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Woods Cross,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Current Running Life:
5k: 17:50 (2010 NSL)
10k: 38:20 (2007 Des News)
1/2 Marathon: 1:23:30 (2009 Provo Half)
Marathon: 2:53:46 (2007 St George)

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Personal:

Daddy to 3 great kids - 16 year old son and 11 year old twin daughters

I do not know what tomorrow will bring but I do know it will start with a run.

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Tue, Mar 25, 2008
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I had to move my scheduled 15 miler to tomorrow because I had a meeting at work early this morning.  After the run I found out that the meeting was rescheduled for tomorrow.  I feel pretty wiped out so it's probably a good thing that I didn't put in the higher mileage.  The higher mileage over the past few weeks is starting to take it's toll.  I ran laps around the extended neighborhood loop (1.66 miles instead of 1.45 miles). 

Comments
From Tom on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 19:21:52

Andy are you going to taper any for the race next week? Sounds like your body might be wanting at least a mini-taper.

Have you run Striders 1/2 marathon before? I've done Ogden marathon before but not for a few years and I can't remember a whole lot. I'm trying to figure out the best methodology to run Strider's, I would imagine the 1st 1/2 with the downhill is going to be quite a bit speedier than the last half.

From Andy on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 23:32:26

I was thinking of training through Striders and the Utah Valley marathon but am now thinking of using a traditional taper going into Utah Valley (which is the week after Striders). This will give me a little recovery time for Striders. I haven't taken a day off in 5 weeks and the last 3 weeks have been my highest mileage weeks ever so I am definitely due for a cutback.

I have not run the half marathon before but did run the Ogden marathon 2 years ago. I agree that the first half should be faster but probably not a ton faster. I don't remember the downhill being that significant.

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