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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
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
9.000.009.00

Ran 3 relatively flat miles then 1.5 miles up Eagle Ridge drive.  It is a 700 foot gain in elevation over the 1.5 miles.  It's a lot of work going up and too steep to run efficiently coming down.  It is a great workout, though.  Still no new shoes.  Hopefully I will have time to get them this afternoon.

Adrenaline 2009 3 Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Kathie on Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 13:14:02 from 63.248.105.188

I think Eagle Ridge is a 12% grade right, that is crazy steep!

From Rhett on Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 16:37:56 from 216.67.211.75

Sounds like a quad thrasher coming down, but it would be good prep for all those UT marathons that come out of the canyons.

From DonGardinero on Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 23:48:40 from 152.216.7.5

Speaking of preparing for utah marathons that run down canyons, just how much downhill training would be necessary for such a race. I'll be running the UVM in June. Would I be ok doing one or two short downhill runs per week or should I dedicate one long run each week to going downhill? In '09 I ran TOU and my legs were trashed the next day, but two weeks later after running SGM, I was hardly sore at all. Perhaps I've answered my own question.

From Andy on Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 00:12:16 from 198.60.114.178

When I am training for a downhill marathon, I have one run a week that is 5 miles up and 5 miles down. You need to be very careful when you introduce downhill running into your training because it can be very hard on your legs and too much too soon will cause injury.

From Rhett on Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 11:15:54 from 216.67.211.75

I agree. One run a week with some downhill running should be enough, but like Andy said, build into it slowly to avoid injury.

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