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- Hometown:
- San Pedro, CA
- About Me:
- ChiRunning Instructor, Yoga instructor, college teacher, trail runner, and internet marketer
- Favorite Races:
- Catalina Marathon, Buffalo Run, Rodeo Beach 50K, Run to the top of Baldy
- Personal Records (PR's):
- 5K-20:02
10K-42:00
Marathon-3:32
50K-6:32
12th Overall and 2nd Age Group in American Trail Championship
- Favorite Place to Train:
- Palos Verdes Trails
- Website:
- http://www.socalrunning.com/gary
- Completed Races:
- LA Marathon 4X, Catalina Marathon 2X, Run to the Top of Baldy 2X, Long Beach Marathon 3X, Big Sur Marathon, Holcomb Valley 33M, Rodeo Beach 50K
- Running Goals:
- This year:
Top three age group at American Trail Championship (completed)
Podium Finish (2nd in age group @ Long Beach 5K)
Beat Steve to top of Baldy (no...7min behind)
Sub 3:30 at Long Beach Marathon (no...3:40)
Run two ultramarathons (in process)
Try to qualify for Boston (no...would rather do an ultra dec 15th)
Sub 40:00 minute 10K (in process)
- Post run indulgance:
- Jamba Juice
- Other sports I like to do:
- Yoga, hiking, climbing, mountain climbing, racquetball, snorkeling
- What I'm reading:
- Steve Ilg's Total Body Transformation
Robert Collier's Secret of the Ages
JivaMukti Yoga
Peak Performance Training
The Four Hour WorkWeek by Tim Ferris
- Music picks:
- Dave Stringer, Krishna Das, John Mayer, Rusted Root
Why I really practice yoga...
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Help...I need a new last name...
I've got a big problem here.
Nobody can find me on the Internet.
In fact I just did a search for "Gary Smith" and came up with 5,070,000 results.
So I need to come up with a new last name. Like a stage name.
Something that sounds cool and athletic and is unique. Like if you searched on the internet for it "Gary _____" you would get like less than 10 results.
Hopefully I would like something that sounds English. And Chang is definately out of the question based on the numbers.… Continue
Posted on July 16, 2008 at 5:34pm — 22 Comments
The Goals in our Souls...
Catalina Race Report Part 2
What does it take to train for the Catalina Marathon?
That's the question that I have been trying to figure out now for three years.
And I think that I have found some answers.
Our first test was the Buffalo Run.
How did the Beach Runners do?
Pretty d… Continue
Posted on March 28, 2008 at 12:25am — 4 Comments
LSD Saturday 7-21-07
Trained hard last week so legs were a little fatigued.
And I ran hard the Saturday before.
I'll be writing about this to the group but....
YOU GOTTA TAKE IT EASY AS THE RUNS GET LONGER
So thats what I did.
Really focused on my form especially some secret new
techniques I've been trying.
No idea how far or what pace I ran...who cares?
But I did touch the Queen.
On the way back we saw a… Continue
Posted on July 23, 2007 at 5:39pm —
Thursday Night Tempo Run 7-19-07
Because they suck!
My old garmin 201 could not pick up the satelite signal despite
a clear sky.
Never mind. Tried doing a tempo run anyway.
Tried going race pace. Though it worked out to more of a 10k/13M pace
than marathon pace. I reckon it was about 7:30 for 5 miles.
But lots of good things. Got my hips moving well. Legs very relaxed.
And best of all, floppy feet. Also kept knees down.
It took a… Continue
Posted on July 19, 2007 at 10:01pm —
Tuesday Night Trail Running and Yoga 7/18/07
We ran to the top of Palos Verdes from Trump Golf Course.
I ran it in 48 minutes from gate to bench and back on the fireroad.
My core training is really paying off right now, as I can keep my core
really solid on the uphills so that I can relax my arms and legs.
I was flying on the downhills.
It was so cool to see seven beach runners coming up the hill as
I was running down, including 4 women!!! I'm… Continue
Posted on July 18, 2007 at 11:32am — 2 Comments
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