| Location: Tucson,AZ, Member Since: Mar 03, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: I ran 6 marathons (times between 2:52 and 4:07), a few half marathons (1:20-1:30) and some shorter local races. Short-Term Running Goals: Finish the Arizona section of the Run for the Fallen (543 miles) and win my agegroup in the Summer Aquathlon Series! Long-Term Running Goals: Organize the best running events in the area and make all my students fast, healthy and strong! My personal goal is to run a 2:37 marathon. Personal: I've moved to Tucson in 2000 from Romania. I'm engaged to Lauren Bowman and we have two brown dogs. We own one of the finest running clubs in Tucson and I'm the race director of several local events. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 141.03 | 22.65 | 3.10 | 1.00 | 167.78 |
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| No running, it was my birthday party. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles at Sabino Canyon. The road was closed so we had to run half of the Phoneline trail and back via the Sabino Dam. It is a really scenic run, we should do it more often. Georgina and Gary came out and I hope they had a good time. Run followed by breakfast at Millie's Pancake Haus and some potato pancakes. |
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| No running on Sundays. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Back to running after more than 2 weeks! I ran 4 miles with Lauren and 5 miles with Amanda. I don't feel too good but it's okay. I was on the cover of the local newspaper! Here is the link: http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/body/84220.php. That handsome man in the pipe is me. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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5 miles with 120 pushups and 40 situps. I felt really tired and miserable and I was sweating really bad... The run part was okay but the pushups were hard.
4 more miles after dinner. Strong headwind, dark and cold. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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3 miles this morning at the track. 800 wu, 10x300m at mile pace and 800 cd. First track workout since October.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 6 easy miles with Dan. From the house and back it's 7 miles total. I'm still sore from the lunges but I felt good and strong. I think I'll be running fast in notime! |
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| No running today, I had to set up the Police Challenge course and I had to be present at the packet pickup. I did walk 3 miles with the measuring wheel, but that doesn't count. |
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The Police Memorial Challenge was today! Huge success again, lots of happy people. It was colder than last year and we had twice as many runners. We took out the monkey-bars and the chain-link fence but people still liked the course. We'll have more pictures posted soon at www.policememorialchallenge.com. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 1.5 with the dogs and 9 with Lauren later in the morning. It's getting really hot but it was a good run. Frank pulled his head out of his collar and start running like crazy. I'm still faster than him and I got him when he stopped to sniff a poop. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.90 |
| 2.9 miles of fartlek. My meeting ended too late so I only had time for one lap around Reid Park: sprint/easy running between traffic signs. All the signs had to be on the left side of the road and they had to be at least 8 feet tall. Good workout and the weather was really nice too. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.90 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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The usual Tuesday morning workout, 4.9 miles with 120 pushups and 120 situps. The first 2 miles were fast, the rest at a confortable pace. Maybe I'll run 4-5 miles tonight while Lauren is at swim-practice.
3.6 miles around the neighborhood after dinner. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Only 1 mile today. But it looks like we'll partner with Global Sports Alliance (www.gsa-usa.org) and we'll be able to make every BPR event greener and help other athletic events as well. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.60 |
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9 miles with Lauren, Robert and Jeff. I had a banana before the run so I felt okay. I have to run 10-12 miles every day to get ready for our 415 mile run in June.
3.6 more miles with Attila after dinner. My lower leg really hurts. |
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| No running, I wanted to run after lunch but it was too hot. I wanted to run after dinner but it was too late, we were invited to two parties... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| Easy miles from Brandi Fenton with Robert, Mike, Dan and the new Michael. It was getting really hot but the Team in Training folks had two waterstops set up so that helped a lot. Nice people. I've never had blisters in my life but today I had 7(!) after the run. My shoes are too narrow and I have new socks as well... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.30 |
| Still more than 90 degrees at 8PM so my run was short and miserable. I ended up running in a dark wash but I was really scared of snakes (and dark) so I cut the run short and went home. The rest of the day was great, I went to the Pima Air and Space Museum to figure out the course for our new 5k in September. 3 miles among hundreds of airplanes, spacecafts and surrounded by aviation history. It should be fun! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles in 101 degrees. It was horrible and I felt like giving up running forever. Lauren ran with us for the first few miles but she had to stop because of a severe headache. Robert ran the whole thing with me but he didn't look too happy either. So no more Monday evening runs, we have to stop before somebody gets killed in that heat. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles with 120 situps and 120 pushups. It was hot and humid but lots of people showed up for running with us. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
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3 miles around the track with BPR. We've had a large group again and everyone looked healthy and fast. 3.6 miles form the track to our house, a made a longer detour to check out some worktrucks for sale.
I've found a large rattle-snake 50 yards from our front yard so I have to be really careful running. And I'm really afraid that they will bite our dogs. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 |
| 7 easy miles with Dan. Finally the weather is nicer, it wasn't hot at all. 3.8 after lunch, it was really windy. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.75 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.75 |
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Easy miles with Lauren: out on the road to Craycroft to Dodge and back on the road. More running later today. Starting Monday I'll run 15 miles every day to see what to expect on our cross Arizona run in a few weeks.
5 more miles from the house to Rocco's for pizza. It took me 35 minutes uphill with a horrible headwind. Not too bad!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles with the BPR. It was finally a cool day compared to the 100+ degree week! Our good friend is in St. George for the Red Mountain 50K so please say hi to her if you see her. Her name is Renee Webb and she will be in pink:) Thanks! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running at all, BBQ followed by Dance Dance Revolution and Karaoke at our house. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 mile around the block. I could add 6-7 more miles of trail running/hiking but the trail was so overgrown and full of fallen trees that I couldn't really run more than 100 yards in one push. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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3.5 miles with 80 pushups and 40 situps. The plan was 5 miles with 200/200 but my left lower leg was hurting so bad that I had to stop. I'll try to run more tonight.
One more fast mile before bed. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.38 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.78 |
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6.38 miles around the track and from the track to our house. Good news today: I've got the approval for the "1 Mile Race" so we'll have a cool mile race on August 23rd! A night race.
4.4 more miles after dinner. I ran fast and it was fun. I saw a lot of old trucks and I ran by the fire engine I want to buy for my next birthday. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.10 | 1.25 | 3.10 | 1.00 | 11.45 |
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10K at a decent pace. Ran the first part with Lauren, Dan and Robert and the second half with Dan. Dan is a pretty cool guy, used to design airplanes and I find that fascinating. We have a new route (loop): the fire-truck loop, from McCormick to my future fire truck and back. I hope the guy won't sell it so we can look at it every Thursday. Here are some pictures: http://tucson.craigslist.org/car/687954348.html.
5K tonight, the 10 week long City of Tucson XC season starts today. For the next 10 weeks we'll have an aquathlon (800y swim followed by a 5K) on Wednesdays and a XC race on Thursdays.
Parks and Rec XC meet: 1 mile in 5:50, 2K in 11:45 and 5K in 21:50. I wanted to run faster but it's my first race in a long time and I ended up talking to a bunch of people on the course. I really liked the course, it was very hilly and it had at least 100 turns.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.60 |
| Well, it's under "easy miles" but it was 96 degree without any shade so it felt worse than a speed workout. The pace was 7:30-8 but I had to stop every 2-3 miles... At the end I started feeling really cold so it was time to go home an drink:) Mybe I'll run more tonight... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 141.03 | 22.65 | 3.10 | 1.00 | 167.78 |
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