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Bloomsday 12k

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Location:

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

 

Favorite Blog Posts:

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
Are you cheap like me? Put those little hotties in a ziplock bag and use them again tomorrow!

Kickstart your dead Garmin
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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Total Distance
69.00
Asics 2130 Miles: 61.54
Race: Bloomsday 12k (7.46 Miles) 01:17:46, Place overall: 9800, Place in age division: 536
Total Distance
7.46

9:30am

I ran the Bloomsday race with my daughter today. It's an annual event in Spokane, WA that draws about 50,000 runners/walkers every year. Karina had never ran that far before, but since she's graduating from Whitworth College in a couple weeks and moving back home she really wanted to run it this year. I am so proud of her! She only trained for about 2 months and was able to run the whole thing without walking! We ran it together along with her friend Sara at about a 10 minute pace and I took lots of pictures of them and all the other interesting things going on during the race. I'll post some of those pics later...

Pace 10:25


At the start about half way back. People are still lining up behind us.


Sara on the left, Karina on the right about 20 minutes after the gun.


It's tradition to throw your extra layers in the trees at the start. They are collected for the homeless shelter after the race.


Me and Karina still waiting to get to the start after the gun...


Cool Army band playing some Tom Petty. "Runnin' Down a Dream"


One mile and still smiling.


Some inspirational accordion music.


Water station at the 2 mile mark. Look how crowded it still is up the road...


The coolest jogging suit ever.


The bucket band banging out some cool beats.


High 5'n the cool mascott dude.


Funky white boy.


Approaching "Doomsday Hill" in the background.


Half way up and still smiling...


Still going...


Doomsday buzzard at the top of the hill.


Yay! We made it to the top!


Sweet "swing bike" I haven't seen one of those for 30 years. I always wanted one when I was a kid.


Karina and the Nalley pickle dude.


Superhero father and son. I don't know them, I just thought they were cool.


I bet that was fun to run in.


At the finish area.


Me and my girl :)

 

 

 

Comments(12)
Total Distance
10.05

4:30am

I took it easy for the first 8 miles and finished fast with the last 2 at 7:08 and 6:37.

Pace 7:35

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:33
2.00 7:13
3.00 7:47
4.00 8:00
5.00 8:01
6.00 7:53
7.00 7:45
8.00 7:56
9.00 7:08
10.00 6:37
10.04 6:16

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.05
Comments(4)
Total Distance
10.05

5:00am

Windy and rainy.

Pace 7:33

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:32
2.00 7:09
3.00 7:30
4.00 7:26
5.00 7:47
6.00 7:45
7.00 7:53
8.00 8:15
9.00 7:23
10.00 6:54
10.05 6:54
 

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.05
Comments(1)
Total Distance
0.00

4:30am

I didn't run yet today. I had to take my best friend to the airport before work, he's going back to Iraq for 6 more months. We had a great time while he was home! Maybe I'll get that 10 miler in after work. I finally posted some pictures of Sunday's race:

http://rattletrap.fastrunningblog.com/blog-05-03-2009.html

 

Add Comment
Total Distance
10.03

5:00am

I couldn't convince myself to run yesterday after work. I just went to bed early and figured I would be well rested and ready to run today. I hit the snooze button 4 or 5 times this morning and barely made it out the door by 5:00am. I felt like a slug the whole way, I should have been much faster after a day off. I really need to get back on track with my schedule. Only 7 more weeks until race day.

Pace 7:40

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:31
2.00 7:08
3.00 7:38
4.00 7:48
5.00 8:04
6.00 7:57
7.00 7:58
8.00 8:05
9.00 7:22
10.00 7:10
10.03 6:53

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.03
Add Comment
Total Distance
21.04

7:30am

My goal today was to run 21 miles and go at least a little bit faster than my goal marathon pace for as long as I could stand it. As soon as I slipped behind 7:38 for a mile I would slow down to a comfortable recovery pace and finish the course without looking at my watch until the end. The hill on mile 19 was the killer. The rest of the course was relatively flat except for a few rolling hills. Once I slowed down after that big hill I felt like I was recovering ok in just a mile or so. I'm sure I could have done another 5 miles at MP with some live music and cheerleaders on the course :) Only 7 more weeks until the Seattle Rock and Roll!

Pace 7:22

Distance Split pace
1.00 7:11 - both my shins were killing me
2.00 7:06
3.00 7:12
4.00 7:16 - shins finally quit hurting
5.00 7:28
6.00 7:34 - spacing out thinking about work, I guess this might be my default pace now :)
7.00 7:02 - back on track
8.00 7:19
9.00 7:10
10.00 7:12
11.00 7:06
12.00 7:14
13.00 7:10
14.00 7:10
15.00 7:29 - starting to feel it
16.00 7:28
17.00 7:35
18.00 7:36 - still hanging in there
19.00 7:49 - big hill
20.00 7:46
21.00 7:43 - recovering from the hill, but really thirsty. glad it's over. 
21.04 8:05 - almost forgot to hit the stop button.

Asics 2130 Miles: 21.04
Comments(8)
Total Distance
10.37

5:30am

Ran with Preston this morning. We started out slow and progressively got faster with nice 5k pace mile at the end.

Pace 7:30

Distance Split pace
1.00 8:14
2.00 7:58
3.00 7:39
4.00 7:38
5.00 7:29
6.00 7:31
7.00 7:26
8.00 7:27
9.00 7:35
10.00 6:36
10.37 6:03

Asics 2130 Miles: 10.37
Comments(1)
Total Distance
69.00
Asics 2130 Miles: 61.54
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