| 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:
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 195.50 | 52.44 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 251.05 |
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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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This was supposed to be another easy 10 mile run but everything hurt too much from yesterday so I cut it short and did another mile swim. The water off the coast of Mexico is as clear and calm as I have ever seen it right now. Almost makes up for not being able to run at all.
In March I applied for a permit for the Mt. Whitney trail. Since it's a lottery, I was denied. On Friday the NPS called me and said that they had some cancellations and would grant me a permit on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Since the window is rapidly closing weather wise for this hike, if I want to run it, I'm heading down to give it a shot. I can't wait to try a hard trail run up to 14,600 feet that is 22 miles long. About 6 miles of the trail are above 13,000 feet.
In addition, I got a comp entry to CIM on Dec 2nd which is about the perfect amount of time to get through this ankle injury. It means I can focus on just training for a few months, throw a race or two in for fun, and get ready for one last marathon in 2012. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.30 |
| Mt Logan trail. Started at the 4,600 level and did most of the run up to 9,000 and back. At about 9 miles my ankle was killing so bad that I had to stop until it got under control and I could roll it around on a big rock until it loosened up a bit. After 20 minutes it felt good enough to get going again and finish the run. About 17 min miles up and 8 min miles down. |
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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 |
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Started at the 5,000 foot line and ran 4 miles up to about the 8,000 foot elevation of the Mt Logan trail. This is the 5th steep run in the last few weeks that I have started running again. The purpose has been to hike/run steep anough that I can keep my heart rate up without having to pound the ankle, and to have some ankle rolling excersizes in. Went good today, finally a run that felt close to normal.
1200 meter swim after lunch |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Just enough time for a quick 4 miler. Heading down to hang out with the Browns in St George with the kids to watch everyone racing tomorrow. |
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St George Marathon (26.22 Miles) 02:47:37 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 26.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 28.22 |
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Came down last night to hang out with the Browns, watch the race, and get the kids some St George sun. I decided it would be a crazy to just sit around if I could at least get in part of the race so I called SGM and asked for an entry. Long story short I ended up picking up a bib number at 5:30am still not sure if I could run this.
This morning was as perfect conditions as I have run a marathon in as long as I can remember. Cool, tailwind, downhill. The only reason that it was doable for me. By about 10k I could tell that my ankle was going to be fine and I was talking to Mark as we ran about it. He gave me some great advice, to take my time on the rollers after Veyo and then pick up pace again around 14 or 15, which is just what I did. I was nervous about the race the whole time, after what happened at TOU, but didn't deal with the ankle pain until 23 miles. The race just went perfect for me, I tucked into 6:23 pace and it felt great the whole race. I really needed this run to get back into the game with my head since the past two months have been spent dealing with this heel and ankle stuff.
Great races today by Fritz, Scott, Walter, and a host of others! So neat to get a chance to talk to these guys after the kind of racing that they do. Makes you feel cool just to know them a bit! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.80 |
| Easy run after getting home and getting the kids to bed. Def worked out some of the rust yesterday and excited to get into some running. Sore quads but felt good otherwise. |
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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 |
| Easy run and lift today |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Hill loop up and over the SV hill above Smithfield. |
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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 |
| Easy run in Atlanta |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Afternoon run in Milwaukee. Trying to balance running with not creating more injuries this week. Kind of tough, feels like I'm on the edge the last few days. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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14 hour work day dealing with weather around Denver. Divert to Colorado Springs, sit on the ground for two hours, talk to a passenger who comes up to the cockpit as we are sitting to ask if we are going to be on time...
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Utah Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:05:46, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 26.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.22 |
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Interesting run. Got in last night around 3am and caught two hours of sleep. I was kind of excited to see if I could run a legit Utah marathon course since they are so rare, one week after St George. I was also hoping to get a decent long run in without tearing something up. One of the neat things that I have discovered about running marathons so close together is that you never know how you are going to run. You can crash in six miles or keep it hanging together on legs that seem dead from the start. Kind of neat to push yourself mentally from a different direction. Today was number 10 for the year.
I started off with Ben and Riley both who were obviously in much better shape than me to run a good race and after 3 miles I let them go. By six miles I had serious doubts about the race, totally dead legs at 6:30 pace. I slowed to just above 7 minutes and they felt much better. What a course, it just seemed to go up and up. Three over-road crosswalks, hills in all the wrong places. I set in my head two "rules"that I have read from Ultra runners that has worked so well this year for me. 1. You will never feel the same in 3 miles as you feel right now. 2. Break it up in sections and run each one. By the time I reached 19 miles I realized I was having fun, the sun was coming out and the rest was downhill. I was slow as heck, but I wasn't going to hurt anything. I did expect at any moment to get chicked by Allie or Devra so I kept one eye out behind me for the last 6 miles.
Pretty sure today I saw my first course cutter. During this marathon it was very easy to keep track of those around you, lots of turns with long stretches and over the cross walks where you can see the course down and behind you. Especially around the city creek loop at mile 22 where you can see the runners on the opposite side a mile behind you. At about mile 24 a guy about my age it seemed, suddenly came out from the side of me and passed me just hauling down the hill. Since he looked like an old guy too, I decided to catch him. I got past him but he hung on and passed me back just before the finish. My Garmin has a 5:59 for mile 26, fastest of the run for me. Never saw him during the race. Meant to ask anyone on the course if they saw this guy but lost interest in the whole thing with the post race stuff.
Half split 1:32:12
3 miles easy late tonight 8:45 pace. |
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| Day with family. |
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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 |
| Slow run! |
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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 |
| Relaxing run in the Everglades as the sun was setting.. |
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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 |
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Nice run in Orlando "along" a canal through the Everglades. Lifting after |
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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 |
| Cold run in Milwaukee. I wanted to get 8 out of this run but just too beat up on the legs to do it. This marathon recovery is the hardest of the few I've been through. |
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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 |
| Easy morning run in Milwaukee |
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Pursuit of Police who don't run, no more violence at home 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:18:10, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 6.11 |
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Not hard to understand why they changed the name of this race from Beat the Heat to SLCPD Pursuit since it was put on by the YWCA during the week without violence.
I was pretty nervous to run this race after two shaky marathons in the last two weeks and pretty much existing for two months in survival mode. The last three days I have felt some strength coming back and maybe, just maybe, might start feeling like a runner again. I kind of had to run this since I only had four Circuit races and it would be stupid to not make an effort at holding on to the Masters again. The first mile went by in 5:36 which was honestly surprising. It scared me a little and I slowed for the second mile since I was certain I couldn't run that pace for long today. But through the hilly loop I started catching people and when the two mile marker came by I knew I'd survive. At about 2.8 I got chicked by Kassi but was able to get into gear, pass her back and had fun for the last 1/4 mile. Slow time, but feeling smooth again.
The 9 guys ahead totally kicked my butt... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| Two days in Phoenix with friends doing some trails. Today was the boulder scramble of Echo Canyon and Cholla trails. Pretty sore ankles from these! |
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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 |
| West Boulder and Flat Iron trails |
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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 |
| Easy run on the sidewalks of Orlando |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| More sidewalks.. |
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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 |
| Stokes Trail |
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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 |
| Shoreline trail |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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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 |
| One hour run and some lifting |
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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 |
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5 easy in the morning, 5 easy in eve. |
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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 at 5:50 |
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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 |
| Easy fall run, feeling the workout from yesterday. Right now if I put any speed in at all on the workouts I really pay for it the next day |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 195.50 | 52.44 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 251.05 |
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