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Ragnar Relay Las Vegas

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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:

??

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
Shopping Cart Lifetime Miles: 9.60
Total Distance
38.40
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 38.40
Total Distance
3.80

3.8 with Karina. I found an abandoned shopping cart in the park and pushed it back to the store on the way home. No, Karina wouldn't get in :(

Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 3.80
Comments(4)
Race: Ragnar Relay Las Vegas (34.6 Miles) 04:31:48, Place overall: 103, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
34.60

Ragnar Vegas was great. We started this running adventure a little early on Wednesday with the best host/tour-guides in Herriman. Scott and Kelli are awesome! We met them in UT and spent the day sight seeing and learning about the local history. Thurday morning we all piled in the suburban with Jose and Alex and drove through Kolob Canyons to Mesquite, NV, where we met up with Conrad to complete the team."2 beefy 2 run and 5 friends" Conrad is the Beef! He's nearly twice my size and at least twice as tough.

3:30am wakeup to hit the road by 4:30 and we almost made our 7:30 start from the LV Ski Resort. It was freezing up there, but they had a nice warm room set up where we watched the new safety video with the 8:00am group. The video was actually pretty good and most of us paid attention :)

I was first up and had a very cold, fast, downhill 11.8 miles. I averaged 6:42 and spent most of the leg talking to Patrick(team Chemo-kazi) about a relay race he started recently in Ireland. http://www.sionnachrelay.com/about/

6:00pm Stuff just got real! My second run (legs13/14)was12.8 miles with the first 7 steady, steep, uphill, followed by some rolling hills. This leg might have killed me in the heat. I'm thankful that it was after dark and pretty cool out. Smokin' 8:22 avg. on that one.

4:00am 10 miles on horse trails in the hills above the city. This was my favorite leg of the race. It was still dark except for the lights from the city in the distance. The course was hilly and so peaceful it reminded me of why I like running so much. The time alone on my feet with nothing but my thoughts is totally precious to me. Strangely, mixing that up by spending quality time in a van with my favorite people makes it even better. 8:32 avg.

The race finished in the pool area at the Red Rock Hotel Casino at about 2:30pm for us, and Conrad was nice enough to slow down so the rest of his gimpy team could cross the line together with him.

After the race we celebrated with pizza and a rollercoaster ride at NYNY on the strip.

Kym and I are chillin' here until Wednesday with nothing else on the schedule except the Blue Man Group at Monte Carlo.

No kids, and no pets to worry about at home. Yep, I'm diggin' this empty nest thing : )

Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 34.60
Comments(5)
Total Distance
38.40
Brooks Adrenaline GT13-3 Miles: 38.40
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