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Location:

Mesa,AZ,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.

Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)

2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)

5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)

10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)

Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)

1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)

Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a half marathon in under two hours.

Run a marathon in close to 4 hours.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium.

Personal:

I am married and have six kids. 

Blog title explanation

Bloggers I've met in real life: 1MileToGo, Aaron Kennard, Andrea North, Arizona Desert Monsoon, auntieem, Bec, Ben, Benjamin, Bonnie, Camille, Cari, Collin Anderson, David Holt, DooneEight Kid Mom, Erico, Flatlander, Gary, Jake Krong, JamesW, Jose, Josse, Julieesplin, JunKelli, Kerri, KP, Kyle Dion, Lightitup, Little Bad Legs, Lybi, Marthon Dreamer, M, Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Misty, Nan, Peds Endo Doc, Rachelle, RADRhett, Riley Cook, Rossy, runningafterbabies, Sasha, Scott Hughes, Scott (Kelli's husband), Scott Wesemann, Slow Joe, Spencer Simpson, Stephen, Steve Piccolo, Susie, The Rookie, Toby, Tracy, Twinkies, TylerS, Walter

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Wave Inspire 7 Lifetime Miles: 803.99
Asics Gel 3030 Lifetime Miles: 204.85
Saucony Hurricane 13 Lifetime Miles: 149.22
Asics Gel DS Trainer 17 Lifetime Miles: 87.49
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Lifetime Miles: 800.59
Brooks Ravenna 4 Lifetime Miles: 88.83
Mizuno X10 Trail Lifetime Miles: 180.06
Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 Lifetime Miles: 802.77
Asics Gel Kayano 21 Lifetime Miles: 56.47
Mizuno Wave Inspire 11 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 800.75
New Balance 1260v5 Lifetime Miles: 9.19
Reebok Floatride Lifetime Miles: 8.23
Total Distance
14.35
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 14.35
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.45

This was a recovery run.  From what I hear, the elite Kenyans run their recovery runs at an 11:00 minute pace.  So I must be doing pretty good.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 1.45
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.70

Well, the plan was to run 1.5 Tuesday, which I did, 2.5 Wednesday, fail, and 3.5 Thursday, also fail.  I got dressed Tuesday but I wasn't feeling good, so I never made it out the door.  I'm a little embarrassed to say that I wore that same outfit for the next three days until I finally ran today.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 3.70
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
9.20

Mike and I decided to run 9.2 miles today.  That means running all the way to the top of Usery Pass and continuing down to the Usery Park entrance, then turning around.  I couldn't find my headlamp this morning, but usually Mike brings an extra.  His daughter Megan came today, too.  She was just going to do 5.4 miles which she says she did.  I told Mike I couldn't find my light, but maybe he tought I was looking for it and couldn't find it, but then I found it, because he never offered to let me use the flashlight he always holds.  So he literally had two, and I had none.  Anyway, we started running together and I thought it might be a good idea to stick with him so I could run in the protection of his soft glowing haze.  But he was much too fast for me.  I would have to be extra cautious since all I had was my blinky LED light on my back.  I kept my head up as cars were coming.  And man, there was a lot of traffic today!  It was a bit annoying.  One scary part was when a vehicle had just passed me and I could see another one coming.  I could also hear voices coming out of it.  I wondered if they were having a good time yelling at Mike up the way.  It looked like they were in the bike lane so I moved over.  Just then I realized they were bikes and they were yelling at me to get out of the way.  It was weird.  Usually it's easy to tell the difference between an bike and a car.  Anyway, after that I would just get off the road into the dirt any time I saw a pair of headlights coming at me.  I figured a pair of bruised knees was better than a broken body or a crushed skull.  That turned out to be a great decisision as one jack wagon was driving in the bike lane and would have wiped me out.  I was feeling good just taking it nice and easy.  I got to the top no problem and started heading down.  Not long after that a guy passed me running on the other side of the road.  Not sure how far he had gone, but he was cruising.  That's when I realized I probably should've been running on that side of the road.  There was far less traffic and they would at least be able to see my blinky light.  Oh well.  At 0.4 miles before the turn around I saw Mike.  That means he put 0.8 miles in between us.  A little before I got to the park entrance I saw the fast guy coming back towards me.  I contemplated giving him five, but he went way over in the dirt.  When I turned around I could feel a significant headwind.  Bleh!  0.9 miles of uphill into the wind.  But I just kept going.  I kept seeing more and more runners.  There's hardly ever this many runners out.  They're probably training for the Phoenix Marathon.  The downhill was nice.  My legs were getting tired, but I kept reminding myself of how much I'd already ran and how little was left.  I had to stop once to dump a rock out of my shoe, but I felt relatively comfortable the whole way.  Did you hear what I said?  There was no discomfort!!  But when I finished Mike said, "Burt, are you bleeding?"  I look down at my shirt and sure enough, I was bleeding.  Body Glide, you have failed this city!


 

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 9.20
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
14.35
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 14.35
Weight: 0.00
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