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Location:

Snoqualmie,WA,

Member Since:

Feb 24, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

  • 2011 Boston Marathon -- 2:27 (Top 50)
  • 2011 Steilacoom 20k -- 1:04:57 (1st)
  • 2010 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon -- 2:26 (7th) 
  • 2010 Fall City 10k -- 31:06 (1st)
  • 2009 Indy Mini Marathon -- 1:07:53 (7th)
  • 2009 WWU Invitational -- 10000m (30:58)
  • 2009 UW Indoor Meet -- 5000m (14:49)
  • 2008 Orem Turkey Run -4 miler -- 19:55 (1st)
  • 2008 Seafair Torchlight 8k--25:03 (3rd) 
  • 2008 Time to Fly 5k -- 15:35 (1st)
  • 2008 Newport Marathon -- 2:22:47 (1st)
  • Steilacoom 15M--1:18:30 (1st)
  • 2007 Olympic Trials -- 2:30:41 (91st)
  • 2007 St. George --2:18:55 (3rd)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Feb 23 -- Ft Steilacoom 15M
  • March 23  – Ft. Steilacoom 20k
  • April 15  – Boston Marathon
  • June 8 – Sound to Narrows 12k
  • June 22  – Grandma’s Half Marathon (USATF Champs.)
  • July 7 – Run of the Mill 5k
  • July 27 – Torchlight 8k
  • September – SJJ Half (maybe)
  • October/November – Fall Marathon (maybe)
  • December – Club XC Nationals

Long-Term Running Goals:

 Stay healthy

Personal:

Ran track my junior and senior years in high school and cross country my senior year. Went to BYU but did not run. Served LDS church mission to San Bernardino, CA. Started running again in April 2005. Marathon debut was St. George in 2005.

I coach the Mount Si High School Track Team (distance)

Been married for almost 17 years. My wife, Mara, and I have four kids ages 16, 14, 13 and 11.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks T5 Lifetime Miles: 34.00
Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 250.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
91.950.004.004.50100.45
Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 69.75Brooks ST3 Racer #2 Miles: 19.70
Weight: 143.58
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.250.000.000.0024.25

Snuck in 13+ this morning before my flight to SFO. Looking forward to a nice run this evening along the Embarcadero.

A very enjoyable 11 miles along the Embarcadero. It was dark by the end and it started to rain but it was pretty warm so it actually felt good.

Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 13.25
Weight: 145.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.250.000.000.0012.25

You know you are spoiled when it's raining outside and 48 degrees and you wimp out and get on the treadmill. Well, that lasted about a 1/4 mile and then I couldn't stand it anymore and braved the elements. I was supposed to do a speed/hill workout, but two hours on a plane and nasty weather made me think otherwise. It was hard enough just running easy miles today after enjoying more than a week of gorgeous sunny, rain-free weather last week.

Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 12.25
Weight: 143.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.200.004.000.0015.20

I felt like a postal worker today. Neither sleet, nor rain, nor wind, nor hail, nor snow could keep me from my workout today. All of the above were part of my 15-mile adventure this afternoon in what turned out to be miserable weather.

The workout was a 3M tempo run @ 5:09s followed by a 10-15 minute jog followed by 7x one-minute hills with 2:30 rest between hills. It was a good workout. It had been a while since I did hills. The 2:30 rest was probably overkill.

Brooks ST3 Racer #2 Miles: 13.20Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 142.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Man things felt slow this morning. They weren't really but they felt slow. Woke up this morning at 5 to run but the roads looked slick so I waited until after I dropped my daughter off at school. 31 degrees and snowing for the first half of the run. It was pretty as I ran the backroads of Snoqualmie and North Bend.

Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.750.000.000.0014.75

A stunningly gorgeous afternoon in Seattle. Not a cloud in the sky and 50 degrees. I love the sunshine. Ran from work through Marymoor Park along the Sammamish River trail all the way to Redhook Brewery which is where the Super Jock and Jill half marathon starts and finishes. Lots of people out enjoying the nice weather. One more nice day and then back to the rain.

Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 14.75
Weight: 143.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.500.000.004.5022.00

It was very windy today on the Ridge so I went to Sammamish to the Eastlake HS track. Unfortunately, it wasn't much better there. The workout was 6x1200M slow/fast @ 3:39/3:36 with 2:30 rest. I hit 3:37, 3:37, 3:38, 3:37, 3:37, 3:39. So I hit the times but it was tougher going today than I had hoped. I just didn't have quite the energy I had hoped for.

After the workout I left the track and ran another 13...just enough to break 100 for the first time in months. There's no substantive difference between 96 miles and 100 but 100 just sounds cool.

Brooks ST3 Racer #2 Miles: 6.50Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 15.50
Weight: 144.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
91.950.004.004.50100.45
Brooks Infinity #2 Miles: 69.75Brooks ST3 Racer #2 Miles: 19.70
Weight: 143.58
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