| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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7:30am
Yay! I got to sleep in this morning! I tried to start out slower than normal today, but I'm still amped up about my run yesterday and I kept speeding up every time I let my mind wander from what I was doing.
Pace 7:36 |
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4:30am
It was very windy this morning. I don't know how this works, but the wind was in my face the whole way. Instead of thinking about how it was holding me back, I tried to imagine it as "ram air" for my breathing :)
Pace 7:48 |
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4:30am
I am so tired today! It was raining hard too, but at least there was no wind. I don't know how I manage to keep getting myself up to run in the dark every day. Anyway, I'm on track for another 50+ mile week! My new running partner is going to be out of town this weekend so I'm on my own for the long run on Saturday. Maybe I'll have a Garmin to keep me company if it gets here by then.
Pace 7:58 |
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4:30am
Tired, slow, cold, rain, wind...
Pace 8:02 |
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| | 4:30am
I knew I was in trouble when I saw the (full) garbage cans knocked over by the wind on my street. I actually had the wind at my back for part of the run today so I can't complain too much. It took some effort, but I was able to hold a decent pace through the whole run without feeling like I was racing.
My Garmin was delivered yesterday, which is strange since it didn't get sent out until Tuesday morning. Anyway, I'll have my virtual partner for Saturday's run if I can figure out how it works by then.
Pace 7:50 |
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8:30am
It was sunny and beautiful this morning when I looked outside. Once I actually stepped outside I realized that the wind was blowing around 30+mph! I had already planned to meet Kym at the Y and I was committed to go, so into the wind I went... I planned a minimum 9.5 mile route to the Y and had plenty of incentive to improvise the course since today was my first run with the new Garmin GPS watch. When I got to the top of Chambers Creek Road hill I decided to hang a left and run around the Golf Course by the water. I've always wanted to run there so today I went for it. The view is awesome on the way down the running path which descends a couple hundred feet before curving around the golf course. The second half of the loop was really steep and even with the switchbacks it was a challenge climbing back out. From there I was still about 7 miles from the Y and pretty tired. I only put in total of 14 miles today but it was a lot more challenging than last week's 17 miler. I really like the Garmin, but I am even more impressed with the free Sport Tracks program I downloaded for it. I fat-fingered the setup for the autolap feature on my watch so when I was done today all I had was my average pace for one really long lap! Sport tracks found my mile splits, showed me my course on a map, and even created an elevation chart that looks pretty darn accurate.
Pace 7:46
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