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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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Crack of dawn morning run in Nashville before flight planning to bring a new plane across the ocean from Hamburg.  Love these flights.  

 Feel good after yesterday's run and last week was a milestone in placing a few years of work behind us, so I'm looking forward to a few good months of training.  Lets see how the knee holds up.  :-) 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Standard hour long easy run.

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So slow I could watch the grass grow.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.004.000.0010.00

4.5 easy.  5X800 hill repeats

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Standard boring 8 mile run, but a knee brace is helping.

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18.000.000.000.0018.00

Beautiful long trail run up Mt Logan trail.  Finished late in the dark.  One of the top ten runs of the year.  Enjoyment wise.

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Race: AF Half Marathon (13.11 Miles) 01:12:13, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 2
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1.800.0013.110.0014.91

I got in some miles this week so I knew I could run this one strong.  I wore my fat man shoes which seem to keep my knee much more stable because I didn't feel it much today.  Started out with about the same pace as last weeks first four miles, 5:35, ran some fast ones in the middle and lost a good 30 seconds on the last mile.

The lead group was gone like a rocket, well under five minute pace since the first miles were downhill.  I didn't even see them until I began passing guys at mile 6.  But Dave T began catching up to me by the golf course and I was sure he was going to pass and was waiting to have to kick it in.  He's a great masters runner this year. 

Lots of great faces today, you don't show up to any race in Utah this year expecting the norm.  Best consistent competition I can remember.   Pretty sweet masters run by Walter.  When he's on his A game he's pretty untouchable in the half.

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