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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
69.82
Asics TN544 Miles: 69.82
Total Distance
13.65

6:00am

Another beautiful sunny day!  I think spring might finally be here. I ran my regular 10 miler today and was feeling pretty good. I think shredded mini toe is finally getting better and I ended up running a lot faster that I thought I would again. All these miles are really paying off. Yesterday was a huge confidence booster and my average pace for all of last week was 7:38.

Pace 7:30

4:30pm

We had a pic-nic with all the kids after church at Bradley Lake Park then Kym and I ran 3.6 miles around the lake after lunch. It felt like summer already.

Pace 10:00

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Asics TN544 Miles: 13.65
Comments(9)
Total Distance
10.02

4:30am

I never thought socks could be such a big deal. I tried some Under Armor socks today and they were just OK. The Brooks Beast socks I wore yesterday were much better. So far it's between those and the Drymax which cost twice as much. I'll probably stock up on the Brooks since they have an outlet store nearby. Today's run was good although a little slower than yesterday. Eventually I think I should start watching my pace closer, but for now I'm still going by feel.

Pace 7:43

Asics TN544 Miles: 10.02
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.00

4:30am

Another sunny day today. I didn't see any of it on my run since it was still dark, but it was dry and cool with NO WIND :) The arch on my right foot was really sore yesterday after my run. It feels better now, but not perfect. I hope this is something that will pass like the rest of the little aches and pains I've experienced along the way. I've asked a lot of my legs over the past 3 months and so far they have been pretty resilient. Today's run was weird. My legs felt kind of heavy and I was sure I was going slower than usual because I was breathing easy. Just like Saturday, I got a pleasant surprise when I looked at my watch.

Pace 7:28

Asics TN544 Miles: 10.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
10.00

4:30am

It was nice out this morning, but I didn't sleep well. I just gutted it out even though I didn't feel like running. I'm going straight to bed after work tonight.

Pace 7:43

Asics TN544 Miles: 10.00
Comments(7)
Total Distance
10.05

5:00am

I slept in this morning. I was dreading the heavy rain forecast for today and it turned out be a light mist. I like running in that kind of rain; nice and cool. I ran the hills a little harder than usual today and tried to take it easier on the flats.

Pace 7:44

Asics TN544 Miles: 10.05
Comments(8)
Total Distance
3.00

8:00am

Ran 3 on the track at the high school with Kym.

Asics TN544 Miles: 3.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
13.10

6:00am

Light rain today. I can't complain, it actually felt pretty good. I cut the run short this morning because I'm doing another semi-long run with Preston tomorrow. I did the first 13 of the same route I took last Saturday. I felt really good and had no problems holding a 7:30 pace even on the inclines. I'm experimenting with food this month and I tried a powerbar right before I left today. It settled pretty well and I think it gave me some of that extra energy I was feeling. Bananas seem to be OK too, I ate one before last Saturday's run with no stomach issues. For years I have only ran on an empty stomach, including both of my previous marathons. I'm also going to try drinking some cytomax sport drink if I can find it since that's what they will have at the aid stations in Seattle.

Splits: 7:34, 7:24, 7:35, 7:31, 7:34, 7:42, 7:36, 7:27, 7:24, 7:27, 7:21, 7:17, 7:10, 6:16

Pace 7:25

Asics TN544 Miles: 13.10
Comments(8)
Total Distance
69.82
Asics TN544 Miles: 69.82
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