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Tacoma City Marathon 2014 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

 

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My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

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Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
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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
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles: 9.60
Totals
Total Distance
43.97
Brooks Adrenaline GT13 -2 Miles: 14.21Brooks Adrenaline GT13 Miles: 3.54
Sun, May 04, 2014
Race: Tacoma City Marathon 2014 Pacer (26.219 Miles) 04:09:24
Total Distance
26.22

4:10:00 Pacer
This was my first race volunteering as a pacer and I had a great group of runners to spend the morning with! Quite a few in my group were pushing their limits a bit because there weren't any other pacers between 4:10 and 5:00. I set out to run steady 9:33s from the beginning since I have always heard this is the best and most efficient way to run a marathon. Ive never actually followed that advice for my own races and I didn't want these folks to blow up at the end like I usually do, so I decided this was a good time to do the right thing. After just a few miles my watch was ticking off miles short of the course markings and between that and the rolling hills I was getting worried about keeping an accurate pace to finish at exactly 4:10. I stuck to the plan, give or take a few seconds per mile trying to make up for the difference between my garmin and the mile markers on the course. Most of the group hung in there about 15 miles before they started thinning out. A few of the ladies stuck with me to the end and turned out some big PR's. It feels pretty good that my slowest marathon yet helped someone else achieve their best, and even earned me a couple hugs at the finish line :)

This pic was on the front page of the local newspaper the day after the race.

Distance Split pace
1.00 9:28
2.00 9:34
3.00 9:34
4.00 9:32
5.00 9:32
6.00 9:23
7.00 9:29
8.00 9:29
9.00 9:34
10.00 9:39
11.00 9:26
12.00 9:36
13.00 9:31
14.00 9:29
15.00 9:25
16.00 9:32
17.00 9:31
18.00 9:23
19.00 9:33
20.00 9:27
21.00 9:21
22.00 9:29
23.00 9:34
24.00 9:20
25.00 9:30
26.00 9:25
26.31 9:21
 

Comments(8)
Tue, May 06, 2014
Total Distance
6.16

I was in Spokane for work and had an excellent early morning run around River Front Park.

Brooks Adrenaline GT13 -2 Miles: 6.16
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Wed, May 07, 2014
Total Distance
8.05

Great run across the Narrows Bridge tonight. I'm still buzzing from the all the Marathon excitement. These last few weeks have been such a blessing!

Brooks Adrenaline GT13 -2 Miles: 8.05
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Thu, May 08, 2014
Total Distance
3.54

Another Thursday night with Tacoma Runners at Katie Downs on the waterfront. The course was brutal, and oddly shaped like a shoe on the map.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/495857024

Distance Split pace
1.00 8:19
2.00 6:37
3.00 5:51
3.54 6:17
 

 

Brooks Adrenaline GT13 Miles: 3.54
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Totals
Total Distance
43.97
Brooks Adrenaline GT13 -2 Miles: 14.21Brooks Adrenaline GT13 Miles: 3.54
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