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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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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
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.004.009.00

I had very low expectations for this run because of the irresponsible amount of soda that I drank yesterday.  Started with 3 easy miles and felt pretty good.  Ran 4 miles at LT pace with the target being anything under 6:30/mile.  First mile was 6:21 and felt surprisingly easy.  Even though the pace felt easy, I was struggling to find a good rhythm.  Messed around with the stride trying to find something that felt good.  Was able to find a comfortable stride and tried to maintain it.  Second mile was 6:14 and felt better than the first.  Third mile is slightly downhill and I ran that in 6:11.  Ran the fourth mile in 6:14.  I have no explanation as to why this run felt so good.  A couple of things that may have contributed:

  • Skipping the long run last week
  • Two hilly runs last week which may have helped with the leg strength
  • Finally fully recovered from Ogden
  • Hopped up on sugar and caffeine

Adrenaline 2010 3 Miles: 9.00
Comments
From allie on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:27:09 from 174.23.194.233

great splits! very nice run.

From Kathie on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:09:12 from 63.248.105.188

Never under estimate the power of sugar and caffeine!

From Rhett on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:36:48 from 74.41.249.102

Maybe you should try the soda load method before big races. Very nice pace on that run today.

From Tom on Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 12:40:29 from 137.65.56.16

Always better to have no explanation for runs feeling good rather than no explanation for the bad runs. Looks like maybe your just in the ZONE. A very nice place to be!

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