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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Ran for SUU on their Cross Country/Track and Field teams

2015 Alta Track Athlete of the Year

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and and build mileage

Get faster

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Personal:

Married, we have one daughter so far. I ran for Alta high school and was trained by Rob Murphy, he is a great coach, one of the best there is. I also ran for Southern Utah University.

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Miles:This week: 37.45 Month: 97.45 Year: 1225.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.600.000.000.0067.60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Started the year off strong with a run with Jake. Felt pretty good, we had about 700 feet elevation gain and I did one big hill sprint. Had some burly burger afterwards before heading back home to fly back to Ohio.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

Cold night, I think when it's under 30 out I should at least warm up on my treadmill before heading out on my run- the cold seems to irritate my throat and lungs. Good to get a run in though, did a few 200ms and a 400m at mile pace. The splits were all good but I didn't feel great. I think most of it is bad sleep recently, Whitney didn't sleep well on the packnplays and now she's sick... so we've only had one undisturbed night since like the 21st.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.000.000.006.20

Cold easy run

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.100.000.000.004.10

Ran to the track and did a hard mile. Winds were over 20 mph and it was in the 20s. My Garmin finished the mile early and messed up my timing so idk the exact time, somewhere between 5:00 and 5:06. Given the conditions I'm okay with it. M

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.600.000.000.004.60

Ran home from dropping car off for oil change and the ran back later. Hm/marathon pace for most of it.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Warmed up 2 miles and then ran 2x2 miles at half marathon pace with a mile in between. The first was about 6:25 pace and the 2nd was probably about 6:10-6:15, my Garmin said 5:53 but I think it was a little fast.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.005.10

Windy and rainy, next week will be a cold one.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.005.10

Cold day and kinda windy, mostly easy run. Ran over to the track and threw in a few 400s at mile pace just to get the legs moving and warm up a bit, they were surprisingly slow and didn't feel easy. I wasn't working that hard on them but they didn't feel nearly as smooth as I'd like. I ran 77, 74, 76. Also did a stride building up to a sprint. Probably just cold, need to switch to my new trainers as well. These ones are probably finished.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Cold night with a little wind, 13 degrees but feels like 3 according to Google weather. I warmed up .5 miles on the treadmill which helped a bit.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

Another cold run, it certainly pushes me to run faster when it's this cold.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Another cold run, glad it's getting warmer soon.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Warmed up a mile and then decided to do a 10k at half marathon pace, even though I'll be missing my half marathon race. I started out at 6:30 and got faster over the 10k, finishing with a mile in 6:01. Felt pretty good today, although I was getting really cold towards the end.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
67.600.000.000.0067.60
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