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February 2015

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Location:

North Ogden,UT,U.S.

Member Since:

May 23, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K- 14:58, 10K- 31:05, 1/2- 1:06:47 Marathon- 2:23:29

3rd- Park City Marathon 2008

3rd and 4th Ogden Marathon 2010; 12'

5th, 3rd, and 7th- Utah Valley Marathon 2011;14'; 16'

9th, 3rd,11th, 8th, 5th, 8th St. George Marathon 2010, 11',13',14',15'16'

2nd- Deseret News Marathon 2015

1st- SandHollow Marathon- 2016 (CR***)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 POTENTIAL RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

                                                                          -Helen Keller

              

 

Personal:

Married to Nikki we have 4 children. Jaerdan, Korver, Grady and Lyla McKell

Head XC/Track Coach at Weber High

Graduated from Weber State with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Athletic Therapy.

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 257.46
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
83.034.200.000.0087.23
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3.100.000.000.003.10

First run in a month! Even though I was breathing ridiculously hard and had to stop and walk 10 minutes in. It was the best feeling getting done with this run and having no pain in my achilles.

avg pace 6:49 min miles

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3.700.000.000.003.70

Got out for a quick run before church. Running on Sunday is a no go for some. But for me it is my Sacred Grove, it calms me and gets my mind ready for the up and coming meeting.

avg pace 7:02 min/miles

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4.400.000.000.004.40

Feeling really good today. No inflammation has come back since I started running which is a great sign. I still feel that I am not out of the woods quite yet but will still continue to do PT and hope for the best.

avg pace 7:02 min/miles

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4.300.000.000.004.30

Ran after work today. Man I have been fighting this cold for almost a week now and it had literally drained me today. Just going through the motions, just going through the motions.

avg pace 6:59 min/miles

 

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 4.30
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Met with Jon and Riley at the Weber County Fairgrounds. Riley did an incredible workout yesterday and was doing this run as a recovery run. It was nice to have a day of running easy on the grass.

avg pace 8:06 min/miles

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 4.30
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5.000.000.000.005.00

Ran off of feel today and felt like garbage the entire run. Just felt really fat and felt like I couldnt move today.

avg pace 7:12 min/miles

 

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5.600.000.000.005.60

Sucking Wind! Normal route around the big block. Added on a little and went down pleasant view drive.

avg pace 6:59 min/miles

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7.200.000.000.007.20

Met up with Jon at Lee's market and ran up to the canal rd and headed west to Weber High and back down to Lees market. 

Overall it was a solid week back but there is alot of improvement to be had. Here is to a better week next week!

avg pace 7:32 min/miles

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 7.20
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Drove to the canal rd and headed South. Did a out and back. Run was definitely easy due to the 70+ mile an hour wind! It was freezing plus windy, just glad I got the run in.

avg pace 7:36 min/miles

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6.100.200.000.006.30

Easy on the TM. Bitter cold outside with the wind, did that garbage yesterday and didnt want to do that again today. Overall I am feeling very optimistic about hitting a solid race by the middle of May.

I do have a little bit of pain in the achilles everynow and then but not all the time. What I have been told and have read up on is that the achilles being soft tissue can take up to a year to 2 years to get back 100% of its strength. I will continue to monitor the achilles and due stretches as much as can a just move forward.

avg pace on todays run was 7:13 min/miles

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 6.30
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6.400.000.000.006.40

Progression run on the TM. 

Started at 724 pace and ended at 634 pace.

Fitness is coming around but not quick enough. Hoping to start some tempo work in the next two weeks. Plan is to start at 4 miles around 6 min pace and slowly progress down in to the 520s. Also going to focus on lite track sessions to increase turnover.

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 6.40
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6.500.000.000.006.50

45 min run on the TM. 

avg pace 6:55 min/miles

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Another TM run after work and basketball games, Busy day today. Had a huge state game that we lost, Jaerdan and Korver played in their last game. Good way to end the day with a run though.

avg pace 7:09 min/miles

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4.234.000.000.008.23

4 mile warm up then decided to throw in a progression tempo run. Yes I am counting them as marathon pace, based off of my current fitness level, this is where I am at.

Splits 652;618;617;551

.23 mile cool back home

Overall pace was 653 min/miles

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11.800.000.000.0011.80

Solid group from the pond at 21st. Did one mile warm solo to get warmed up then headed out with the guys when they got there. 

Overall I felt pretty good. Did most of the pacing around 6:30 pace, legs did fall off after 10 miles or so, but just grateful to be out with the guys again.

avg pace 6:56 min/miles

SKECHERS GORun Ride RED Miles: 11.80
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83.034.200.000.0087.23
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