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March 28, 2024

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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
8.000.007.000.0015.00

Didn't feel like running early this morning despite knowing today was going to be hot in the afternoon. It was.

Started my run at 5:30 when it was 85 degrees. Not very smart but I did take a couple of bottles of water with me. Just for fun I weighed myself before just to see how much weight I would lose in the process.

The workout was 6M@5:40 + 1M@5:15 or so. My coach told me that it would sound and even feel easy but that I was still recovering from Saturday's race and by the end of the workout, i would be feeling it.

So I did the workout along RR Days 5k route, doing two laps of it plus adding a mile at the end. Miles 1 and 2 were in 5:30. Oops. I really tried to slow down but was ineffective in doing so. I felt great I just knew with the heat I would probably regret it. Mile 3...5:32. Mile 4 5:30. Mile 5 I really made an effort to slow it down. The result: 5:28. OK, so I'm a sucky pacer at 5:40. Mile 6 was different. I was starting to feel the effects of the heat and landed at 5:40...right where I was supposed to be. So the last mile was exhausting. Ended up witha 5:20. It was pretty much all I had left.

The jog home was humbling. I was very dehydrated despite drinking 34 ounces of water during the span of the 11 miles to that point.

When I got home, I weighed myself...I had lost 5.5 not including the pound of water I consumed during the run. So in 90 minutes or so of running, I lost 6.5 pounds, almost all of it water. That's a gallon jug of water lost. Yikes.

Brooks ST4 (Yellow) Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
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