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St Paddy's Day 1/2 Marathon Pacer

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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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Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles: 964.63
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Total Distance
39.55
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 23.20
Total Distance
13.15

Easy 1/2 at about 8min pace.

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3.20

The usual route with Karina at an unusual pace. 9:00 even. She is getting faster :)

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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles with Karina! She texted me last night asking if we could start early and do "the hill" this morning :)

Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles again with Karina! She is a go getter! We've been averaging 9:15-9:30 pace for our 3 milers for months. Now out of nowhere, two 5 milers in one week at 8:59 and 8:58! I see another half marathon in her future :)

Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 5.00
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Race: St Paddy's Day 1/2 Marathon Pacer (13.1 Miles) 01:49:50
Total Distance
13.20

1:50:00 Pacer

Wind, rain, hills, and lots of enthusiasm on the course today.

Update:

I was a little nervous about this race after taking so much time off with the kidney stones. Running the distance wouldn't be so hard, but keeping it steady with a smile on my face could be a challenge. I did a lot of short training runs with my daughter, Karina, and not so many long ones. And... like I wasn't worried enough already, a couple days before the race, the team captain sent the pacers this little note:

..."PLEASE: The course starts downhill…do not go out hot, finish hot or walk it in. You are a moving time clock and are expected to finish within 30 seconds before your goal time. It’s best to not go by your watch time and miles since courses are marked a bit long and garmins can be off. Get your goal! Help call out water/nutrition and keep them motivated"...

Ok, now the pressure is really on :)

When I picked up my race packet Friday afternoon, I offered to help and spent the rest of the day getting people their stuff and explaining that you can only exchange your shirt for another size if there are any left over after the race. I had no idea how big this race was until then or why it is such a big deal to order the right size shirt when you register :)

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1200 5k

I got to the start line early to pick up my sign and meet my co-pacer, Heidi. She is a super fast marathoner and has paced lots of races. We made a plan to trade the sign every other mile and the one without it would pay extra attention to the pace and keep us on time. That way we share the load and the blame if things get ugly :)

The course was a lot hillier than I expected. It started off with a long downhill that got everybody moving pretty fast then it stayed flat for a while and we started to gather a following. The toughest miles were 6 through 9 with some steep hills. That's also where the rain got heavy and a strong headwind decided to join the party. It was tough to stay on pace through that section, but we managed to keep it within reason. Once we cleared that mess there was another flat, easy section before the slog back up the last hill to the start/finish area.

We had a great crowd of runners hanging with us off and on throughout the course. There was one in particular that stuck with us the whole way until we encouraged her to leave us behind for the last mile. I can't remember her name now, but it was cool to see her finish strong and meet her goal.

I had such a good time I signed up to pace another 1/2 in August(1:50) and a full in September(3:50).

Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 13.20
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Total Distance
39.55
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 23.20
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