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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Mar 01, 2004

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

PRs 14:47 5 K (Portland Twilight), 1:06:33 (Utah Valley Half Marathon (aided)).

As a 14 year old in 2013: 4:31.58 1500. 9:35:32 3000m (Utah Youth boys state record). 17:01 5K (Draper Days). 1:15:21 half (Utah Valley (aided)).

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get the marathon under 2:20.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Make it to the Olympics in the marathon. Keep training throughout my life.

Personal:

 I have five brothers and five sisters,
all younger. I'm currently a PhD Student in the CSEM (computational science) program at UT Austin. Married, no kids (yet). I've been dealing with some issues in running the last few years, and am trying to get back into top shape.  

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9.00

Total of 9 today in the afternoon - had a final project presentation in the morining. Felt very tired at night and so did not do my evening run.

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12.00

Did about 7 of my miles on grass.

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12.00

Did most of the morning run on grass - I'm hoping this helps with the issues I've been having.

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12.00

  Today did a workout - 10x1000. The workout was on asphalt - my hypothesis is that running on concrete has been aggravating whatever problem I've been having with the lower back/left quad. In one direction there was a headwind - the other direction had some uphill. I started out in 2:59 - then did 3:00, then I had a quad spasm about 600m into the third interval. At that point, I was worried that I would be unable to finish the workout. Before giving up, I tried increasing the rest between intervals from 200m to 400-600m, and it worked. I ended up running around 3:02-3:03 for the next 5 intervals. The last two were faster - 3:00 and 2:57.

  This has been my first decent workout since the Thanksgiving race. 

 

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12.00

Most of the morning run was on grass.

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16.00

Today I decided to do a repeat of the workout last Saturday - except this time I didn't have to break up the tempo. I went to the Walnut Creek Trail - which is where I ususally do Saturday workouts. It was raining, which slowed things down a little - but otherwise things were good. I had 15:36 at 3 miles according to the trail markers - which I know are a bit off based on Noah's GPS - so it was more like a 15:15. I really need to wheel that course. . . The last mile was ostensibly in 5:25 (there was a 180 turn halfway through) - again I don't know how accurate that was. In any case, I felt a lot more mobility, and did not encounter a spasm. Running on grass appears to be working. It appears that running on concrete is the problem, or at least a major factor. 

It's kind of funny - one week of running on grass did more than two months of seeing a sports therapist. Hopefully, it keeps working.

  

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73.00
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