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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
Race: TWS 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:21:05, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.253.116.36

Did a 5k with the whole family. It was alot of fun and we all did really well. I wanted to break 20 minutes. Unfortunately I have been having some tightness of my hamstrings this week since the tuesday speedwork. It felt really tight at the start but I warmed up and to the end of that I felt better so I decided to go out as fast as I could. I started out with the leading group. I felt pretty good at 6:30 pace over the first mile. I was just behind the leaders. My hamstrings were starting to tighten up after that and despite my lungs feeling great I couldn't push any faster and fell off the 6;30 pace a bit. I stayed pretty steady behind the leaders though. I ended up in 7th place. After I finished I went back around to meat up with the rest of the family. I found the kids first they were able to run pretty much the first 2 miles and were ahead of Juli but then they tired out. I caught back up to themjust after 2 miles and they were walking. we were able to run about 2/3 of the last mile. I took the stroller from Juli and she finished the race really strong. She did great considering she pushed the stroller for the first 2.75 miles. Juli came in 41st((33:41), 5th in her division. Lucy came in 49th (37:24), 4th in her division. Chase finished 50th (37:29), 3rd in his division.

Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.26
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tracy on Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:56:35 from 108.86.85.125

You posted before me this morning, so I checked out your blog! Congrats on a great race! Nice PR. Hope the tightness dissipates soon, and you don't have to make a trip to the doc.

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