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Woods Cross,UT,USA

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May 01, 2006

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Age Division Winner

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Grid A2 Lifetime Miles:						125.40
GoRun2 Lifetime Miles:						53.70
Adrenaline 2014 Blue (1) Lifetime Miles:						442.70
Adrenaline 2014 Red (1) Lifetime Miles:						429.20

Wed, May 23, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	6.00

Almost skipped the run completely. Forced myself out for a few easy miles. Felt better than yesterday so I am glad I got the run in. Training for Huntsville starts on Monday and I am wondering if I should use a different training plan since it didn't work out very well last time. I roughly follow something between Pfitz's 55 and 70 mpw 18 week plans. They are more focused on mileage with only one high intensity run per week. I wonder if I should back off the mileage and have a couple of faster runs. Who knows? Maybe the last training cycle was just a building block for a good fall marathon.

Adrenaline 2012 A Miles: 6.00

Comments

From Rachelle on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:35:55 from 159.212.71.25

Huntsville marathon...what/when is that?

I have no real experience but I think the best training I got for Boston was running the last 4-8 miles of my LR fast.

From Andy on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:44:11 from 159.212.71.173

The Huntsville (Ut) marathon is on Sept 29. It starts in the Monte Cristo area and finishes in Huntsville just before the Pineview reservoir. It is a gentle downhill course the entire way so should be a fast one. This is the first year so you never know what you are going to get.

From timp on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 13:12:02 from 144.188.24.31

I thought for a second you were coming over to my part of the country for the Rocket City marathon in Huntsville, AL.

Not doing St. George this year?

From Rachelle on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 13:13:40 from 159.212.71.25

I will have to look into that one Andy. I am still trying to pick a fall marathon. I was thinking about Layton but this one may be a better option.

From Andy on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 13:25:26 from 159.212.71.173

Tim - I've done St. George a few times and thought I would try a different race this year. It's closer to home so I can save a few $$$.

Rachelle - Here's a link to their site: http://www.huntsvilleutahmarathon.com/. I considered Layton but it is a flat and boring course so I opted for this one. The only red flag that I have seen is it is a 10 a.m. start. Makes me wonder how "runner friendly" it will be. Doesn't seem like they have a good grasp on what runners want. Top of Utah would be a good one for you. It's established and well organized and you will have good competition that will help push you to sub-3.

From timp on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 13:27:14 from 144.188.24.31

decent price too -- $65? nice

From Tom on Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:10:28 from 67.199.179.59

Andy my last 2 1/2 marathons I alternated training programs one with a little higher mileage and just 1-2 hard/long workouts and the other one with less miles but 2-3 hard workouts. The end result seemed similar but I felt more beat up and on the verge of injury with the lower-miles/hard-runs plan. So for me I'm sticking to something closer to the Pfitz stuff.

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