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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
86.100.007.000.0093.10
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Mon, Aug 11, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.500.000.000.0019.50

12M in the AM. 7.5 more this evening in glorious weather. Just found out I have to fly to London on Wednesday and then Germany over the weekend. It will be fun to run in Hyde Park.  

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Tue, Aug 12, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

13 miles around the community in a sunny but crisp 51 degrees. Hoping for another 6 or so tonight.

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Wed, Aug 13, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy 10 but it didn't feel all that easy. Very late night last night and woke up with no energy. This is shaping up to be a sub 100-mile week with my travel. Oh well. Looking forward to my 12 hour flight to London this afternoon. :-)

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Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

Landed in London at around 10:30 and was at my hotel by 11:30. The only problem was my room wasn't ready. So, despite being completely exhausted, I changed into my running clothes, left my bags with the bellman and headed for Hyde Park. It was gorgeous weather. Mostly sunny and low 70s with a nice breeze. Reminded me of a summer day in Seattle. I did three laps around Hyde Park plus a few wiggles to get the full 15 miles. Unfortunately, I went the whole run without water. I couldn't find a drinking fountain anywhere in Hyde Park. Lesson learned. I have a water bottle for tomorrow's run.

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Fri, Aug 15, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.000.000.000.0018.00

11 miles around Hyde Park this morning. Let me just say that Hyde Park has nothing on Central Park. Central Park is way better. CP has way more restrooms, and drinking fountains. Plus it's bigger with way more options for mixing things up. It was quite crisp this morning. 47 degrees under cloudless skies. Shooting for 6-8 more tonight. O have to earn my English Fish and Chips dinner.

7 more this evening.

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Sat, Aug 16, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.600.007.000.0017.60

Finally a good night's sleep. I managed 10 hours and didn't wake up until 10:30am local time. That made all the difference for my workout/long run combo today in Hyde Park. I did a Fartlek which I don't do often. Usually, it's something I do when traveling and a track isn't avaialable. I did a 2x(2:1), 2x(3:1), 2x(4:2), 2x(3:1), 2x(2:1). I hovered right around 5:00/pace. The outs were with the wind and the ins were against it...quite gusty at times.

A strong finish to a week laden with travel and little rest. Still managed getting mileage into the 90s.

Hood to Coast is next week. Go team Brooks.

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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
86.100.007.000.0093.10
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