| Location: Logan,UT,USA Member Since: Dec 15, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: PRs after age 40:
5k 15:15 Running of the Leopards.
8k 22:21 Alta Death Dash
10k 33:02 Des News
Half Marathon 1:10 Timp Half
Marathon 2:32 Ogden
First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon
First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook
Short-Term Running Goals: Not be fat all year Long-Term Running Goals: Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind. Personal:
"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 214.50 | 23.10 | 39.30 | 0.00 | 276.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 miles easy in Austin, just a sweet day! 10X200 meter strides. Not feeling good about a race tomorrow, just too tired this week. |
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Striders Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:15:22, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.60 |
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I had to sit up until two am waiting for my son to get back from a date so it ended up being a late one again. I was pretty sore and fatigued from the workouts this week so I debated even running this one today, but I needed to get a tempo workout in.
Just about perfect conditions for a race today. This was a first in a while, starting a race already tired! The first 6 miles went fine, on pace at around 5:30, but man I was as fatigued as I have ever been I think. It was the kind that just overwhelms your whole body. I simply had to back off to 6 minute pace and bear it out.
Good news is, I'm training at close to the limit, bad part is that it really sucks to try and race in the middle of this. About a minute and half slower than last year in near perfect conditions. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles easy, around 8:30 pace late in the evening. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 miles at about 8 min pace pushing the double stroller |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 mile Tempo at 5:45 pace |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 miles easy |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Very long swim. 2 miles, took about an hour ten minutes. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles on the treadmill again at 5:45 pace. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles of hill repeats in a snowstorm. Good times.. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| A quick 3 miler after church in the snow, again.. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Landed in Orange County around midnight and did a moonlight run along the Bay Trail. Amazing, beautiful night. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
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Sunny and 65 degree day in Orange County. I ran a nice 23 mile easy run from the Bay Trail to the LA beaches. 7:21 average pace. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles in Minneapolis. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles easy on the treadmill. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles with some short strides on the grass. Basically another day off. Tomorrow is race day and the second half marathon in two weeks. I'm not really sure how to train or taper for these. I'm going to use the half tomorrow for a good Tempo run and shoot for a 1:12. |
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Salt Lake City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:11:33, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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We spent the evening at the Murphy's house and it was simply the best pre race experience that I've had. The kids loved it and Rob had a lot of great advice. We drove the first 10 miles of the course which was a first for me. It helped a lot this morning knowing what was in front of me. Rob's wife just goes all out with the hospitality and race support. This was the first race that I had my own water bottles handed to me by my kids!
I ran a semi hard 23 mile run Tuesday this week as part of a marathon schedule that I am behind on so I took the last few days off and did no warm up at all this morning. I watched Rob jump a fence to use a Porta Potty while a lady took a picture of him and I had two Peeps before the race started. Perfect race prep.
The race pace was a bit steep for the first 5 miles. I was worried about it, but didn't feel winded so I hung with it. I was looking for a 1:12 this morning so the race was more about my clock than racing. I just needed to put in those 5:27 miles. The 5k came around at 16:08 and the next few miles at 5:20 or so. As we turned and came back up the hill, Walter was running just to my side and a bit behind me and now I could feel the pace. He was yelling at every single runner that he knew who we passed up the hill and I couldn't believe that he had the energy for it! Psyched me out..I was dying.
Around 6 miles the pace felt great and I settled in. Somewhere in here I caught up to Fritz and Fiddy, who must have been doing close to 5 min pace early in the race. I noticed that I had started to lose a few seconds on pace for a 1:12 so I picked it up a little and concentrated on holding on and actually running some tangents correctly. I lost some time through Liberty Park and through mile 11 though and as we came up the State Street hill a guy passed me pretty quick. I didn't even know he was there so as we turned the corner I looked back to see who else was getting ready to kick my butt and there was Walter's red singlet right behind me. I picked up the pace for the last mile to around a 5:16 and passed the guy who got me on the hill. It was encouraging to feel like I had plenty left in the tank.
I learned a lot on this race, mostly from Rob and a little from pre race prep. I had a very small breakfast, some sleep and better fuel during the race. It cut three minutes off my half time two weeks ago. This race is the Tempo run for the start of my last training for Ogden Marathon so the next three weeks will be painful.
The post race was just fun, fun! Lots of people there from FRB and the USATF Circuit. My girls ran the Kids Marathon with Rob's kids and loved it. |
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| Off day. Diddly squat. |
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Just starting training after the half marathon Saturday. Progressive Tempo run today at the gym. 2 miles at 8 min pace, 4 miles at 6 min pace, 3 miles at 5 min pace and 1 mile at 8 min pace. Felt strong and excited to get some speed in this close after the half.
45 minutes hard lifting. This is going to leave me sore. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles in the early morning sun so slow I could see the grass growing. 45 minutes core and upper body lifting. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 miles on the Bayshore Trail. What a beautiful day! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| 15 miles in Dallas on the Legacy trail |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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6 miles from my house just as the sun was setting. What a beautiful evening. Just enough time tonight to get home, spend some time with the kids and go back to work. It's been a busy week, 4th night in a row with time enough for only 4 hours to sleep. Oh well, maybe catch up next week. It sure was nice to be home, even if just for a few hours.
The short nights have not helped with a quick recovery from the half marathon so this week has been hard work running. It will basically be the philosophy of "running through" it for a while.
We have had a new puppy in the family for the last three weeks and now since she is 14 weeks old her running training is starting. She is a Chesepeake Bay, a great running breed, and the poor thing doesn't have a clue what kind of a life awaits her. We did a mile together last night and she had no problems keeping up, even at that age. It's been 24 years since I had a dog, my wife hated animals so this has been really neat. The girls don't give her a break.
This week I have been "told" three times that it's been long enough being single and it's time to start dating. The culture here always makes me smile. Single dads with kids are square pegs that everyone tries to fit into round holes. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 22.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
| Long easy run in Orlando. 80 degrees and sunny. Looped around four lakes. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 miles in the early morning in Orlando before heading home. Can't even believe how beautiful this day is. Easter has always been my favorite day of the year.
Today is also the last day of recovery week, bummer. Now I have to start running... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles and a good lifting session. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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10 mile track workout. 2 mile warmup, 5X1s, 1 mile cooldown. 30 minutes core.
8 mile easy jog in the evening with the stroller. |
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| Day off. Nothing is so nice as a day with no agenda. I'm building a new stone fireplace for the living room which I don't really need |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| Easy pace, medium run. |
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| 14 hours of flying today and the getting home. Absolutely no time for a run. I'm 24 miles under my weekly plan and just over three weeks to marathon. This isn't good. |
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Race against abuse or something (6.2 Miles) 00:34:12, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
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3 miles with the dog this morning and then dropped her off and ran a 10K in Wellsville. Super hilly course and snowing the whole run. Good times.
1 mile easy jog after.
Supposed to get in a 20 miler later today but just too busy catching up. Pretty frustrated at having absolutely no time to train. I'm catching 4-5 hours of sleep a night just to stay ahead, what a week! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 214.50 | 23.10 | 39.30 | 0.00 | 276.90 |
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