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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
Mon, Sep 21, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.400.000.000.0012.40

Monroe your boat run this morning. Welcomed a couple new runners this morning to our group which was awesome. Legs were a little tired from Saturdays tempo but for the most part feeling pretty darn good.

I last week of hard training and will begin the small taper next week. Getting pretty excited and nervous, 

Skechers GORun Strada Miles: 12.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RustyTF2 on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 17:52:27 from 75.169.205.221

Excited and nervous are my exact feelings too. Looks like you won't be doing much of taper? Does your body just race better without too big of a taper?

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 18:01:51 from 159.212.71.77

Taylor in years past a shorter taper just seems better for my body. If I taper longer I tend to feel stale on race day. So I tend to taper just for a 1 week instead of the 2-3 week as suggested.

From RustyTF2 on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 18:50:59 from 75.169.205.221

That's great you've figured out what works for ya. Hopefully I don't come to the realization that I should have tapered more or less haha.

From Jon on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 23:27:31 from 107.203.52.135

You'll do great

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