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November 16, 2008 in Confessional, Fitness, Goals with 7 Comments

My Race results from today:

26.2 miles in 4 hours, 17 minutes, 28 seconds. YEAH BABY!

Out of 34,000 runners I placed 2,574th.

Out of male only runners I placed 1756.

Out of men age 25-29 I placed 181.

I’m happy with my results. My “dream goal” was under 4 hours. My actual goal was 4 hours 20 minutes, so I just made it! You can see my splits by clicking the image.

I missed church today…It KILLS me to miss our services!
That said, I got a good report from TONS of people about church today including my neighbor, which is an AWESOME thing!
I had several people filling in for me today and they did GREAT! Shep, Kamala, Rick, Douglas, and Eric, THANK YOU for rocking the tech ministry today!
Thanks to everyone who prayed for me at 10:30 this morning. I was on about mile 21 in my race at that time and it must have worked because I never got tired!!! In fact, my results show that I actually sped up at that time!
My legs are a little sore, but not as much as I thought they’d be after running 26.2 miles. I’m sure I’ll be feeling it tomorrow BIG TIME.
I ran with my Dad. It was a blast! Then we got separated, my nose bled like crazy, and I swear I saw him go by me. I finished taking care of my nose and then ran fast to catch up to him and it turned out to be someone else with the same shirt and hat. By then I was on mile 22 and feeling great, so I just finished the race strong. I thought Dad would be ahead of me but he wasn’t. Made me feel bad that we didn’t finish together.
During the race, I ate TONS of candy, 1 banana, 6 packets of GU, and downed a TON of CYTOMAX.
By the way, CYTOMAX is everything that Gatorade wishes it could be…
It was so nice to NOT have to watch Texas Tech on TV this weekend. They had an off week. Man, I hope they get the SNOT kicked out of them this weekend!
Stick around the blog this week and I’ll explain why I would punish myself by running a 26.2 mile race…

26.2 Miles

November 15, 2008 in Fitness, Goals with 1 Comment

This is an educational post…

Tomorrow morning at 7:30am I will run my first full marathon. Today, I had three people give me that “oh you’re running a marathon? I ran one of them 5 mile marathons one time. How far is yours?” junk that I so despise.

Allow me to educate everyone. The name marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, yelling, “We have won!” before collapsing and dying.

Hopefully, I will only collapse, not die…

So, a REAL, BONAFIDE marathon is TECHNICALLY 26.2 miles.

NOT 5 miles.

NOT 3 miles.

NOT 20 miles.

26.2 miles. 26.2 long long miles. Runners say the first half of the marathon isn’t so bad (20 miles) but the last “half” (6.2 miles) is a true test of strength, endurance, mind, soul, and more.

I’ve put in over 250 miles in the last 16 weeks during my training. I’ve run 4-5 days a week for 16 weeks. I’ve changed how I live day to day life. I’ve changed what I eat. I’ve given up lots of sleep, late night movie sessions, my entire wardrobe (my clothes no longer fit) and, according to my wife, my own butt (I lost lots of weight, its flat now) to run this race.

So, if you think about it, pray for me at about 10:30am CST tomorrow morning. That’s when I’ll be on my last 6 miles.

And, if you think I’m crazy, I’ll be posting this week on why I would put myself through something so insane.

Peace!

Winner Winner, CHICKEN DINNER

November 5, 2008 in Fitness, Mi Vida Loca with 4 Comments

A little over a month ago I asked you, my readers to help me run my marathon on November 16th. A marathon is 26.2 miles long. Can you imagine running that far with nothing to help you keep your mind off of the pain that you body starts feeling at about mile 20? CRAZY.

That’s why anytime I run a race, a good playlist on the old iPod is essential. This playlist has gone through my own personal extreme testing process as I have run almost daily for the past 16 weeks. It is 4.5 hours long and my race goal is 4 hours.

AND THE WINNER IS…HANG ON ONE SECOND…

You ALL were a big help and I want to give some HONORABLE MENTIONS FIRST:

BEST OVERALL Running Song Award goes to:
JMOB (Future TCC media superstar) for THIS CONTRIBUTION. INCREDIBLE.

Most Well Thought Out Playlist Award Goes to:
Rafael Marquez. That guy had me a little of everything and I am adding ALL of his songs to my running list…except some of those latin tunes that I can’t find…Rafael, can you hook me up?

WORST Suggested Song Award goes to:
NIV for “I kissed a girl” by Katy Perry. UGH.

Ok, now, THE WINNER OF THE GAME: Makenzie Phillips!

I will deliver your iTunes Gift Card this Sunday at church so BE THERE!

Sure, she’s the lead pastor’s daughter but she won fair and square. I let random.org pick the winner.

One last thing. PRAY FOR ME on November 16th! Thanks for all the songs everyone!

Marathon Music & FREE iTunes MONEY

September 26, 2008 in Fitness, Goals with 17 Comments

Alright, let’s play a www.zakwhite.com GAME!

Last year, I ran my first half marathon and you guys helped a ton. This year, I am running a FULL Marathon (26.2 miles) and I need you even more!

I need to fill my iPod with the ABSOLUTE PERFECT, most inspiring, motivating, upbeat music there is to listen to as I run. Here is how this will work:

Leave your top ten list of running songs by commenting HERE.
I will listen to all of the songs submitted, sort them, test them in my training even…
If you submit a list of 10 songs, I will put your name in a drawing for an iTunes gift card.
You can submit more than 10 songs. For each additional song you submit, I’ll put your name in the hat again.
You MUST give me the name AND artist of each song.
The deadline for your top ten list(s) is OCTOBER 26th.

A hint to help you help me: Elton John and Michael Buble are awesome, but I don’t need to listen to them while I am running. I need upbeat stuff. Any kind of music is fine. Ok, so maybe not rap. I just prefer it to be positive, upbeat, motivating.

SO GO AHEAD…help me run my marathon by listing your top running songs NOW and maybe you’ll even win some iTunes dough for your own music collection!