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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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Total Distance
24.50
Race: Lilac Bloomsday 12k (7.46 Miles) 00:46:22, Place overall: 168, Place in age division: 8
Total Distance
9.50

After a 5 hour drive from Seattle Saturday afternoon, my little groin injury had completely stiffened up, and sleeping on Donnie's floor for a night didn't help much. I was in some pain during our warm up on a Spokane side street, and wasn't really sure how things would go. Add in the warmest starting time temperature in a decade and forecast finish time around 80, I knew it would be a tougher race than usual. 

I decided to take it out at a good pace and see how my leg felt, rather than fold early. Surprisingly, once I got going my leg didn't give me much pain. I jumped on a grassy median to move around the crowd, missed the first mile marker (as I almost always do), zoomed down the first hill and hit the two-mile marker in 11:33.

Mile three levels out and I tried to back off a bit, and hit 6:19. But then I started to fade, and by mile 4 (6:17) I knew I didn't quite have it this time, probably had started to quickly and by then we were exposed in the sun. A 6:38 up Doomsday meant I wasn't going to PR, and I admittedly packed it in a bit and just cruised the last 2.5 at 6:34, 6:22 and 2:36. 

The only consolation is that all times seemed slow this year, which was clearly the result of the heat. We just aren't used to it this early! On the cool down with Mike my groin pain began again, it was screaming at me after I had sat down for 15 minutes. So I've been a little ginger since then, trying to slowly take care of it. 

 

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Total Distance
5.00

Ran with four of my boys on the Jaguars on a warm afternoon. 1.5 easy, then 6x100m sprints on a slight hill w/ easy jog between, then another 1 or so back to the track. After practice finished I did another two or so on my own slowly on the track. 36:37

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Total Distance
4.50

Illahee Preserve, had the place all to myself. 35:10

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Total Distance
5.50

Met Mike at Evergreen, crossed the bridge, to Lions and back through Manette and downtown. 40:05

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Total Distance
24.50
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