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Location:

Bend,OR,

Member Since:

Sep 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Whalepark 10K race 46:10 (2007)

USCG 7 mile run- 55:55 (2008)

5K treadmill 21:27  (2007)

5K road race 22:52 (22:28 actual 5K) (2008)

5K road race  21:47  (2011)

 

 

Klondike Relay Race Leg 9 11.1 miles 1:33:00 - 36 hours without sleep before my leg. (2007)

Klondike 2008 Leg 5 14 miles 2:02 (2008)

Seattle Half 1:48:30 (2007)

Avenue of the Giants Half (2008) 1:50

Surf City Half  1:44:37 (2011)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Half Marathon 1:40:00 or less-tempo ran a 1:44 WHAT IS THE LIMIT?

5k under 21:20

 Marathon 3:25

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Another PR before I turn 60.

Continue running and avoid knee surgery.

Personal:

I got back into running in January 2007. Lost 35 pounds and keep trying to follow my high school track/cc son around. Soon found out that coaching was a better choice. Ran semi seriously in high school ( 4:30 ish mile), but had done no running in 29 years. I think I'm back and complain heavily when not allowed to run.

Take Shape for Life helped me lose 25 pounds after I had been a runner for a number of years and my half marathon time clearly reflected that.....I must add that I feel and look way more like a runner.
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Thu, Sep 04, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

Last run before leaving in the morning for the race.  Steve and I did the CC course plus .15 in a very easy 30 minutes just enough to shake out the legs.  Felt good no new issues.

Leave in the morning for the Skagway, AK to Whitehorse, Yukon Territories relay run.  Ten legs, ten runners doing legs as varied as   from 5.6 mile mountain leg to 16.2 mile rolling hills leg to 13.1 downhill leg.  We start at 7:30 PM and will end up 110 miles down the road some 15-16 hours later.  We are a team all over fifty five men and five women. We will finish near the middle of the pack but will be better in our senior mixed division.  A total of over 140 teams will be racing in what can only be described as a great event.  Last years highlight included a runner followed up the mountain leg by a bear, it was close enough for him to be able to feel the breath on his legs.  The bear followed him for many minutes before tiring of the race.

My leg will start about 2:00 AM and is a 14 mile route with one major climb and three or four moderate hills.  Looking forward to it.

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