have time to blog before going to work. I really didn't put a whole lot of effort into this run and didn't even want to look at my watch until I finished so my splits were a nice surprise. I finished the book of Acts for the second time today, not sure what I'll listen to next. I should probably just run my way through the whole NT in order over the next few weeks.

Funny story, well at least to me it is: Today one of the security guards at work said he sees me running almost every morning while he's driving in and asks me how far I run (He's standing outside in the rain smoking a cigarette when he asks me this). I told him 8 miles on my short days and 10-15 on the weekends. His reply was "That's just stupid! Why in the world would you want to do that?" I told him that I smoked for 13 years before I started running and it probably caused some brain damage :)

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:23
2.00    7:42
3.00    7:24
4.00    7:25
5.00    7:36
6.00    7:58
7.00    7:29
8.00    7:30
8.11    7:28
 

 

Asics 2130blk Miles: 8.11
Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.07

5:00am

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:17
2.00    7:28
3.00    7:10
4.00    7:05
5.00    7:12
6.00    7:29
7.00    7:06
8.00    6:53
8.07    7:01

Asics 2130blk Miles: 8.07
Comments(8)
Total Distance
8.08

1:30pm

My son came along with me on his bike today, but he got bored and left me for the library after 4 miles. The hill on mile 2 and 6 seemed a lot easier today.

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:27
2.00    7:21
3.00    7:05
4.00    7:09
5.00    7:16
6.00    7:20
7.00    6:55
8.00    7:03
8.08    6:54

Asics 2130blk Miles: 8.08
Comments(5)
Total Distance
35.58
Asics 2130blk Miles: 35.58
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