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Tunnel Marathon Pacer

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Lakewood,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k
    Resolution Run 5k:
    1/1/09 20:46 (6:42)
    1/1/10 19:33 (6:18)
    1/1/11 19:23 (6:15)
    1/1/12 19:33 (6:18)
    FSRC Turkey Trot:
    11/20/11 18:50 (6:04)
  • 10k
    Resolution Run 10k:
    1/24/09 42:40 (6:53)
    1/23/10 40:48 (6:35)
    1/22/11 39:40 (6:24)
  • 15k
    Resolution Run 15k:
    2/21/09 1:05:59 (7:06)
    2/20/10 1:04:15 (6:55)
    2/26/11 1:03:46 (6:51)
    2/25/12 1:02:26 (6:42)
  • 20k
    Resolution Run 20k:
    3/21/09 1:27:16 (7:01)
    3/20/10 1:26:46 (6:59)
    3/26/11 1:24:37 (6:49)
    3/24/12 1:25:27 (6:52)
  • 1/2 Marathon
    Grand Columbian 1/2 Iron Relay
    2007 1:58:29 (8:59)
    2010 1:39:07 (7:34)
  • Marathon
    2005 Portland: 3:52:21 (8:52)
    2007 Tacoma: 3:47:17 (8:40)
    2010 Eugene: 3:16:21 (7:30)
    2011 Boston: 3:25:28 (7:51)
    2011 Tunnel: 3:06:30 (7:07)
    2012 Boston: 3:53:56 (8:56)
    2012 Big Sur: 3:23:06 (7:45)
    2013 Tacoma: 3:41:25 (8:27)
    2013 Tunnel Lite: 3:07:33 (7:09)
    2014 Boston: 3:40:35 (8:20)
  • Ultra Marathon
    2013 Defiance 50k: 4:49:12 (9:18)
    2013 Steilacoom 50k: 4:44:06 (9:09)
    2014 R2R 51.9mi: 9:51:40 (11:24)

Short-Term Running Goals:

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Upcoming races: Just pacing and volunteering this year. PRs coming in 2016?

St Paddy's Day 1/2 1:50 Pacer 3/12/16

Whidbey Island 1/2 1:45 Pacer 4/?/16

Tacoma City Marathon 3:55 Pacer 5/1/16

 

Personal:

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Heb 12:11

 

Favorite Quotes:

"Go out and preach the Gospel, and if you have to, use words."  - St. Francis of Assisi

"Life is short; running makes it seem longer." - Baron Hansen

"If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand." HD?

"Rule #1. Cardio - Zombies lead a very active lifestyle, so should you." - Columbus (Zombieland)

"A one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all." - Strongbad

"Running without hills is like motorcycling without corners" -me

 

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Puke and pass

My epic Beatles for Burt blogpost

Vodka at an aid station?

 

Hot tips for winter running:

Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.

LittleHotties
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Hold down the reset/lap button and the mode button together to get your 205/305/310xt to restart if it won't turn on or if it freezes up.

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Race: Tunnel Marathon Pacer (26.219 Miles) 03:55:41
Total Distance
26.63

3:50:00 Pacer My first pacer fail. Months of training, planning, and prior experience on the course is no guarantee of success. A lot of things can go wrong in 26 miles and today I fell apart on the home stretch. My day started at about 3:00am with a chilly motorcycle ride to North Bend to catch the 5:20 shuttle to the start area. When I got there about 5:45, I jumped right in helping with bib pickup and worked until the start at 7:30. I had another great group of runners with me including Georgia from TCM back in May. She PR'd by 20 minutes and nearly qualified for Boston at that race and was running with me again today for another BQ attempt. A few people in the group were pretty talkative and the miles went by quickly. We were right on pace all the way through mile 25 and I felt great aside from being a little hungry. My BQ runner fell back during ths mile, but we were close enough that I knew she would still make it. I fell off pace a little duriing mile 26, then completely fell apart for the last bit. I got dizzy and started swerving all over the trail and had to walk/stagger to the finish. I have never felt that bad during a race, one minute I was fine, then BAM! I was a mess. If a medic had seen me, I'm sure I would have been pulled off the course. I recovered pretty fast after getting some food in the finish area, so considering I missed breakfast and ran this one on empty, I'm guessing it was just a poor fueling issue. I'm happy that I didn't blow up earlier in the race. So... Train, plan, practice, pray,... But don't forget to eat your Wheaties! The good news is that Georgia did hang in there for the BQ this time.

Distance Split pace
1.00 8:50
2.00 8:50
3.00 8:49
4.00 8:43
5.00 8:46
6.00 8:37
7.00 8:42
8.00 8:43
9.00 8:40
10.00 8:39
11.00 8:44
12.00 8:48
13.00 8:42
14.00 8:46
15.00 8:33
16.00 8:34
17.00 8:32
18.00 8:33
19.00 8:44
20.00 8:34
21.00 8:37
22.00 8:43
23.00 8:40
24.00 8:46
25.00 8:48
26.00 9:01
26.63 15:12
 

Comments
From Tom K on Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 20:59:42 from 174.58.54.215

Glad you are well, Trap. That had to feel awful, so close to the finish. Congrats to Georgia on the BQ. I hope to see you at this one next year.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 21:07:27 from 75.165.104.133

I'm planning to be there pacing in June and September next year. I have a spare room if you need a place to stay.

From Burt on Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 23:57:42 from 184.101.107.248

Perhaps all the work you did prior to running took its toll. Nice job, though. Woulda loved to have seen some video of you swerving like a whirling dervish.

From Tom Slick on Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 09:01:17 from 168.179.158.193

"Stuff Happens". Good on you for doing your pacing duties, and doing them so well. It's gratifying to help fellow runners to reach their running goals!

Sorry to hear you ran out of gas that close to the finish line...kind of a Rookie mistake for a seasoned runner such as yourself, isn't it! I'll bet you won't do that again.

Tunnel Lite Marathon 3:50 Pacer 9/13/15 next on your running schedule?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 21:22:58 from 174.21.6.242

Thanks Tom. "Stuff" happens indeed. It really sucks when you know you brought it on yourself though :)

The Tunnel Lite will be my next full and I get to warm up with a 1/2 the day before.

From DLTheo on Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 12:33:16 from 155.130.107.101

RT, great to see you doing a lot of pacing work! I really need to get back into shape and figure out how to become a maniac pacer, too.

If you're going to bomb while pacing, doing it at the end is the time to do it. At least you didn't lead everybody astray!

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