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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 24, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

In May 2010 I was large and started running. Now I'm much smaller :), -63 lbs.

PR's:

1/2 Marathon - 1:13:25

Marathon - 2:32:40

Short-Term Running Goals:

Merge road and trail running and adventure run bonkers.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 2:30 marathon. Run my best at distances from half marathon to 100 miles.

Personal:

Happily married with 4 great kids. Running is but one of the amazing vehicles for connecting with others and celebrating life. Gratitude!

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Race: Hale Freezes Over 10k (6 Miles) 00:35:17, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.200.006.000.0014.20

Impromptu 10k race I decided to jump in yesterday (after some encouragement from Scott lol). The Hale Center Theater puts this on and they give out tickets to the top 3 for the 5 and 10k. Scott and Matt were running so it only made sense to show up and give it a go to sweep the tickets for some cool date nights with all the wives :). The course is fast on the front half and hilly on the second half. I have been training lightly for and wanted to run a 5k, but wasn't certain I would lock it up for the tickets so I ran the 10. I finished second behind Matt in 35:19. The second half was hard and with a huge gap back to third I backed it off from 5-6 and then blasted the end. I'm going to jump in a 5K soon and see exactly where I'm at so I can start some specific work. I also broke my 5k pr on the front half (16:42) running comfy and even so I'm excited about my fitness at this point in the year and super grateful to be healthy. I believe Matt and Scott both broke course records for the 5 and 10k's :). Lots of Sojourners there today, the girls team dominated too. It was a fun morning. Good things to come.  I ran this course in 2011 in 44:43 which was a PR then so it was very fun to come back and crush my course PR by 9+ minutes :). So grateful to be healthy and for the ability to run. 

Brooks Pureflow2 Bluebird Miles: 14.20
Comments
From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 16:09:04 from 198.228.216.18

BD. you look fit brotha. Always great to hang with ya. How about that dog nearly making me a woman on the cool down. I was ready to body slam that mutt. Really great seeing ya. Look forward catching up with ya on runs and workouts. You will crush everything this year. Mark my words. Make it happen.

From Derek D on Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 17:09:06 from 166.137.210.42

Nice work Brandon. Love the gap in PRs. You continue to improve and are doing great things. It's fun to see someone working hard and improving the way you are. Great job!

From Dave Taylor on Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 17:44:39 from 174.23.79.221

Dang that's only 50 seconds faster than my 10K PR. I should have showed up and made you at least work a little for it :)

From josse on Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 18:15:23 from 70.196.197.250

Love 9+ minute PR's they rock! Great job on the race. What 5k are you going to do?

From Matt Poulsen on Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 09:37:02 from 50.168.224.197

Nice race, Brandon!! Great things in store for you this year. Always a blast hanging out with you.

From Fritz on Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 14:37:25 from 50.198.178.113

Great job Brandon! Looks like you will be crushing that 5K PR again very soon. Glad your training is going so well.

From scottkeate on Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 15:43:39 from 98.202.116.66

Great race to my brother from another mother! So glad that you decided to run the race. I'm looking forward to some great running this year and date nights with the ladies :-)

From Rachelle on Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 10:48:46 from 159.212.71.199

9 minute PR! That is so exciting Brandon and it has been so fun to watch your progress. Congratulations!

You are right ont rack to make that 2:25 a reality this year.:)

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