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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
61.6314.864.720.0081.21
New Balance MT110 Miles: 21.81Kinvara 3 Yellow Miles: 46.30New Balance MR00 Miles: 12.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.513.000.000.0011.51

My legs feel great despite the long run on Saturday so I ran the pipeline route after work, a 1/2 dirt 1/2 paved route that I haven't hit for a while. Super hot today. and I forgot my hat and glasses. Thankfully, I was blessed with some cloud cover on the way back. 750 vert. 3 mile mid fun pace on the way back 6:17, 6:09, 6:03. It's going to be a good week. 7:01 avg

New Balance MT110 Miles: 11.51
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.270.000.000.008.27

Easy hour. 7:25

Kinvara 3 Yellow Miles: 8.27
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.521.863.720.0012.10

2 mile warmup, progressive 4 x 3k with 3 minute recovery jogs, easy cooldown. This was a fun workout, started off at around planned marathon pace and worked down to under 10k pace on the last one. Splits for the 3000's were:
11:25 (6:10)
11:09 (6:02)
10:42 (5:47)
10:12 (5:31) - pushed the last 1/2 of the last one :)

Felt smooth and controlled today, which = happy. 6:25 avg

New Balance MR00 Miles: 12.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.030.001.000.0018.03

am - Early canyon run with the usual suspects (Scott, Dan, Matt, Reed), plus we had Brody, Curtis, Randy, Jacob, and 1 other for a good size group at 5am. Ran the canyon out and back and threw a pickup mile (5:15) in on the way back down. Super fun. 6:55 avg.even with the 8:15 warmup mile, it's funny how the pace picks up when the group is larger :).

Pm- easy 6.5 after work. 7:25

Kinvara 3 Yellow Miles: 17.03
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.000.000.0010.30

Easy 10 with Matt and Scott around Lehi. We saw 3 really nice bucks right off the trail. It's like they were teasing me because they know I have a bow tag. I though about throwing my running shoe at them since it was the only weapon I had. It was cool. Great way to start the day.

New Balance MT110 Miles: 10.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.0010.000.000.0021.00

Great run today with Scott, Sasha, Matt, Dan, Brodie, and Chad. We ran 10 up the canyon then split up for 10 tempo miles on the return. I ran my tempo in 59:45, it felt great despite being a bit fast. Nice cool temp and some light rain helped out. Fun group today! 6:40 avg for the 21

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The past month has been really strange for me. I have never felt so good and some days i don't know how to deal with it. It's tremendously exciting and really scary at the same time. The tempo today felt easy and that's just weird... and fun. Scott said it best today when he said he thinks i am in discovery mode. I just don't want to make any large mistakes right now while trying to push forward. I really believe i am getting a little smarter-faster-stronger every day. I'm just trying to embrace it, enjoy it, and just go. Super grateful...

Kinvara 3 Yellow Miles: 21.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
61.6314.864.720.0081.21
New Balance MT110 Miles: 21.81Kinvara 3 Yellow Miles: 46.30New Balance MR00 Miles: 12.10
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