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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
10.250.000.000.0010.25

Today was supposed to be a speed workout but let's just say I would need an ark to get to the track in Snoqualmie. We've had ridiculous amounts of rain over the last 36 hours and combine that with temps in the low 50s and freezing levels above 7,000 feet and you get massive flooding. In fact, it looks like it will be historic flooding.

I set out with the intention of still trying to do the speed workout but it turned out that every road into town was completely closed. It was really eerie. Peoples homes were under water. Cars from the lower ground lined the streets of the higher ground. People were slogging through 2-3 feet of water to get to higher ground. It was sobering. Here I was in shorts out for a run. 

The weather this winter has been unprecedented in it's warmth, its bitter cold, its rain, its snow and now the flooding. I love 600 higher than the lower part of town but I saw first hand today the sobering reality of mother nature...yet again.

Here is a picture of Snoqualmie Falls two weeks ago during the frigid week of Christmas:

Here it is today just two weeks later:

 Snoqualmie Falls -- Today -- Two weeks after the Previous Picture

This last picture is taken from a one-way bridge in Snoqualmie. The road the water is covering is mile 2 of the 5k and 10k I host in August. Crazy.

 

Brooks Infinity Miles: 10.25
Weight: 146.00
Comments
From jtshad on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 08:04:21

Wow, I had heard the flooding was bad but did not realize. Hope you are safe and sound. It is sobering to realize what we take for granted and what basic shelter means to us and to have it taken away like that brings things into perspective.

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 10:32:14

Thanks for posting, Sean! Glad I'm on a hill. (Though just a couple of weeks ago -- weekend before xmas w/ 50-75 mph winds -- I wished I was down lower.) I feel just terrible for the folks downtown.

From Dale on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:33:05

Wow, that pic of the 5K course really makes it real....I remember running on that road! Sobering.

From Lucia on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 16:01:51

Wow that looks terrifying! Thanks for posting this, my thoughts are with you and your neighbors!

From MichelleL on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 17:52:34

Holy cow! And how did you get in 10 miles, 25 times around a block? You better buy a wetsuit if this keeps up.

From Burt on Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 18:58:24

I guess we have global warming to blame.

From Sean Sundwall on Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 12:36:40

After talking to the city, I discovered the 95% of my 10k and 5k courses were completely submerged in water. The only parts that weren't were the two bridges you take to cross the river.

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