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Seafair Torchlight 8K

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Location:

Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2019: 10:29 2 mile, 16:33 5k, 27:14 8k, 55:50 15K, 1:16:04 HM

Post Mayan Apocalypse PRs:

200 31.13 (2016, ATC all comers)

400 69.96 (2015, ATC all comers)

800 2:19 (2016, ATC all comers)

Mile 4:58 (2017, ATC all comers) 

3000 9:34 (2017, ATC all comers)

2mile 10:29 (2019, CNW Grand Prix)

5000 16:33.6 (2019, CNW all comers)

5k 16:50 (2018, Green Lake Gobble)

8k 27:14 (2019, Beat the Bridge)

10K 35:16 (2017, Eastside Beltline)

15K 55:10 (2018, Magnuson Park Memorial Day)

10-mile 60:29 (2017, Atlanta 10 mile)

HM 1:16:04 (2019, Lake Sammamish Half)

30K 2:01:56 (2014, Striders WRC 30K)

Mar 2:50:07 (2013, Sojo Marathon)

 

Fiddy "Classic" Accomplishments (before I forget)

2:03 800, 4:11 1500, 9:47 3200, 15:26 5000, 32:30 10000, 1:11:15 HM (unaided), 2:32 marathon (Boston)

Seattle Half Marathon '08-'11: 2nd (1:13), 4th (1:11), 5th (1:14), 2nd (1:13)

2nd MI half 2010 (1:11)

10th Seattle RNR 2009 (2:35)

97th Overall @ Boston 2010 (2:32)

2011 3rd Place @ Des News (2:35) and Top of Utah (2:33)

I once beat 14 year-old Connor Mantz (2011 Utah Valley Half 1:11) and 16 year-old Ben Saarel (2011 Flat as a pancake 16:23 in the f-ing snow)

2011 Salt Lake Half 1st place (1:14), Capitol Half 1st place (1:14), Provo City 4th place (1:16, unaided)

2011 Ragnar Ultra 1st place Wasatch Back Relay

7th place SLC half 2009 (1:11)

2009 Fremont 5k 16:00, 2010 Dart Challenge 16:05, 2011 Draper Days 16:02

2009 Running of the Leopards 15:03, aided

2009 Striders 10mile 1st place (58 mins)

2007 3rd place SCIAC 5k 15:26

2006 D3XC nationals, 184th (of 280)

Short-Term Running Goals:

5/18 Bart the Brodge

6/9 RicknRail Murothin

Long-Term Running Goals:

get busy living or get busy dying

Personal:

Crop rotation in the 14th century became considerably more widespread after John.

 

 

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81.20
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17.00

Got a little overexcited being back at sea level. Ran 9.2 in the morning at 6:05-6:10, then added on 3 in the afternoon (didn't have much time) and then ran to a local school to play ultimate frisbee for 90minutes and pretty much went full speed the whole time.

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Total Distance
14.50

Felt a little sore in the morning, but still wanted to get in a long run. Did the basic Island loop untimed.  I really hadn't eaten enough and absolutely crashed during the run.

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Total Distance
9.20

Felt weak at the beginning of the run but kept getting stronger and felt amazing at the end.  I may just coast in the race on Saturday and see what happens.

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Total Distance
9.00

PM Did a (very) brisk warmup then ran to Pioneer Park (Mercer Island no Salt Lake) and did two loops fast (5:07,5:05). In high school we called those mile repeats which they are clearly not. But my 10:12 total time compares favorably to the 11:00+ that I did in my HS time trials

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Total Distance
12.50

 

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Total Distance
10.00

AM a relaxed 7

PM ran to frisbee, I felt alot of tightness in my hip flexor so only played at anout 60% effort to save myself.

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Race: Seafair Torchlight 8K (4.97 Miles) 00:26:53, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 6
Total Distance
9.00

1.5 miles warmup and 2.5 cooldown.

My plan for this race was to redline it the whole way.  It is very difficult to tire myself out at sea level and I wanted to shoot for sub 27 which I knew would feel fast.

Mile 1 5:17 it was uphill, the pace did not feel  fast but I was not well warmed up and my shins were complaining at me, I thought it might be a very bad race at that point.  I never got in contact with the lead pack (I didn't think I would).

Mile 2 5:36 downhill this was a worry to me, but I remebered the plan and I just trusted that if I kept hammering away my body would respond.  During the next mile I stayed in contact with the people in front of meand started making up some ground. Mile 3 (uphill) was 5:22 and I felt much stronger. Some guy who had passed me in the second mile looks over as I come up alongside him and says "good job". I was running in the t-shirt they gave away in the race so most people at the front probably thought I was going to just die annd the second mile slow down confirmed it, so this guy was a little taken a back when I just hammered away from him in the 4th mile. In that 4th mile (I missed the split) I started giving little kids high fives. I could see the main group up the road but knew I had no chance to catch them or anyone else. Then some guy caught me from behind amd started to pull away, he looked very strong.

In the downhill last mile I stayed about 20 meters behind him, I checked my watch and saw that I had an outside shot of sub 27. So I set two goals, sub 27 and beating the guy in front. I threw in a big surge with about 800 left and there was no response from the other guy. I then sprinted home to just break 27 (by my watch). I hit 10:38 for the last two miles.

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Total Distance
81.20
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