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Battle at Big Springs

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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.2716.226.970.0047.46
New Balance MT110 Miles: 39.21New Balance MT10 Miles: 6.00X - Elliptical Miles: 2.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.520.000.000.008.52

Super hot on the trails after work. I ran part of pipeline, up to the fire road, and down through the single tracks. Got 1000 vert and had a blast. The MT110's were like butter on the dirt, I should have worn them for diamond fork last weekend. Felt really strong considering the heat. 7:20 average.

New Balance MT110 Miles: 8.52
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.252.002.000.008.25

Easy warmup on the elliptical, 2.25 miles.

6 mile short speed session on the TM  to wake the legs up for the adventure run tomorrow. 1 mile at 6:58, then 4 x 1/2 mile with 1/2 mile recoveries. hit the 1/2's in 2:42, 2:40, 2:38, 2:35. Kept the recoveries around 6:50. Ran a mile cool down at 6:55. felt good today.

New Balance MT10 Miles: 6.00X - Elliptical Miles: 2.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0014.220.000.0014.22

Ran the timp trail 1/2 marathon course this morning. Took a wrong turn after the climb up dry canyon and added a little over a mile. It was such a fun run. Saw some friends on the trail. Tripped on a root at mile 10 and took a good spill but nothing serious. I love runs like this.

 The plan for the next month or so is to stay as far away from a plan or routine as possible. This means some fun runs, lots of trail runs, a little speed, weird times of day, night runs. Whatever sounds fun I am going to do it if I feel good. Hopefully build some power and speed in the process. No mileage goals, no pace charts, just the run.

New Balance MT110 Miles: 14.22
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Race: Battle at Big Springs (4.97 Miles) 00:37:22, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.004.970.0016.47

Fun race put on by Runners Corner. My goal was to beat last years time and get a good hard effort in without emptying the tank. This was a fun race, not an A race. Plus my toe is still mangled from the fall on Thursday and I knew there would be some pain on the descent.

It was a surprise to see Jody this morning at the start, we hung out until the race started. The gun went off and I just tried to keep the effort even on the 3 mile 950 foot climb. It's always fun to see people just blow by on the start when you know that they are going to die on the climb :).

Cruised at an even pace on the climb up the first 1.6 miles. I got stuck behind a guy on the short downhill from 1.6-1.9, I yelled trail but he thought he was going fast enough down the track and would move. As soon as we came out of the trees I went around quickly in the weeds with two others that were piled up behind him. Lame.

From there to the top at 3.0 went good. A guy passed me when we hit the false downhill right before the top and then I got him on that last little climb :). As soon as the downhill hit I took off. There were two in front of me that I could see when the stretches would open up alittle and I thought I could catch them but I wrong turned where the up and downhill sections of the course nearly meet. I caught it and probably only lost 15-20 seconds but now I was a little concerned about the gap. Ran the last mile in 5:05 and almost got them at the end. My toe was screaming at me on the downhill but it was worth it and so fun.

 This is such a great course and a fun race. $10 entry and I won $30 headphones, sweet. Jody had to go so I held his bib. He won a free entry to Dirty Dash in the fall. It was fun to see friends and catch up with Golden. I beat my time last year by almost 4 minutes :).

I may get out tonight after dark with the headlamp for some easy fun.

PM- Late 10pm canyon out and back with Randy. Moon was bright enough to light the way. It was great. 7:42 avg.

New Balance MT110 Miles: 16.47
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.2716.226.970.0047.46
New Balance MT110 Miles: 39.21New Balance MT10 Miles: 6.00X - Elliptical Miles: 2.25
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