Rhett

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Morning Swim

16 x 100m  for a total of 1 mile

I swam 100m hard then rested and restarted every 3 minutes.  For the first half I was right at or fast than 95 seconds for each 100 then I started to fade.  By the last 100 it took me 105 seconds.  I'll tell you I was seriously winded at the end of each 100.  It felt like doing 400s running. 

Afternoon Lake Swim

I needed to get out in the lake again for a short swim with all the gear on.  It went much better than my first time.  I practiced getting everything off faster.  Those wetsuits are not easy to get on or off. 

600m-- The cold and waves from the wind didn't seem to bother me as much this time.  I think I will try and get in at least one more lake swim before the race next Saturday.

Comments
From Mack on Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 09:59:33 from 50.39.204.232

Nice job Rhett.

Just curious...are you swimming early morning? At lunch? Evening?

Seems like it might be tricky for someone as busy as you to fit it in as the pool is not as accessible as the roads are.

From Mack on Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:00:36 from 50.39.204.232

uuuhhhh...okay, now I re-read your post I see the answer to my question...Morning!

From Rhett on Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 10:03:23 from 170.215.58.122

You got it Mack. We have an indoor aquatic center here in town. It is open for lap swim from 5am to 7am, so when I swim it is very early in the morning.

From Smooth on Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 17:50:49 from 174.27.219.252

Wow! That is an intense swim interval workout. Just swimming one mile easy would be tough enough! AWESOME JOB! :)

From DaleG on Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 19:00:20 from 71.199.57.238

Sounds exhausting, but great job, Rhett.

From Teena Marie on Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 16:39:39 from 174.27.198.157

NICE!!!

I still have never swam in open water. I am scared!!! (But I need to soon.)

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