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Washington High School Alumni 5K

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Puyallup,WA,USA

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

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I've been running since I was a 7th grader in 1988. At Washington High School (Parkland, WA), I ran on the cross country team and did the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m in track and field.

In college, a hamstring injury and IT band pain ended my college competitive racing almost before it began. With the help of my cousin, Preston, who was in Physical Therapy School, my injuries healed and I began running again.

In the 2000's my goals shifted to attaining a BQ. After making nearly every mistake possible in the marathon, I finally BQ'd and then ran Boston in 2010.

Personal Records:

1600m: 4:31 (1992)

Marathon: 3:09:41 (2012)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get my body weight below 180 lbs

Race a sub-40 10k

Consistently run 40+ miles/week

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon PR

Race a sub 5 minute mile... one more time! (Last time I did it was when I was a teenager.)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Ghost 6 Lifetime Miles:						4.68

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

Race: Washington High School Alumni 5K (3.11 Miles) 00:18:59, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.14	0.00	0.00	3.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.31

Washington High School Alumni 5K

warmup: 2.18 mi, 17:46 (8:09/mi)

race: 5 km, 18:59 (6:07/mi)

cooldown: 0.96 mi, 7:31 (7:48/mi)

Same course as the Parkland Pace or Race 5K from 2 weeks ago, but on a hot evening. I wasn't expecting to do anything close to 18:45. This time I was only 14 seconds slower, but on a 80 degree day!

This is the only race where I hope to place poorly. Ideally, I'd like to see 7 high schoolers dominate the race. Unfortunately, only one student ran a sub-18 (I think), and I almost caught the 2nd place runner. Right on my heels was another alumnus, Fred, of the Class of '75. I hope I'm still running strong when I'm his age! He led me the whole way, it was only my kick that overtook him about 200 meters from the finish.

The team has a good-sized turnout this year. The coach said he lost 2 of his best runners due to their poor decisions and work-ethic. I see a lot of potential though and it's still early in the season. One of the kids asked if Fred and I could re-join the team! :)

Rob came to the race and brought his whole family of cheerleaders with him. I'm looking forward to future training runs, just like the old days!

Garmin data:

mile 1: 6:07

mile 2: 6:09

mile 3: 5:55

last 0.17 mile: 0:49 (4:48/mi)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From DLTheo on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 12:52:56 from 76.28.161.119

Dang, sorry to miss seeing Rob and his family. If my last year self were there this year, sounds like the alumni team would've given the WHS team a run for their money.

That's too bad about their top guys. Sounds like similar struggles we used to have when you were running, with the other two top guys Ryan and Chris. I don't think they ever got bumped, though.

From I Just Run on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 08:31:01 from 67.79.11.242

Impressive run...aparrently you're just naturally fast! :-)

From DLTheo on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 09:06:31 from 76.28.161.119

As a former assistant coach of Carl, I'd say Carl definitely has some natural speed, but he is also one tough beast!

From Carl on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 00:23:42 from 216.161.242.10

Thanks for the compliments guys!

At high school, I never thought I had much talent. I felt like I had to work really hard to do well in races. It was frustrating to see some of my teammates start a season without any off-season running (I ran year-round) and beat me in most races.

Since school, I've realized that I'm blessed with some talent... not as much as my speedy classmates... or Ryan Hall, Meb, or Ritz... but more than the average guy.

I kindof felt bad passing Fred. He was the better racer of the two of us. I just have more raw speed because I'm 18 years younger than him. I was trying to catch the #2 runner, or at least make him earn his place!

From DLTheo on Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 09:02:34 from 76.28.161.119

If Fred is who I think it is, don't feel too bad. He ran under 18 last year to take second. He must just be having an off season right now.

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