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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
2.020.002.02

Did only a couple of miles running before biking to work this morning.

The bike ride was harder then the last time. Tucson has a weird phenomenon in the morning the widn blows down the santa cruz river from the south then switchs to blow up the river from the north in the afternoon. This would be great if I was riding the exact opposite route. Unfortunately it gave me a head wind into work as well as coming home. I also had to wear bad shoes because of lack of space in my bag. Comsequently I was 2mph slower overall and 11 min slower getting to work and 5 minutes slower getting home (despite it being ~2miles less). 

Vertical Feet 2013 Miles: 30.00Kinvara 3 Miles: 2.022013 Biking Miles Miles: 35.70
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From TheMr.K on Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:35:50 from 50.73.35.90

I guess the upside to that is that the workout was real, right? not much chance to sit back and coast

From trickydick on Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 14:49:03 from 174.235.194.56

Definitely working the whole way

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