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Location:

UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 27, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

(2008) 5k Magna Classic (15:18)

(2007) Ogden Marathon (2:29:31)

(2007) St George Marathon (2:25:18)

 

 


Masters PRs:

17:09-2nd place Masters-

    Draper Days 5k (2013)

 

1:16:58-2nd place Masters-

    Utah Valley Half Marathon (2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:40 at Deseret News Marathon. Never quite conquered that beast yet.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a good marathon again in the future.

Personal:

 

    
 

 

 

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Miles:This week: 15.00 Month: 132.20 Year: 359.70
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 1193.31
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 1031.20
Saucony Fastwitch A-5 Lifetime Miles: 617.50
Skechers Go Run Lifetime Miles: 496.50
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 816.50
Brooks T-7 (used) Lifetime Miles: 1113.00
Saucony Kinvara 4 Lifetime Miles: 542.50
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 922.90
Brooks T-7 Lifetime Miles: 1051.50
Saucony Fastwitch Blueberry Lime Squeeze ) Lifetime Miles: 788.00
Nike Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 1008.10
Reebok Running Shoe Lifetime Miles: 442.35
Under Armour Black Micro Lifetime Miles: 463.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1132.6042.0022.000.001196.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy to steady state 6 mile run. Starting out slowly with aerobic base building.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy 4 mile jog today. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles at 8-8:20/mile pace. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Busy cleaning the house and locating parts for my next radio restoration. I was recently able and fortunate to find an old Zenith radio which is the same model that was used as a prop in the TV series "The Waltons."  Looking forward to this one..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.004.000.000.006.00

Easy to steady state run today.  Trying to disconnect from the mayhem that has taken place recently in our country.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles today along with some upper body weights.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Easy 10.5 miles with some speed changes in the middle.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 18:46:38 from 67.177.30.39

My speed has changed to slower lately.

From steve ash on Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 18:52:50 from 174.52.121.51

Me also Rob, I'm good with 8-9/min mile pace. An occasional dream 5k pace at times helps with motivation.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy to steady state 12 miles. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile jog today. I really hate these so called stimulus bills.. How do we expect to pay for this?  Not enough to make a difference with most families or the economy. Yet enough to stack a tremendous debt load onto our nation.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy 7 mile jog.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy 8 mile run with some speed changes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy 4 miles before work.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles today. Just received a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. No side effects other than a mild pain in the arm. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 04:22:55 from 174.52.121.51

I think that I spoke too soon. I did feel some side effects.. I felt some fatigue and tiredness after the second dose. Not everyone will get this though.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy 4 miles untimed. Keep going..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles today. Getting back into shape and taking a gradual approach to the mileage buildup. I know that I can still be competitive even at the ripe old age of 50 years old which is right at my door now.. I will turn 50 years of age this March. Where did the time go?

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy 12 miles with some speed changes. I was a bit sluggish from a lack of sleep lately but felt fairly good towards the end. A change in diet has made a big difference in energy levels. Eating a lot more vegetables and unprocessed food.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 mile base mileage run. Beautiful sunny day with very little wind out.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.200.000.000.0010.20

Easy ten miles. First five miles not fun at all having to deal with a strong head wind.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles today. Reading the news about how the left is now pushing towards stacking the Supreme court. President Biden has appointed a "comission" to address what he feels like the disfunction of the courts are. Talk about a complete power grab.. There seems to be no constitutional basis for doing so. And it is disgusting to the say the least.. Even former justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg believed that this was a bad idea.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles after work on the treadmill.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles before the weather pushed in.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy 4 miles at 8-8:30/mile pace. 56 degrees out.. This is one of the mildest winter seasons I have seen here.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.004.000.0010.50

Ten mile progression run with a jog cool down after.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-6 miles easy recovery jog. 8-9/min pace.

PM-Easy 4 mile recovery run. 8-8:30/min pace.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile jog.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Easy 10.5 miles with some hill surges.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile jog.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile jog today. Feeling my age..  Working up to 60 mpw with some quality tempo or speed work. Making Orange chicken and rice for dinner. Pre-packaged but whatever.. Cooking is something I am trying my hand at now:)

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Easy to steady state run today in the middle of a snow storm. Only minutes after I finished the snow stopped and the sun broke through..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Took the day off. Spending time with Aaron my youngest son and trying to convince him that distance running is in his future. He definitely has the build and the genes..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 mile run today.  Listened to President Trump and his speech today at CPAC. Very inspiring unlike forgetfull Joe Biden. Puppet for the socialist democrats..

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy 7 mile run today. 8-7:30/mile pace.  Competition is on my mind today. I may be 50 years old now but I know that I can still run sub 18 minutes for 5k or even better..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Studying Collosians chapter 3. Set your focus on things above, not on things of the earth. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles in 40:16.  Soggy today..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM- Easy 10 miles with some faster speed changes.  Really good run considering the low mileage that has been put in lately.  Daily 10 mile runs with a weekly fartlek workout are the plan for this period.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy 13 mile medium long run. Getting warmer out there now.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Wed, May 19, 2021 at 11:31:25 from 72.250.218.114

Chad and I are doing something most weeks on a Saturday. If that works with your schedule, you are welcome to join us.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles today. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Another base building run with some short speed changes to 10k and 5k effort with 2 min rest.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles with some speed changes in the middle.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Worked on core and upper body instead. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.005.000.000.0010.00

Easy to steady state 10 mile run. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Instead went for an easy bike ride with a friend. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-Easy 5 mile jog today with stretching and weights.

PM-Easy 5 mile run this afternoon. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

PM-Easy 10.5 mile jog.

PM2- Easy 3.5 miles at lunch time.  Getting the diet to balance energy output is tricky especially in keeping it quality. Two McDoubles with a large Coke for breakfast is not the best option..

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Comments
From Jon on Fri, May 28, 2021 at 22:48:59 from 75.136.125.47

I'd go with a single McDouble, an egg McMuffin, and an extra large Coke, instead...

From steve ash on Sat, May 29, 2021 at 02:45:37 from 107.77.230.196

Egg Mcmuffin is not on the menu when I'm awake. Other wise yes, and throw in hash browns also:)

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.000.000.0010.30

Easy to steady state 10 mile run this afternoon. Summer is here for sure now. Doing a better job on diet today with an emphasis on electrolyte replacement. I ate a banana along with chips and salsa.. Followed up with chicken and rice for dinner.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM-Easy 5 miles.

PM2-Easy 5 miles at lunch time.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.200.000.000.0010.20

PM-Easy to steady state effort with some short speed changes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.100.000.000.0015.10

PM-10.6 miles easy.

PM2-4.5 mile jog. Pretty warm out..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles this afternoon before work. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Easy to steady state effort with a cool down on the grass common area. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles with some speed changes.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Easy 4 mile run.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy 8 miles in the heat.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM-10.5 miles easy-steady state effort.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM-Easy 5 miles o/b on 7th.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Went with my youngest son to Lagoon and had a great time.. Watching his interaction with kids his own age gives me faith in this generation.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles. Just got done with an old RCA set replacing paper capacitors and out of tolerance resistors.  Accurate alignment of the IF transformers is up.  This is my weird hobby.  And I love it! Keeps me from getting too crazy about other things including work and running.

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Comments
From Eva Splaine on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 15:38:29 from 108.61.201.170

Is this an old RCA TV you are talking about? If so, after you get it up and running, are you able to receive a signal with it since most TV signals are digital?

From steve ash on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 16:34:08 from 174.52.121.51

Eva, Its an old five tube radio from 1937. I do have an old Packard Bell television from 1950 though. And yes, it requires a converter box to change the signal from digital to analog.

From Eva Splaine on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 17:26:20 from 108.61.201.170

Interesting..

There is a very small shop that I run past every day. I have never been inside the shop but it is a specialty electronics shop and in the shop window there are many old radios, TVs, vacuum tubes, etc.

How do you find the tubes etc. for the set? Do they even make those kinds of vacuum tubes anymore?

How is the sound quality of the radio after you get it working?

Sounds like a great hobby!

From steve ash on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 17:54:14 from 174.52.121.51

Eva, vacuum tubes were made in probably the order of millions back in the day. Some tubes are hard to find especially those that are the globe type made in the early 30s and pre-1930s. Ebay is an excellent resource along with other small companies which sell them.

Most commercial radio tubes from the 30s and 40s are not hard to find. There are some factories both in Russia and China which still make tubes, mainly audio amplifier types.

From steve ash on Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 18:06:42 from 174.52.121.51

The sound quality is great. Tubes have a warmth and sound quality that isn't matched by modern technology..

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Took today off. It is Sunday and I have already violated the Sabbath by going shopping. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.008.000.000.0012.00

Easy to steady state run today.  This run felt cool temperature wise at 74 degrees compared to most of my workouts. Late night swing shifts are great running wise in the winter. You definitely pay the price during summer though..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.500.000.000.0015.50

AM-Easy 10.5 miles o/b.

PM-Easy 5 mile jog this afternoon at the park.

Just found a RCA 56 X-610 which looks to need a home. The only thing that appears to be a challenge is the top of the bakelite cabinet.  Sunlight damage ugh..  However some polishing should get it back into good condition. Replacing bad wiring along with caps and resistors will bring this old radio back into new condition. One of my favorite radios mainly because the RF stage is very sensitive and also has good selectivity. The bad part of it is that it has rubber wiring.. Most of the old late 1930s sets have cloth wiring which is in good condition.

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Comments
From steve ash on Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 18:13:05 from 174.52.121.51

Forgot to mention that the audio quality is excellent. Definitely an heirloom piece that will last a long time.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

PM-10 miles easy to steady state effort. 

PM2-Easy 4 mile jog at lunch time.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-7miles easy with some short sprints at the end.

PM-Easy 3 mile jog at lunch time.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM- Progressive 10 mile run to 5k pace effort at the end.  Feeling some gains now in my fitness. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy 8 mile run this afternoon.  Looking at some demographics tonight.  It's interesting how people are leaving blue states in order to live in red states. 

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Comments
From Eva Splaine on Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 11:21:34 from 108.61.201.170

I found your blog interesting...so I decided to look at the demographics on a county level instead of state level. That was very interesting. It appears that most large population centers are blue while the rest of the counties are red. For example most counties in California are red, but the large cities are blue. To me that means that since the state is blue, those population centers have a large influence on what goes on in the majority of the state even those who live in the majority of areas of the state may have completely views.

Do you know if the migration from blue states to red states is a migration from blue cities in blue states to red cities in red states, or a migration from blue cities in blue states to blue cities in red states?

It was also interesting for me to see the change over the last 40 years of the purple states.

https://purplestatesofamerica.org

Anyway it is a very interesting topic.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. No run today.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM-Easy 10.5 miles at the park this morning. Much cooler than a late afternoon run for sure..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today.  It may be the 4th of July but it is still the Sabbath.  A long run planned for tomorrow:)

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy 3 mile jog today. Grilling some steaks and having some Samuel Adams Boston lager while listening to old time music on my Philco 89b.  Not a bad way to celebrate..

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Easy 10.5 miles this afternoon. I think it was easy..  Ninety three degrees at lunch time.

Taking a look at snow pack levels for the Western United States in this year and previous years. Less and less with exception of increases in some cases. Also precipitation levels for the country in the last century. As a nation, we seem to be having more precipitation overall in the last 100 years. I'm not a climatologist and I can't figure out whats going on. Global warming plus increased population? Perhaps..

What I do know is that without better water management we are going to be in trouble. Especially in the next few years..  If this keeps up I'm not sure if there is going to be enough hydro-electric generation to keep the Pacific Northwest going along with California. Hoover Dam along with others in California seem to be getting to a really critical low level. Important vegetable growing areas like Imperial Valley depend on this water also.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy 7 mile jog this afternoon. Tomorrow is a day off from work to get caught up with some chores around the house.  If I have some time I may get in something longer.  

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.002.000.000.0016.00

16 mile long run out into Draper and back with some faster pickups toward the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile run this today.  Catching up on hydration and recovery as most of my workouts are in the early afternoon hours.

Looking at some schematics and wiring issues on a six tube radio project set which need to be fixed. I hate re-wiring.. It needs to be done though as the wiring on this one used rubber wires which crumble if you even look at them.. Being a six tube model it has an RF amplifier section which is really nice. Lots of distant stations received at night:)

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7.500.000.000.007.50

Easy 7.5 mile run before work this afternoon.  

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Went for a two mile walk this morning.  Looking at the news of Sir Richard Branson and his flight into space. It's really amazing the leaps and strides in technology that have been achieved in the last century.  I hope that we have the wisdom to go along with it in a positive way.

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10.500.000.000.0010.50

More steady state running building up the aerobic base.

 

 

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Easy 6 miles today. The heat makes it diffulcult though. Running in 90-100 degree heat is challenging..

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5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles today. Just got the news that one of my co-workers passed away. I'm going to miss him and also his sense of humor. He definitely knew how to light up the room and make us laugh.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

PM- Easy 10 mile run before work. 98 degrees farenheit at the end. You definitely learn over time what pace and exertion level to start out. Keeping up on hydration levels are tough..

PM2-Easy 3 mile run after work.

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Easy to hard progression run today. Ten miles total with speed pickups in the middle. 

Just received a radio recently that had some cabinet damage..  Turning it over to someone who has more experience than I do.  Woodworking is my major weakness..  I can restore the electronics on these old radios however the lack of space and knowledge in doing the cabinetry is tough.  

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3.000.000.000.003.00

Did an easy 3 mile run today with short speed changes. Staycation and busy with household maintenance chores along with laundry and other cleaning housework.  A washer that needed new agitator collar dogs along with a heating element on the dryer. Funny how these things always come at once..  Passed by the speed limit radar sign on the way back home and it read 11 mph. That was encouraging as I really didn't think I was going that fast on the last half mile.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Steady state 10 mile run today.  Looking at the number of license plates on my run that come from California and others. We have a pretty well governed state compared to them.  I just hope they don't bring their bad policy ideas also..

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No run today. My sciatic nerve is acting up again.. Welcome to getting old!

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No run today. Went to the gym and did some weights. I don't want to run in all of this smoke from the wildfires. Probably a good thing as I need to build up some muscle mass. Way too skinny for my height..

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No run today. Went and lifted weights at the gym. Just too much smoke in the air.. Working on an old Admiral radio set instead which only needed capacitor replacements along with an out of tolerance resistor. The audio faded after a few minutes of operation.  Suspect was the 50l6 audio output tube and fortunately I had a new old stock replacement.  Very pleased with this one..

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No run today. Im just not willing to do it with all of the smoke from wildfires.  You are not just breathing in smoke from wood but also everything else that is in it's path.

On another note.. I'm apalled about how this administration has handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan.  

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles after work.  Working on an old Howard radio which requires a bias cell that is no longer available.  Solved that problem with using a low voltage watch battery.  I just have to find someone who can do some re-finishing on the cabinet now.

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0.000.002.000.002.00

Went out for a short two mile run with one minute pickups at "perceived" 5k pace. Equal walking to jog rest period. Trying out an experiment by building speed first then slowly adding distance at a more aerobic pace. Sounds crazy I know.. I did this back in 2006 and it worked for me somehow. Then again I had a pretty good aerobic background even with time off from running.  Race horses are not always meant to be on the track right?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy 12 miles after work. The air was fairly clean today and I could see the Delta hangar from the hospital tower.

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5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy five mile jog this morning with some short intervals.

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Rode the bike to work instead of running. Listening to my Grunow 654 tombstone now, and it's a very good radio especially that it has an RF section.  Always amazed how these old radios can pick up stations so far and with such excellent audio quality. Received stations as far away as Nebraska and Washington state at night..

 Next up is restoring an RCA bakelite radio from the 1950s. 

 

  

 

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Riding the bike to work again and making small changes to my diet.  More greens and vegetables with anti inflammatory choices such as salmon etc..  Not willing to run in the air pollution. Nope.

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Have you ever had a paradigm shift?  Mine was that I was flawed in many ways. However the grace of Jesus Christ covers this. I will never be good enough, but his grace is complete.  

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Easy 5 miles today. Beautiful run outside. Fifty seven degrees, clean fall air and sunny outside It doesn't get much better than this..

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Busy at work today. National debt repercussions come to mind. We can not continously take out  another credit card.. 

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Comments
From steve ash on Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 22:50:33 from 174.52.121.51

A country deserves the leaders it elects.

From Jon on Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 20:06:14 from 75.136.121.106

Did you put a comment on your own post that no one had commented on? :)

From steve ash on Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 20:19:41 from 174.52.121.51

Yes, I did because I thought that it might give some feedback on our country's current debt crisis. It seems to be the elephant in the room however..

From Mark on Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:46:32 from 108.191.16.124

Definitely an elephant in the room, no clear way out of it without creating even more crises.

From steve ash on Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 02:20:25 from 174.52.121.51

I just think that passing a massive spending bill could only add to inflation pressures right now. Infrastructure spending? Great! That adds to the ability of our country to be more productive. However, how much of this is real infrastructure spending? Hmm..

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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AM-Easy 10 miles with upper body weight lifting later. 

PM-Easy 6 miles with pickups and walk jog cool down after. Way too skinny lately so I'm beefing up my diet calorie wise. Weighed in at 60 kg yesterday. Yikes!

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Starting base training for the Winter Series as of tomorrow.  Work and family issues have been rough lately thanks to the pandemic. However,  I think we are going to see a gradual decline in cases over the next few months.  

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy 10 mile jog today. Slow.. Getting in the miles right now are what counts though.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM-7 mile easy jog-run.

PM-Easy 5 mile jog with some speed changes around the loop at work.

 

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AM-Easy 6 miles with speed changes and weights.

PM-Easy 4 miles at lunch.

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AM-Easy 6 miles with speed changes. Stopped for stretching and water.

PM-Easy 4 miles at lunch. Watching the news this morning. President Magoo taking another hit on his approval ratings.. CNN is having a hard time defending this moron. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles today. Feeling sad about today.

 

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4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy 4 mile jog before work. The rain went away and gave me some clarity about things. Beautiful morning run. 

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No run today.  Took it easy and worked on a project radio instead. Replaced a 6D6 tube with a 78 new old stock one. This eliminated the random oscillation issues associated with this tube. Not original, but close enough.  Time to break away and do some real work now in keeping up the house.

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No run today. Again.. Working on a bathroom faucet leak and supply valve. The fun never ends it seems. The upside is that I avoided a costly plumbing call out. Welcome to aging home construction..

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6.000.004.000.0010.00

AM-10 miles on hills with 5 min on/off intervals.

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No run today. Went to work on my day off.  Looking at supply chain issues and shaking my head at this administration. Inflationary pressures and yet the Democrats want to spend and add even more problems..

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM-Easy-steady state 12 miles with some short speed changes in the middle.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy 13 mile run today. Longest I have run in a while.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM-8 mile easy run.

PM-Easy 4 mile jog at lunchtime. Legs are feeling it especially with all of the walking I do at work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

AM-Easy 7 miles with some short speed changes. Going to change up my distance pattern on the morning run

PM-Easy 5 mile jog after work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.600.000.000.009.60

Easy run today before work. Lots of stress and conflict lately.. Just do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles in the rain. Not so bad after awhile. You just accept the fact that being completely soaked is actually ok..

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No run today. 

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10.500.000.000.0010.50

Easy 10 miles this morning. Took a route which didn't have me going so much against strong winds today. I did not sleep well last night and ended up waking early. A really good run though.. And a bit surreal with the clouds on the western horizon reflecting the morning light.  It felt more like sunset instead of sunrise.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM-Easy 10.5 mile distance run. Very slow and around 8-9/ min mile pace.

PM-Another easy and slow jog at lunchtime, These runs really wake me up concerning my age.. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

More base mileage before work. Having a hard time shifting into other gears.. Especially not having other runners to push me or me or to encourage them. I was going to run an easy jog at my lunch break however not feeling it today.. Age or circumstance? 

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-6 miles easy with some speed changes.

PM-Easy 4 mile jog at lunch time.

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AM- Easy 6 miles with some speed changes.

PM-Easy 4 mile jog at lunch time.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

AM- Easy 5 miles before work today. Getting back to a diet that has more real food instead of the usual fast food junk. Oatmeal for breakfast. Salad for lunch with salmon and whole grain bread with butter.

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0.000.000.000.000.00

No run today. Working on laundry and house cleaning instead. Glad that Halloween is over now..  I don't celebrate this holiday as it contains so much evil and other bad things associated with it. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM-Easy 10 mile run before work.

PM-Easy 4 miles at lunchtime. My co-workers think I'm a bit nuts to run on my lunch break. It's what keeps me going though..

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AM- 5 miles easy on 7th east. 

PM- 5 miles to work. Not so easy.. I remember when 7:30/mile pace felt really easy. Not so much today.. Welcome to middle age:)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.004.000.000.0012.00

AM-8 miles steady state. 

PM-Easy 4 mile walk jog at lunch.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM-Easy 6 miles with weights later.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.002.000.0010.00

AM- Alternating 10 mile run with efforts at 15k to marathon pace. Felt strong today over the distance. 

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5.000.000.000.005.00

AM- Easy 5 mile run with a friend of mine from work. Discussing the "Infrastructure bill" and other things coming out of Porkopolis DC.  Just spend our way out of things.. Climbing to the top in national debt.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Easy 7 miles total waiting and run commuting back to home. When it rains it pours at times.. Today the starter motor on my car gave out along with our dishwasher. The good news is that I found a part for the dishwasher and the starter motor is still under warranty. I had the starter motor replaced less than a year ago. My van has 208,000 miles on it and still runs strong so repairing it at this level still makes sense. Car payments are the number one killer towards retirement.

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Comments
From Bob on Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 08:06:24 from 69.243.131.245

Yep, traded in the old Odyssey last year with 308,000 on it. Finally decided it was time once the engine seals started failing and leaking too much. So traded up for a 2015 Odyssey with 100,000 miles. Two kids in college and one on the way. :)

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 10:03:11 from 72.250.218.114

My approach has always been if you have to make payments, this means you cannot afford the car. I wonder how the economy would adjust if everybody took this approach. Some will say it would kill the car industry, but I think it would just trim down the lard and learn to produce less expensive cars.

From steve ash on Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 19:36:55 from 107.77.229.145

Honda makes a great vehicle. Mine happens to be a 2000 Chevrolet Venture. Coincidentally I was looking at some Honda Civic models the other day, and liked what I saw except for the price! Not the greatest time to go used car shopping.

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.005.000.000.0013.00

AM-Over distance run in the rain.  Rolling hill course in and around the Sandy bench area via 9400 south and 1300 east.

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AM-Easy 4 mile jog.

PM-Easy 6 mile run/jog.

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5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 mile jog this afternoon. 

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Easy 5 mile run today o/b on 7th east.

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Easy 10 mile run before work.  7th/94th o/b.

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Easy 10 mile run this morning. The goal is to get 70 miles this week along with one speed workout. 

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16.000.000.000.0016.00

AM-Long run for 16 miles through the JRP and West Jordan. 

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6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles this morning.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy 12 miles split up into two runs today. Lots of things to think about while running today.. Especially completing my electronics technician program that I undertook years earlier.  

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No run.  My 50 year old body said to take it easy today for some reason. 

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy 10 mile jog/run. Covering the distance..

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4.000.002.000.006.00

AM-6 miles today with short random speed changes.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy 12 miles this afternoon.  

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy distance run today again with some stretching afterwards.  Watching episodes of Barney Miller while doing dishes and catching up with things on my day off.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.004.000.000.0012.00

Steady state 12 mile run this afternoon before work. 

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6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile run. Ft Union/7th/ o/b.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy over distance today. 

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8.000.000.000.008.00

 Easy distance run with some speed changes. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.004.000.006.00

Progressive run today with some short sprints.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Easy 4.5 miles today.  Going for a longer run tomorrow to build up the aerobic base.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

PM-12 miles today with some speed changes in the middle. Rolling hill course.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-6 miles steady before work.

PM-Easy 4 mile jog at lunch.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.002.000.0010.00

Progressive ten mile steady state run this afternoon.  A better diet and more hydration have definitely made the difference lately.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM-Easy 10 mile recovery jog today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy 12 mile aerobic run up towards the canyon o/b.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 miles today with some speed changes at the end. Starting to feel a bit of aerobic fitness coming back again.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

PM-16 mile long run in two hours and small change. 

Tomorrow will be a low mileage recovery day. Rewiring a Radiola 61-10 along with replacing out of date capacitors and out of tolerance resistors.  Christmas gift for my youngest son and a really nice old tube radio with an RF amplifier to pull in those distant stations at night..

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Easy 6 mile jog this afternoon.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Easy 14 mile over distance run.

Listening to a late night broadcast from KNX radio via Los Angeles. Organized shoplifting up sixteen percent.. Defunding police along with other liberal policies seem to be working well.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.002.000.0010.00

AM- Easy to steady state 10 mile run progressing with a faster finish at the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

Easy recovery jog this afternooon. Kind of a joke how I ran it today though..  It was like running on bald tires with the tread worn down on these old Nike Zoom Flys.  Lots of stops and starts in the slush from today's snow storm.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy 10 mile slog in the slush today. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy 8 miles in the slush and ice again. Switching from sidewalk to curb to avoid ice and snow along the way.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy 5 miles today. 7th o/b.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Easy two mile jog today.  Looking to move up the mileage on daily distance runs starting tomorrow.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.004.000.000.0013.00

Easy to steady state 13 miles up towards the canyon and back.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1132.6042.0022.000.001196.60
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