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Location:

Puyallup,WA,USA

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

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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Ghost 6 Lifetime Miles: 4.68
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.890.000.000.000.000.000.0012.89
ASICS Nimbus 13 Miles: 12.89
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Big ZERO for the day.

Yesterday, my wife, kids, and in-laws drove to Pt. Townsend for a fun-filled day at Ft. Worden State Park. We had a lot of fun exploring the old bunkers, eating ice cream in town and just sitting in the sun.

In late afternoon, we got a phone call from my sister-in-law. My niece, Shiloh, fell off a swing, hit her head, and went uncontious. She was air-lifted to Harborview Medical Center! We all got in the van and drove to Seattle, with a quick shortstop at home to drop off the kids with my mom and sister. That was a very unsettling drive. It seemed to me that there was a very good chance that Shiloh would not make it.

Fortunately, Shiloh was still alive. From what I heard from family and the doctors, I was encouraged that she would recover, but might not come out unscathed.

To top it all off, I came down with a cold. Symptoms kicked in on the long drive to Seattle and have worsened.

Emotional stress, lack of sleep, sick, injured hamstring... It would be stupid to run right now. 

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Still sick. We went to Seattle today. Shiloh is better.  Prayers are being heard and answered!

I am not better. Still sick. I'm sure it'll run it's 7-10 day cycle like most colds do. No running today, but the hamstring feels like it's improving. I've been rolling it. 

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My cold is significantly better. Last night, I decided to run this morning. I slept in instead... probably needed it.

I'll run tomorrow for sure.

Shiloh is improving. They moved her out of ICU and are planning to transfer her to Children's Hospital for rehab next week. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.240.000.000.000.000.000.006.24

51:00 (8:11/mi) 

Ran on the Foothills trail. From my office to the old train tressle, across the Carbon River, and back.

No pain in the hamstring! It felt a little "weak" towards the end of the run. 

ASICS Nimbus 13 Miles: 6.24
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.650.000.000.000.000.000.006.65

1:01:17 (9:13/mi)

Today, I did a nice moderate-to-steep hilly run in Puyallup. I wanted to go further, but the hamstring was acting up again. It's just a persistent soreness. Unfortunately, the soreness increased in the last 1.5 miles of the run. Need to roll that baby on the foam roller more!

ASICS Nimbus 13 Miles: 6.65
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