Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.
And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70
Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...
It is nice to relax. Yesterday got home from work early.
Played with the girls and headed over to a BBQ a friend from church was
hosting. He knows how to party. He had the most amazing steak, beacon wrapped
chicken tenderloins and the sides were equally as fancy. A few full coolers and
a trunk full of fireworks. We weren’t able to stay for all the fireworks but we
did do some sparklers and smoke bombs. In any case it was a late night and then
early morning. I had to get the run in before the 8am neighborhood 4th
pancake breakfast. My plan for a couple of weeks was to run the 2X5K workout this
morning. This time I started and finished at the exact same spots so that I
could directly compare my efforts. Last time the plan was 2X18min and I hit
~18:15s. This time the plan was as hard as I could muster on the first and then
negative split. Same one mile warm up. Turned down Sunnyside and I was off.
5:28.71HR 162
5:33.11HR 172
5:38.97HR 178
0:38.11HR 179
TOTAL 17:18.90
It felt ok. My leg/knee was a little tight but otherwise it
was a good effort. About a three mile recovery back to the start and I was off
again.
5:22.58HR 168Better, a little more
awake
5:32.63HR 175I could feel the fatigue
but at least it wasn’t slower
5:40.42HR 180Really feeling it. Bummed
I couldn’t negative all the splits
0:36.86HR 182
TOTAL 17:12.49
Overall, I am happy with the results. I made my main goal
and ran the second faster. Both were hard but not all out, 5hrs of sleep 2
beers and a pound of steak have a way of slowing one down. I know there is room
for improvement but my progress is going in the right direction. The rest of
the day was relaxing. Pancake breakfast, hour nap, ran some errands for the
around the house, and grilled for both lunch and dinner and that is about it.
Avg. 7:24 HR 150
Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 12.50
RM 090416 Miles: 0.01
Night Sleep Time: 5.00
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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