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January 02, 2026

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Location:

Tucson,AZ,United States

Member Since:

Nov 05, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

-5K 21:05 TWS 5K 11/16/2013

-10K 45:57 5/2013

-Half: (split from 2nd half of SGM 2013) 1:39:40

-Marathon (2013 SGM) 3:26:07 Official chip time 3:29:30 (had to take a 0.75 mile detour to get my watch).

-Survived Speedgoat 50K 2013 (Time 9:59:51)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Attempting to complete half ironman triathlon.  I've done a decent amount of running but not much else for a while.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and happy.

Run everyday forever.

Personal:

married with kids trying to inspire the family to be healthy and active daily.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
New Balance 1210 #3 Lifetime Miles: 117.56
Saucony Kinvara 4 Lifetime Miles: 259.66
Vertical Feet 2015 Lifetime Miles: 909.00
Off Road 2015 Lifetime Miles: 7.50
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.001.5010.50

What a beautiful run today. I wanted to get a couple of things done go for a "long run", do some trail running, and get some elevation. This was perfect. I did the run I have done several times up camino del cerro. the first 2.7 miles were on the road which is fairly steep at times. Then there is a trailhead at the top of the road and I took that for another 2.6 miles. The trail was much different than running on the pavement. My time was much slower. It was a lot steeper than I am used to additionally having to deal with moving rock and uneven terrain slowed me down a bunch. It was really fun though. I think I am going to try and do a good amount of off road running coming up.

Here are my splits:

lap time Distance Elev Gain Loss Pace Ave HR
1 08:39.9 1 103 0 08:40 158
2 09:09.1 1 142 0 09:09 162
3 10:14.5 1 229 44 10:14 162
4 12:30.6 1 319 44 12:31 163
5 13:24.2 1 248 33 13:24 154
6 13:07.5 1 230 330 13:07 153
7 10:42.2 1 59 284 10:42 149
8 10:06.4 1 56 246 10:06 148
9 08:14.3 1 0 188 08:14 151
10 08:39.4 1 32 165 08:39 155
11 04:12.0 0.5 0 66 08:24 158
Summary
01:49:00 10.5 1,418 1,400 10:23 156

 

 

 

Vertical Feet 2012 Miles: 1418.00Off Road Miles 2012 Miles: 5.29
Weight: 210.00
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