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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
59.254.0013.000.0076.25
New Balance MT10 Miles: 17.00Kinvara 2 Red Miles: 40.25New Balance MT110 Miles: 19.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

am- 11 miles on the golf course loop. Slept in and got a full 10 hours. It was hot when I left and I suffered a little in the middle but vanilla bean GU saved me and the rest of the run went great. 6:55 avg.

pm- 6 miles on the freemotion at golds. progressive splits 7:02 - 6:06. 6:45 avg.

Solid Monday off work and I took advantage miles wise. I need tos tart getting the mileage back up, fun included :).

New Balance MT10 Miles: 6.00Kinvara 2 Red Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.005.000.0011.00

3 mile warmup 7:22, 6:53, 6:34

5 mile tempo 6:04, 6:00, 5:59, 5:54, 5:48

3 mile cooldown 6:42, 6:58, 7:14

The first mile of the tempo felt hard but I quickly relaxed right into a nice groove. I love when the workout goes good and the run leaves you refreshed and happy. 6:29 avg pace, 143 avg HR.

New Balance MT10 Miles: 11.00
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Push ups, crunches, planks, resistance band curls and tris. I spent 2 hours in the pool with the 3 little ones, this totally counts as work :). Fun work, but still work. I was in charge of the church pool party so no time to fit a run in. I should be all set for a big weekend with no work until Monday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.250.002.000.0018.25

am- Great fun was had this morning on the 5am run with Scott, Matt, Dan, and Reed. Good friends make all the difference. It really was just about perfect this morning ur the canyon for an out and back. Threw in a 2 mile tempo on the way down, 5:40 and 5:18. 6:45 avg.

pm- 7.25 miles on the flat loop around Spanish Fork. 99 degrees so it was shirtless and sun glasses. The route has water every little bit less than 2 miles. It was really nice. 7:05 avg.

Kinvara 2 Red Miles: 18.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

am- Ran the gold course loop solo. Was on the road by 5:30. It was a really nice cloudy morning. I stopped at the park to water up and watch the clouds turn pink for what would have been the sunrise before cruising back. Came back about 3 minutes faster than the way up. 6:57 avg.

Kinvara 2 Red Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.004.006.000.0019.00

Perfect day for an out and back up the canyon. Met Scott, Dan, and Fritz and the soccer park in Orem and ran up to South Fork Park and back. We went up at a good clip and had great conversation as usual. At the turn around Scott and Fritz were going to do some MP miles and Dan and I decided to run some tempo miles. It's fun when Scott's and Fritz's MP is over 30 seconds a mile faster than my tempo effort :). Animals..

Clicked off 7 miles on the way back at 5:54 average. It was 64:42 on the 9 miles up and 54:40 on the return. Fun stuff. I really feel like I have had a breakthrough the last couple weeks. I am feeling much stronger all around and am very excited about this fall. So thankful to be healthy and improving right now. I'm going to focus on becoming more comfortable at the faster paces. My fitness is there I just need to sync the mental side with it and good stuff will happen.

It's always a pleasure to run with these guys and it was a pleasure to finally get to run with Fritz. Thanks for a fun morning guys!

1/2 mile easy shake before and another easy 1/2 shaker after.

New Balance MT110 Miles: 19.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
59.254.0013.000.0076.25
New Balance MT10 Miles: 17.00Kinvara 2 Red Miles: 40.25New Balance MT110 Miles: 19.00
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