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Tacoma Runners 5k

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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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Total Distance
45.30
Asics 2160 Miles: 45.30
Total Distance
3.50

Tri group. 10 miles on the bike, 5 easy and 5 fast(20+ mph). 3.5 miles easy run @10:20. My legs are toast after 30 hilly miles on the bike and "swimming" yesterday. Looking forward to some more time in the pool today.

Asics 2160 Miles: 3.50
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Total Distance
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I graduated from the kiddie pool today. With some encouragement from the group, I got in the lap pool at the Y and made it all the way across. I had to rest at the other side each time, but I managed to swim about 300 yards all together. I need to go about twice that far without stopping to complete the first leg of a sprint tri in August...

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Total Distance
10.40

5:00am Shopping cart shuffle.

5 miles out and back on Farwest and Butte hills @7:47. The last mile pushing an abandoned shopping cart back to the store from the park.

Asics 2160 Miles: 10.40
Comments(2)
Total Distance
10.20

5:00am

10 easy miles @8:00, no shopping carts, but I did hurdle a dead cat at mile 6.

My left achilles was really tight for the first mile.

My pool is broken so I can't swim unless I drive to the Y now :( I watched some youtube videos on how to tread water and practiced eggbeaters sitting on the edge of my table yesterday. Does that count as training?

Asics 2160 Miles: 10.20
Comments(1)
Total Distance
13.10

First "long" run in a while. 7:28 avg.

Practiced eggbeaters sitting on the edge of the pool for a while after my run. The heater is still broken and it's way too cold to get in all the way.

Asics 2160 Miles: 13.10
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Race: Tacoma Runners 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:20:39, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.10

6:30am 13 mile bike ride to Point Defiance Park  for the race.

8:00am 3.1 miles @6:34. I just ran a solid effort and never looked at my watch. I didn't expect to break 22 after the hard run yesterday and the bike ride today.

9:00am 13 miles home on the bike. Legs are like Jello now.

10.00am 5 miles around Oakbrook with John @7:27. The last mile was tough @6:54.

Asics 2160 Miles: 8.10
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Total Distance
45.30
Asics 2160 Miles: 45.30
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