So far in the year 2011 I ran 281.01 miles. You have not seen any updates from Nike Plus with my stats because the rain at LA Marathon on the 3/20/2011 ruined my Nike Running Chip :(
As many of you may have seen my post about the Honolulu Marathon in December I would really appreciate your support in the ongoing fight against AIDS. Anything you can donate would be greatly appreciated. log onto http://apla.convio.net/goto/NathanRWise to donate.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
LA Marathon Results
On March 20th, 2011 I ran my first full Marathon. I have been training hard for this day and I began preparing for the increased calorie burn starting Friday night by forcing myself to eat a ton of carbs. We went to Cheesecake Factory and I has Fettuccine Alfredo and the Ultimate Red Velvet Cheese Cake. :) Finished that for lunch on Saturday (not the Cheesecake tho the trash will enjoy that) and then on Saturday night had even more pasta and bread.
Woke up on Sunday morning after a horrible night sleep (nerves got to me) and made the drive to LA Dodger Stadium and had some breakfast on the way. Got there just in time to start which was nice since it was so cold we didn't have to hang out in the cold for long. Right as the race started it began to rain and rained pretty much the entire race, luckily the majority of the time it was a light rain but sometime it came down hard. I walked maybe two miles of it and I was struggling to finish. It was so cold my calves were locking up but I will do better on the next one.
Here are my results. Bib # 14951 Division 30 to 34 Male
Clock Time: 4:31:21
Chip Time: 4:23:21
Overall Place: 5014 out of 19,739 finishers
Sex Place: 3943 out of 11981 men that finished
Division Place: 629 out of 1620 out of men age 30 to 34 that finished
Fastest time recorded was 2:06:35 by a 26 year old Ethiopian
Max time recorded was 12:23:19
Average Overall finish time was 5:16:32
Fastest time recorded in my division was 2:14:27 by a 32 year old from Kenya (he wasn't even in the top 5)
Max time recorded in my division was 9:54:36
Average Division time was 4:49:55
If you want to see more results go www.lamarathon.com and you can also see the course we ran.
Woke up on Sunday morning after a horrible night sleep (nerves got to me) and made the drive to LA Dodger Stadium and had some breakfast on the way. Got there just in time to start which was nice since it was so cold we didn't have to hang out in the cold for long. Right as the race started it began to rain and rained pretty much the entire race, luckily the majority of the time it was a light rain but sometime it came down hard. I walked maybe two miles of it and I was struggling to finish. It was so cold my calves were locking up but I will do better on the next one.
Here are my results. Bib # 14951 Division 30 to 34 Male
Clock Time: 4:31:21
Chip Time: 4:23:21
Overall Place: 5014 out of 19,739 finishers
Sex Place: 3943 out of 11981 men that finished
Division Place: 629 out of 1620 out of men age 30 to 34 that finished
Fastest time recorded was 2:06:35 by a 26 year old Ethiopian
Max time recorded was 12:23:19
Average Overall finish time was 5:16:32
Fastest time recorded in my division was 2:14:27 by a 32 year old from Kenya (he wasn't even in the top 5)
Max time recorded in my division was 9:54:36
Average Division time was 4:49:55
If you want to see more results go www.lamarathon.com and you can also see the course we ran.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
One week
I can't believe that the LA Marathon is one week from today. I started out my training back in September in preparation for the PF Change Rock n Roll Half Marathon. Along the way I decided to try a full marathon. Right about now I'm asking myself why I decided to do a full marathon. 26.2 miles. I use to struggle to complete a 3 mile run but now I have logged over 200 miles this year. Crazy crazy crazy.
Anyways if anyone is in LA next weekend come out and support me at the LA Marathon.
It starts at Dodgers Stadium and finishes by the Santa Monica Pier. 3/20/2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Long Over Due.
I have been horrible at updating my blog lately and mostly because I have been so exhausted. I have been so busy at work tying to keep up with all the projects I am working on and keeping up with all the unexpected things that arise. With 1442 apartments and over 4000 residents there are a lot of unexpected things that arise.
On top of that I have been stepping up my training in preparation for the LA Marathon on March 20th. So far this week I have run 37 miles. Now it is time to start tapering off the miles. I am getting very nervous about my first marathon and just want to finish it. I don't care how long it takes or how much I have to walk I just want to cross the finish line.
My health is doing well. I have been under the weather for the past couple of days. I am thinking it is because the drastic changes we have had recently and I have been sleeping well. I have an upcoming appointment for my regular blood draw and my Dr follow up two weeks after that. I will be switching to private health insurance this month and have to look into how much my co-pay will be or if I can get assistance with that.
Anyways I will update again soon. In meantime I hope you all are doing well and getting tested.
Spread the word to get tested and know your status.
On top of that I have been stepping up my training in preparation for the LA Marathon on March 20th. So far this week I have run 37 miles. Now it is time to start tapering off the miles. I am getting very nervous about my first marathon and just want to finish it. I don't care how long it takes or how much I have to walk I just want to cross the finish line.
My health is doing well. I have been under the weather for the past couple of days. I am thinking it is because the drastic changes we have had recently and I have been sleeping well. I have an upcoming appointment for my regular blood draw and my Dr follow up two weeks after that. I will be switching to private health insurance this month and have to look into how much my co-pay will be or if I can get assistance with that.
Anyways I will update again soon. In meantime I hope you all are doing well and getting tested.
Spread the word to get tested and know your status.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Longest Run Yet
Today I set out to complete my longest run to date. My training schedule called for an 18 mile run today so I did it. I did in 3 hours 4 minutes and 37 seconds.
March 20th here I come. :)
March 20th here I come. :)
Monday, January 17, 2011
My 1st Half Marathon Results
Yesterday Sunday, January 16, 2011 I ran my first marathon with Kirsten (sister), Holly (best friend), Jenna, Michelle, Michelle, and Andy. We woke up at 4:30 Sunday morning and all piled into my sister's minivan and made our way to the Arizona State Capitol.
The race kicked off at 8:30 and don't worry we didn't sit there for 4 hours. After we woke up I showered and had breakfast and left my sisters at 5:45 to get Jenna then arrived at the capitol around 6:30. We weren't sure how bad parking would be so we left plenty of time. With an expected number of 30,000 runner for both the full and half marathon you may need some extra time.
My corral hit the course at 8:58:16 and I had to pee so badly so I stopped at about mile one to use the porta potty. Mile 10 I used the porta potty again. :) Oh well I was still very happy with my time.
Here are the official results as posted by Active.com
http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=97381441&rsID=105012
Next time I will try to do better. :)
The race kicked off at 8:30 and don't worry we didn't sit there for 4 hours. After we woke up I showered and had breakfast and left my sisters at 5:45 to get Jenna then arrived at the capitol around 6:30. We weren't sure how bad parking would be so we left plenty of time. With an expected number of 30,000 runner for both the full and half marathon you may need some extra time.
My corral hit the course at 8:58:16 and I had to pee so badly so I stopped at about mile one to use the porta potty. Mile 10 I used the porta potty again. :) Oh well I was still very happy with my time.
Here are the official results as posted by Active.com
http://results.active.com/pages/oneResult.jsp?pID=97381441&rsID=105012
Next time I will try to do better. :)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
PF Changs Rock n Roll
I haven't posted much lately because of the Holidays and training for my first Half Marathon. I do have to thank Fredy for pushing me to run longer and faster and get in shape for this half.
If you are in Phoenix I would love for you to come out and support me, Kirsten, Jenna, and Holly as we run. Here is a link to the course map if you want to come out and cheer us on. http://arizona.competitor.com/files/2009/04/AZ-11_coursemap_color1.pdf
Hope to see you all there.
If you are in Phoenix I would love for you to come out and support me, Kirsten, Jenna, and Holly as we run. Here is a link to the course map if you want to come out and cheer us on. http://arizona.competitor.com/files/2009/04/AZ-11_coursemap_color1.pdf
Hope to see you all there.
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