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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Lifetime Miles: 964.63
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles: 9.60
Total Distance
58.16
Asics 2130 Miles: 30.11Asics 2130blk Miles: 28.05
Total Distance
10.04

6:30am I ran 5 miles out and then back on the longest, straightest, flatest road I've ever seen. No shade and LOTS of road-kill! Birds, rabbits, coyotes...no runners :)

Pace 7:22

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:52
2.00    7:22
3.00    7:15
4.00    7:25
5.00    7:25
6.00    7:13
7.00    7:21
8.00    7:16
9.00    7:16
10.00    7:14
10.04    6:56
 

 

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.04
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.03

6:30am Same flat route as yesterday. It was a lot harder today. The first mile was almost 8 minutes and I had to work at shaving a few seconds off each mile after that.

Pace 7:30

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:54
2.00    7:43
3.00    7:43
4.00    7:37
5.00    7:39
6.00    7:27
7.00    7:24
8.00    7:17
9.00    7:14
10.00    7:06
10.03    7:34
 

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.03
Comments(10)
Total Distance
10.04

4:30am

I think I got spoiled on all the flat miles in Toppenish. The hills kicked my butt today!

Pace 7:34

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:27
2.00    7:16
3.00    7:44
4.00    7:50
5.00    8:08
6.00    7:55
7.00    7:40
8.00    7:46
9.00    7:21
10.00    6:40
10.04    6:41

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.04
Comments(2)
Total Distance
18.00

7:00am

Tough run today! I felt really good when I started, so good that I actually had to focus on slowing my pace a little after the first mile. After mile 13 I stopped to get a drink and couldn't find my pace again after that. I was just feeling weak and out of breath for the next five miles. It was all I could do to keep running at any pace. I really wanted to walk and there was a pretty intense mental battle going on over that, but walkers don't go to Boston so I just gutted it out because I am going. I hope it was just the heat today(65°) and and maybe that I wasn't hydrated well enough when I started. I'm used to running in the 40's and 50's and I was wearing sweatpants instead of shorts. I was sweating a lot more than usual and probably should have had more water stops to keep hydrated. I guess if I'm going to have a bad day, now is the time to do it. I couldn't imagine feeling like that on race day, 8 more miles might have killed me.

Pace 7:37

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:05
2.00    7:32
3.00    7:24
4.00    7:16
5.00    7:32
6.00    7:27
7.00    7:38
8.00    7:39
9.00    7:31
10.00    7:29
11.00    7:26
12.00    7:30
13.00    7:30
14.00    7:51
15.00    8:01
16.00    8:11
17.00    8:11
18.00    7:43

Asics 2130blk Miles: 18.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.05

9:00am

Another warm day, 67° and not much breeze. I ran better today, but it was not all fun and games. In mile 3, stupid inattentive Volkswagon guy almost ran me down in the crosswalk by Sunnyside Beach only to stop a few yards later before he could turn left into the beach parking lot. The nice drivers going the other way stopped for me and had the driveway blocked and as they got moving, stupid inattentive Volkswagon guy whipped into the parking lot right in front of me and almost hit me a second time! He was so close that I smacked his trunk lid as I yelled at him to pay attention. He probably didn't even hear me over his i-pod. That got the adrenaline flowing pretty good for a few miles and I thought I was doing very well until mile 8 where stoner kid with the giant pot leaf on his t-shirt asked me if I was having a nice jog. Jog!? How annoying! Then at mile 9, saggy pants kid doing skateboard tricks at the bus stop says "hey dude, do you got a cigarette?". What is the deal? Do I not look like a runner? Then to add some injury to my insults, I twisted my ankle in mile 10. I started to kick and about 1/4 mile into it I slipped in some gravel and rolled my foot almost all the way sideways. I managed to keep on my feet and run it off, but it slowed me down and it hurt bad enough that the last 5 months of training sort of flashed before my eyes. Other than the giant new blister on the end of my toe, I think I have fully recovered from all this trauma and I'm already looking forward to tomorrow's run :)

Pace 7:20

Distance    Split pace
1.00    7:15
2.00    6:48
3.00    7:21
4.00    7:40
5.00    7:48
6.00    7:29
7.00    7:25
8.00    7:27
9.00    7:10
10.00    6:57
10.05    6:33

Asics 2130blk Miles: 10.05
Comments(4)
Total Distance
58.16
Asics 2130 Miles: 30.11Asics 2130blk Miles: 28.05
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