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Ft. Steilacoom Turkey Trot

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Location:

Tacoma,WA,

Member Since:

Jul 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon Maniac #5549

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"You're only as good as your next race!" - Coach Mark Smith

"A nomadic portion of the metamorphosed igneous or sedimentary deposits of the Proterozoic era accumulates no bryophytic plant life."

 


Marathons:
Raced:
3:30:30 - Portland Marathon - October, 2003
3:19:57 - Portland Marathon - October 2004
3:11:45- Tacoma City Marathon - May 2, 2009 BQ
3:01:43- Tri-Cities Marathon - Oct 31, 2010 BQ
DNF - Eugene - April 29, 2012

Run for Fun:
3:29:47 - Green River Marathon - June 2, 2012
4:20:28 - Lake Youngs Ultra (28.75 miles) - June 9, 2012
3:33:33 - Tacoma City Marathon - May 3, 2013

Recent:
1:00:05 15K - FSRC Resolution Series - 2011
1:20:37 20K (adjusted) - FSRC - 2011

48:45 12K - Sound to Narrows - 2009
47:45 12K - Sound to Narrows - 2011


24:02 4 Mile - Four on the Fourth - 2009
23:27 4 Mile - Four on the Fourth - 2011


19:01 5K - Alumni XC race - 2010
18:45 5 K - Alumni XC race - 2011

11:13 3200m - Sparks Stadium - 7/20/2011
5:21 1600m - Sparks Stadium - 7/20/2011


29:45 8K - Lakefair - 2009
37:59 10K - Bank to Bay - 2010


Good ol' days:
16:38 Road 5K - Roman Meal Glove Run - 1988 (High school)
21:50 4 mile - Four on the 4th - 1994
27:57 5 mile - Black Cat - 1991
35:09 Road 10K - Auburn City Haul - 1991
42:24 12K - Sound to Narrows - 1990
1:19:44 1/2 M - Pacific Rim - 1990?


High School PRs:
2:06.5 800 - 1988
4:39 1600 - 1989
9:50 3200 - 1989
15:30 3 mile XC - 1988

College Track PRs:
32:55 10,000m - 1994
15:57 5000m - 1995

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get into Marathon Maniacs  Done (See above)

 

Recover from Knee Injury

October marathon or ultra, choosing between Defiance 50K, Poulsbo marathon and Ft Steilacoom marathon. The goal will be to finish at a moderately easy pace, no racing. Sub 3:30 would be nice.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Age gracefully

Join Marathon Maniacs Done (See above)

Run an ultra Done (See above)

Personal:

Married, with 1 daughter

IT Analyst/Programmer for 20 years. Also, an avid gardner with a small retail nursery on the side.

I've been a runner most of my life. I started running in 5th grade when the high school coach started a "run for fun" program at all the grade schools in the school district. Also, growing up my neighbor, who was about 8 years older than me, was a superstar in high school with a 4:15 1600m in the early 80s. So I had some good role models.

Most important, I love the Lord, and serve Him in my church and in Bible Study Fellowship, which is an international Bible Study open to people of all church backgrounds (i.e. interdenominational). If you are looking for a phenomenal way to study the Bible and draw closer to God this is the study for you. Check out BSFInternational.org to find a class near you. They are all over the place!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adidas Adizero Boston Lifetime Miles: 757.68
E-Train Lifetime Miles: 24.01
Brooks Adrenaline 14 Lifetime Miles: 292.13
Brooks Adrenaline - Gray Lifetime Miles: 125.94
Race: Ft. Steilacoom Turkey Trot (3.09 Miles) 00:19:33, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.400.000.003.095.49

1.4 mile warmup with a couple strides in 10:51 (7:45/mile)

5K race in 19:33 (6:19/mile)

This race was too painful for not enough payout. Just a couple seconds faster than I ran almost 2 months ago. I went out a little too fast and was really hurting by 1 mile. In the second mile I worked on closing the gap on Allen Culp. As I was coming up on him we started running up a hill. I didn't know there were any hills on this course, but I was already pretty close to the red line before it. Once we started up the hill I just backed off. So did Allen and the guy behind me. Once we topped the hill there was a downhill, so I recovered pretty quickly and got to the 2 mile mark in horrible time.

The last mile was basically just a run around the lake, very flat. I passed Allen just before the 2 mile mark and passed the next guy just as we got to the lake. There was nobody left ahead of me for a long ways. I could just see the next guy sometimes, but only when the path was long and straight. I cut the gap on him by about half before the finish, and the 3rd mile was decent.

The positives were that the first and last miles were faster than I ran in October. The downer was the 2nd mile was really slow. If not for the hill I would've been another 10 seconds or so faster.

Splits:
1 - 6:13.9
2 - 6:38.9
3 - 6:08.7
3.1 - 0:32 (Garmin said 3.09, so a tad short)

1 mile cool down in 8:48

Brooks Adrenaline 13 Miles: 5.49
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From I Just Run on Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 16:23:01 from 67.79.11.242

Looks like a pretty good race to me just with a little mental block in the middle. :-) Wish I would have been there to chase you!

From I Just Run on Wed, Jan 08, 2014 at 15:33:33 from 67.79.11.242

You're killing me....I need a NEW post!

From I Just Run on Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:12:51 from 67.79.11.242

No blog entries in 6 weeks...Is everything okay?

From DLTheo on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 14:56:48 from 155.130.107.20

OK fine I'll update my blog with a bunch of boring runs :)

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