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WA,

Member Since:

Feb 10, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

I was an 800/1500 runner in high school and college, with PRs of 1:55 and 4:08. I've run as fast as 16:15 for 5k and 1:20 for a half, but my bests in recent years are 17:07 5k (Dec. '11), 37:40 10k (Jan. '12), 1:23:49 half (Sept. '08), 2:53:12 marathon (September '10), and 4:45:06 50k (March '10).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Late 2015/2016 races: 

— Seattle Soltice 10k (Dec. 19)

— Nookachamps half marathon (Jan. 16)

— Toyko Marathon (Feb. 28) 

Personal:

I'm an editor at a newspaper in Bremerton, Washington and head coach of the Bremerton Jaguars youth track and field team.

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Race: Bangor Turkey Trot 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:19:04, Place overall: 11, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
5.00

The annual Turkey Trot at the Bangor Naval Base was today, and the weather was crappy, which is also a tradition. Actually, the rain held off until almost all runners were finished, so I shouldn't complain. It was a good crowd out there, our club had about eight runners and there were some other friends in the running community to see.

As always there was a crew of high school cross country runners just off a season of running 5ks out front, and I let that lead pack go. No studs, but the kids are ready for that distance. I ran a good first mile, but that's helped by two short downhill portions. 5:46. I was a little lazy on the second mile, Henry from the Slugs caught me and we ran together. We were a little lackadasical, giving high fives on the return looped portion. Oh well, had to have fun. 6:20 for the second. The third mile we could see the string of runners in the top ten, there's a long straight stretch. We picked up the pace after the second to last hill and surged to catch one guy. I separated from Henry was within striking distance of another, but the last hill is always nasty and I could quite take him. So I followed two high school kids for the lap on the track to the finish, couldn't quite stretch it out, which happened last year as well. The finishing speed isn't there in November (if ever).

Just north of 19 minutes, and I really wanted to go under. But it was a good race, reminded me how different the pacing and thinking is for that distance, and then....

I WON A TURKEY IN THE RAFFLE. 

So it turned into a great race. Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

supernova glide -- 72

Comments
From Paul on Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 19:02:45 from 174.27.196.20

Ah, a perfect race. Winning the turkey lottery is one of the best things that can happen to a person.

From Dale on Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 00:17:40 from 69.10.215.11

Can't beat free food! Nice race.

From David Nelson on Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 02:14:48 from 24.22.231.57

Thanks guys.

Dale, good luck in Seattle this coming weekend. If the weather's decent I'll be out on the course looking for you.

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