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Location:

Monroe,Ut,

Member Since:

Apr 15, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Mile 4:50 high school

3 Mile 17:20 high school, 17:09 2014 (aided)

5k- 2011 time trial 20:30, 2012 time trial 19:56,19:23, 2014 17:46 (aided)

10K- 2011 time trial 44:13, 2012 time trial 40:02

Half Marathon time trial April 2011 1:37:38, April 12' 1:32:46

Ogden Marathon 2011 3:40:58,2012 3:24:27

St. George Marathon 2012 - 3:10:08

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

Run on trails as much as I can.

Not get injured and stay consistent with my training.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete a 50 and 100 mile ultra.

Qualify for Boston... missed it by 8 seconds previously

Run one of those rediculously aided Utah half-marathons helter skelter down a canyon and get a PR.

Personal:

Married with three boys. Ran the Odgen Marathon in honor of my mother, a marathoner, who passed away from cancer and it just had continued from there. Grew up in a running family and have fallen in love with running, especially on trails.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
58.700.000.000.0058.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.640.000.000.008.64

Been feeling kinda crappy lately, sore throat in the morning and congested pretty much all day.  It's been hard to stay motivated to wake up early in the cold when you feel like crap, plus wrestling practice, scouts, ect. in the afternoon.  Wrangled the Monroe mountain again this morning.  2400' of elevation gain in the first four miles, then back down.  Soft snow packed road made it kind of hard to get traction but not too bad.  Just me and the dog again...  Lungs felt pretty bad the first little bit and I was having not so good thoughts, walked most of the second mile, snapped out of it after that and shortened my strides and just looked down and ran the rest of the way up, not very fast, but at least I was running.  I have a goal to be able to run it all sometime this year.  Just enjoyed my self on the way down, only past two snowmobilers on the way out.  I am thinking I might need a running vest pretty soon and also need to order some more gels, been running with only water since I moved.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Switched the lone peaks for the kinvaras today.  Went for a run from the house, south of town, on the road. 3 out and back, did not feel very smooth for the first few miles, I guess that happens when you only run once a week.  AP 8:09, felt pretty good at the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Amazing two days in a row... actually got up this morning and went for a run. Perfect weather, went on the dirt road south of town, tried to run comfortable and not push. The puppy had fun chasing birds and hopefully I can be more consistant now.  Talked with the track/cross country coach at the highschool last night and hopefully I can help them out this year some, at least it will motivate me to keep running.   AP 8:36

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Wow, three days in a row, and the first double digit run of the year.  There is a 10.5 mile trail/city run in April in the Red Hills west of Richfield.  I ran the trail portion of the race, out and back.  Had a good time, some muddy spots but great weather and the puppy got muddy and had a blast.  I have my pacing down pretty good on the roads, now I just have to figure out the trails.  Gave a moderate effort today, just feeling out the course and my legs, pretty much rolling hills the whole way minus the climb to the water tower the first mile.  For future reference I will note my miles: 10:22,8:50,8:53,8:51,9:04,8:54,8:51,9:00,9:23,9:09  AP 9:08

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Wow, one run this week, I did go hiking a few miles on Monday and basketball on Thursday.  Had a pretty good run this afternoon, ran on the dirt trails/road south of town into the foothills, longest run of the year.  I wanted to test out my new pack.  Pretty nice, ran in a tank and had some minor rubbing on the shoulders.  Wanted to keep it under 9 pace and ended up with an AP of 8:59, so mission accomplished.  Been really busy lately, klondike campout last night, and wrestling tournament all day. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.060.000.000.0010.06

Actually set the alarm this morning and woke up and ran... Went to the red hills east of Richfield, rolling dirt road/trail with some fairly good hills mixed in.  I feel like I am getting stronger, just got to maintain consistency.  Wanted to keep it under 9 AP for the run, maintained a good effort without going all out.  AP 8:52 miles -9:50,8:52,8:39,8:42,8:46,8:28,8:25,8:53,8:51,9:13

Now I am just sitting here at work craving biscuits and gravy.....

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Six recovery miles on the road south of town with the pup, only a mile of dirt road. Just took it easy and enjoyed the morning, somehow I ended up with a headwind going both ways... I think the AP was 8:39

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
58.700.000.000.0058.70
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