| Location: Eugene,OR,USA Member Since: Nov 09, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments:
- 5k PR - 18:48 (7/04/08)
- 8K PR - 33:46 (5/19/07, on trails)
- 10k PR - I have not run a competitive 10K yet.
- 12K PR - 50:10 (8/09/08)
- 15K PR - 1:04:52 (3/22/08)
- Marathon - Have run 1 trail marathon, (Grand Island) 3:55 (July 2007)
- Ultra Marathons -
- Farmdale 33.5 miles, 10/08 - 6:08
- Riddle Run 28 Miles, 01/09 - 5:35 (run in 2-3 inches of snow)
- Devil's Lake 50k, 07/09 - 6:22
- Howl at the Moon 8 hour, 08/09 - 39.98 miles
- North Country Trail Run 50 miles, 09/09 - 9:44
- Farmdale 32 miles, 10/09 - 5:45
- McNotAgain 30 Miles, 10/09 - 5:50
- Red Rock Canyon Half, Las Vegas, 06/12 - 2:15
Short-Term Running Goals: Keep running in the winter - 1st year in Eugene - fun!
Long-Term Running Goals: Keep on Keeping on.. Personal: Moved to Eugene in Autumn, 2012 - Track city USA!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 65.00 | 0.00 | 20.50 | 7.75 | 93.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Arrived in Thailand in late January, woefully out of shape. My jean size was a tight 32. I rented an apartment in Chiang Mai for 3 months, and decided to start running and exercising at the fitness park and Municipal Stadium. Yesterday I got into my jeans for the flight to Bali and the pants were falling down, barely staying on my hips. When I had to remove my belt at the airport security check point I had to hold my pants up with hand - haha - success! I feel amazing now, fit, the fat melting off my gut. I usually run for 45 minutes to an hour, and do 2 hours of strength exercises. As I walked back to the hotel this morning a man on a scooter said hello as I passed and made a motion with his arms, asking if I had been running - I must have looked sweaty and gross, or had that running glow going. I nodded my head and said hello. I few minutes later down the road the same guy stops his scooter next to me and starts talking running - "you have no fat, I try to be that way". I had to laugh at that, he should have seen me 14 weeks ago. Ok, this was just an update because Ben left a message recently. Ben, hope all is well! I don't race anymore, but run all the time. No need to keep track of my mileage, so most likely I won't make many entries here.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Can't believe how lazy I am once it started getting colder. I run 2 miles, stop to do some exercises, then walk home. I think I need a break anyways, since I was kicking butt all year until October. When I returned to the states in June via Vegas I visited Eugene, OR, now I live there! Life is a dream... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I seem to be running in the future here - I accidentally placed Wednesday's run in Thurday's box, so Thursday's run goes into Friday's box - no worries, when I take a day off things will even out :) How much easier it is to run when the sun is out and it is 55 degrees! I learned when in Asia that I love 95 and humid everyday, I can run in that forever - the muscles bake and the bones soften and the skin glistens with sweat. Whole lot better than 5 layers and snot dribbling down my cheeks. Ran 5 miles on the Amazon/rexius trail with the final 7 minutes run at fast speed. If it rains tomorrow I will take a day off. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Lazy, lazy, lazy! Ran 1/2 mile to park and ran a few fast loops on the 400m dirt circle. Did pull ups after each loop. Walked to Albertson's after to get groceries. Lazy lazy lazy! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles on the Amazon/Rexius Trail. A bit of misty rain was falling, and sometimes the sun peaked out. Ran toward a large rainbow at the end of the run - 3 black crows swooped under the rainbow - cawww!! Not too cold, around 50. Did some monkey bar exercises after and then walked to Market of Choice and Sunrise Asian to buy some food. As I reached the exit of Market of Choice a group of people were hesitating because the rain was coming down hard. I put my paper bag full of groceries down and readjusted my grip and an employee nearby asked if I wanted a piece of plastic covering for the bag. I gladly accepted, tipped him a dollar, and happily walked the wet mile home. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran to the park and did a few fast laps around the dirt track, stopping after each loop to do pullups and pushups. Walked to the grocery store after and bought some food. Sunny and moderate - beautiful day! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran the Amazon/Rexius trail at a hard pace. Spencer Butte was impressively dark and moody today. After did monkey bar exercises then stopped at Sunshine to get $2 sushi and rice pockets and coconut water for lunch. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran to the park and did a few hard laps around the 400m dirt loop, doing pullups after each lap. Walked to Albertson's for food after. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Got up at 5:40, meditated for 30 minutes, then went for a run on the Amazon/Rexius Trail as the sun was rising - fog and gray colors everywhere, very beautiful. Did some exercises, bought food at the market, then walked home. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Surprising motivation and energy today. Raining, but it felt refreshing and fun to be sloshing around the Amazon/Rexius trail. Did some exercises then walked to the market. Fun day. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 2.50 |
| Ran to the park and did 6 hard loops on the dirt trail. Starting to get my legs back, but I also gained some weight from eating too much sugar, time to cut that out, blahhh |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles on Amazon/Rexius trail, felt sluggish, I think it is because I am eating too much sugar. Will try to cut out sugar, one day at a time. I will begin recording sugar input here as a way to keep myself in check - goal today, no sweets! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day 2 of no sweets, looks like I am going to make it :) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Energy a little higher, but didn't feel like running. Day 3 of no sweets. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Went to bed kind of late yesterday because I watched a DVD about losers. I knew I was going to get up late because of that, but I woke at dawn, just as the gray clouds were brightening my skylight. Instead of digging deeper into the trenches of my bed, I felt energy flowing through me. I felt like running, and even though I put in a short one yesterday, I could not resist, so not caring if it was raining or cold, I got up, quickly washed and dressed, and was out the door. Weather was calm, about 45 degrees, and I felt it was going to be a good day - high energy, fresh legs, and a good breathing pattern. Ran my usual route on the Amazon/Rexius Trail, but extended it an extra mile, and when I stopped after a hard final two miles I immediately recovered normal breathing as if I had not run at all. So I am thinking cutting sweets out of my diet may be one cause of the high energy. That gives me extra motivation to refrain, but it is odd how just a simple day count that I am doing here is enough to keep me going. Today is day four of no sweets - so far, so good! I am going to test my theory of day counting, and begin keeping track of my meditation days. Goal is to meditate a minimum of 30 minutes each day. I began doing this about 2 weeks ago, so I will estimate this is day 14. No sweets - day 4 Meditation - day 14 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stopped at Safeway today, was tempted to buy some chocolate, but then I remembered my no sweet streak. No Sweets- day 5 Meditation - day 15 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 | 2.00 |
| Another hard 6 loops around the dirt trail at the park. After each loop I did a set of pullups and pushups. Energy was above average, the no sweet streak is helping. No Sweets - day 6 Meditation - day 16 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No Sweets - day 7 Meditation - day 17 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| Woke up with decent energy, when I stepped outdoors to walk to the laundry room noticed it was warmer than usual (mid 50's), so when I finished doing laundry and 40 minutes meditation I went for my normal 5 miler on the Amazon/Rexius Trail. Everything was clicking again, running faster with less effort, so the hard 300m loops I have been doing at the park is beginning to benefit my long distance fitness. Ran the last mile hard, recovered quickly, did some muscle exercises, walked to the market for food, then walked home. Meditation is altering my head, my thoughts are getting into a different space, I am once again changing and growing. After 1 week of no sweets, my body is regulating energy more efficiently. No Sweets - Day 8 Meditation - Day 18 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Got up at 5:00am and went for a walk, stopped at the park to do some exercises. No sweets - Day 9 Meditation - Day 19 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.75 |
| Ran to St Vinneys thrift store, only a short distance, but I'm not training for a race so it felt good enough for the day. Bought a few books - Emerson, Thoreau, two by Salinger, and an old one by Marcus Aurelius. Picked up a pair of gray Converse All Stars for $7.50, good for walking. I love my Brooks Mach XI shoes for hiking and urban walking, but I am on my last pair and they will soon be unwearable. The newer versions don't look so hot. No Sweets - Day 10 Meditation - Day 20 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Another easy, lazy run. Feels good to get out in the cool morning, just don't have motivation to push very hard right now. This is my break period, so remaining at minimum fitness level is the goal for the winter. Bought a pair of Mizuno Kaze 6 Cross Country shoes at RunningWarehouse.com for $25. I have some money in my Paypal account from a few autumn writing gigs, happy that the website accepts Paypal, if I like the shoes I will buy a 2nd pair. Did the same for the Mach XI's, $25 sale price and they are my favorite shoe, too bad they don't make them anymore. Business makes a great shoe, then destroys design after 1 year? No Sweets - Day 11 Meditation, Day 21 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked to Amazon Park to do some exercises. Also walked 3 miles in the evening. No Sweets - Day 12 Meditation - Day 22 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran to the Asian market via Amazon park. No motivation to go any further. No Sweets - Day 13 Meditation - Day 23 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Walked to the park to do exercises. Not much else for the day. Two weeks of no sweets - better energy, lost a pound or two, so hope to keep the streak alive. No Sweets - Day 14 Meditation - Day 24
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.00 | 5.50 |
| Amazon/Rexius trail today in the rain, felt good, strong finish. No Sweets - Day 15 Meditation - Day 25 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Only thing I did today was walk to the library. It snowed here before it did in Chicago, SO NOT RIGHT! :) No Sweets - Day 16 Meditation - Day 26 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 2.00 |
| Ran to the park and did 7 hard loops, with sets of pullups/pushups between loops. No Sweets - Day 17 Meditation - Day 27 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rainy and gray, so stayed in all day. Jammed blues guitar to the original 1960's Fleetwood Mac - sweet! No Sweets - day 18 Meditation - Day 28 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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3 mile run on Amazon/Rexius, had the energy to do 5, but decided on 3. During winter, less is more. No Sweets - Day 19 Meditation - Day 29
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stayed indoors pondering questions of a philosophical nature. Grabbed An American Tragedy by Dreiser off the shelf, before beginning I checked to see what Wickipedia had to say about it. Ended up at the wicki pages of the murder trial the story was based on, which led to an article in the NY Times from 1906 which discussed the case with printed excerpts of the love letters. I can't decide if its better to be steeped in an illusion proven by fact, or remain empty and live from the gut. No Sweets - Day 20 Meditation - Day 30 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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2 easy miles in mist and rain. No Sweets - Day 21 Meditation - Day 31 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| First sun-splashed day in a while. Clouds still in sky, but lots of sunlight streaming into Eugene this afternoon. Walked for a couple of hours, did some exercises. No Sweets - Day 22 Meditation - Day 32 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.50 | 7.50 |
| Woke up with running energy so got out the door as the sky turned from black to gray. Ran the Amazon/Rexius to the Ridgeline Trail and worked my up Spencer Mountain to Fox Hollow Rd. Great run, and as usual I was able to run the final 2 miles on the Rexius at a hard pace. No Sweets - Day 23 Meditation - Day 33 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked to the library, not much else today. Legs a bit sore from yesterday's run, feels good to work them more than usual. No Sweets - Day 24 Meditation - Day 34 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Ran to the library, picked up a couple of DVD's, then ran home. No Sweets - Day 25 Meditation - Day 35 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Walked a couple miles and did exercises. No Sweets - Day 26 Meditation - Day 36 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran to the local track at Jefferson and did a few fast laps. Feel slightly ill today. No Sweets - Day 27 Meditation - Day 37 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Battling a cold today. Surprised myself by going out this evening for a walk and then some exercises. Today I began compiling/editing/designing a book of my travels from 2012. Mostly photos and poems which I will self publish, just a few copies for myself and friends. Hard to believe book publishing is available to anyone with a desire! No Sweets - Day 28 Meditation - Day 38 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Ran to Safeway. Feeling a little better, around 80%, so taking it easy. No Sweets - Day 29 Meditation - Day 39 |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 65.00 | 0.00 | 20.50 | 7.75 | 93.25 |
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