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Conquer the Canyon Smithfield Health Days

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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

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Off day.  Sweet

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10 miles normal pace with Mike at 6:30 min miles.  Nice to just enjoy a run!

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6 miles at 5:32 pace.

 

Long stretching afterwards

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12 miles along the juke canal in Phoenix.  Dying in the heat!

 

Afternoon workout: 45 minutes of lifting at Arizona State University's awsome gym and hill repeats on the Red Devil hill.

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5 miles at night in Salt Lake City

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Intervals today.

2 mile warmup followed by 1 mile repeats at 5:15 pace with 1/4 mile jog in between five times and a two mile cool down.

1 hour lifting at the gym

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5 miles on the treadmill at the gym, looking at the snow outside-what the #@$%?

 

1.5 hours core excersizes and lifting

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Race: Conquer the Canyon Smithfield Health Days (6.2 Miles) 00:34:57, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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I needed a "loosen up" run in the dreaded taper time before Ogden so I ran the Health days for the first time since High School.  It was a lot bigger than I remembered it.  This year there was over 600 runners the director said, confirming my belief that running is really in a massive resurgence this year all over the country.

I wanted to hold about 5:30s today so I started up the canyon about that pace and soon it kicked my butt.  I thought the canyon would never end.  I was keeping contact with two runners going up the canyon together and got passed by another right before the turn around.  The two guys were obviously fit runners and started to pull away pretty good a few miles up as I slowed to probably 6:30 to 7 min pace up the hills.  Going down was sweet so I decided to catch the lead pack and had to run 2 miles right on 5 min pace to close back in.  I passed the two leaders with about 3/4 a mile to go and one of them, Carson it turn out, fell right in at the pace.  He was just out for a nice morning jog..

Fun race, and a fast finish (with a slow time).  The best part was talking with the other guys at the finish and meeting some fellow Bloggers.

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I had to sneak out of the campground this morning and get in my run up Blacksmith Fork canyon before cooking breakfast for 15 guys...

I got stopped by three turkey hunters asking if I had seen any turkeys while running. :)

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5 miles at 5:45 pace in Denver, CO

 

1 hour of lifting

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Beautiful day in Los Angeles.  I went for a run from the hotel down along Manhatten beach and back down.  Had to stop myself from running further it was so nice and sunny!

13 miles and no idea of the pace!

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4 miles along Town Lake trail in Austin, TX.

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6 easy miles in the morning in San Jose, Ca

 

6 miles with strides evening in Denver

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6 miles early morning in St. George

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Race: Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:35:50, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
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I'm not sure how to feel about this race.   I ended up about 5 minutes slower than a goal pace I've been chasing but on the other hand I cut over ten minutes off my time last year.

Great start to the race, riding up with Keith Anderson and hearing his war stories.  I met a lot of friends at the start which was pretty cool.  I still can't decide if all that smoke inhalation around the bonfires is good for you before a race.

The race started out pretty normal.  It was nice running with Ben (thanks for the draft again!) and Jeff.  The downhill start felt pretty good and I knew I was comfortable with a 5:45 pace.  I really had no strategy as I have not tried running a marathon this close to threshold before.  I knew that my threshold this year was about 5:35, any faster than that and things catch up pretty fast.  The pace felt fine for the first 6 miles somewhere around 5:35.  Since it was downhill and I knew the race leveled out in the valley I decided to stick with it and shoot for a 1:15 half.  We dropped off two runners through the half point and I crossed the half at 1:14:35 but was feeling it.  My wind was great but the legs were pretty dead, maybe not enough taper this week.  By mile 16 I was dead and started losing 20 seconds a mile but still held visual contact with Ben.  I lost him and the other runners completely around 18 miles and hit it pretty hard at 20.  It was all I could do to not stop and walk through an aid station.   I knew it was one of the worst paced marathons I've ran.  But you never know how to pace a race with a lot of downhill sections.  I just focused on keeping 6 minute miles from there on.  I was as tired as I've ever been from a marathon, but strangly enough had no soreness at all.  I was able to go on a run with my family tonight and that never happens!  Makes no sense.

I learned a lot from this race so from that standpoint it was one of the most valuable.  It gave me a lot to think about for a couple of weeks.

Really nice talking to everyone after the race!  Jeff, you're awesome and hope to run with you again!  There is such a fun group of guys running this year!  Also a great race by the Clydsdale (207lbs) just over 3 hours from Smithfield and his son ran a 2:19 half marathon at 13 years old.

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Nice off day with the fam

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30 minutes on the ellip

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40 min ellipt

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8 miles in Denver easy

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6 miles morning and 5 evening

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1 mile swim

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Pretty much another day off!

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5 easy miles in Nibley

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3 miles run

30 min elliptical

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Finally starting training again.  Cool! 

12 miles along Heron canal in Houston, TX

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1 mile swim at the Ft. Lauderdale aquatic complex, awesome! followed by 10 mile run on the beach.  Nice day!

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22 miles up the beachwalk from Ft. Lauderdale through Pompano beach and back down.  89 degrees and 84% humidity.  This run kicked my butt.  I actually had to stop and walk the last half mile.  I was totally dehydrated.

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Weekend in Moab.  That means incredible runs with the girls!  I ran Hell's Revenge, Fins and Things and Slickrock today alongside the Jeeps.  80 degrees and sun all day!   Some serious hill running.  This must be the perfect combination; everybody drives the jeeps and I can head out and back all day.

 

Tons of fun!

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Another day in Moab!  4 miles at 6 am along kane Springs trail.

 

8 miles fast up Pritchet Canyon with the Jeep Safari again.  What an amazing run today!  Boulder to boulder jumping for 8 miles as fast as I could! 

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3 easy miles.  Off day!

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3 miles easy

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