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Color country 6k

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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
100.400.003.731.60105.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Eased back into running after being sick

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Track workout by myself, met an Olympian during it.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

Ran on my own

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Really beat today, don't know what was wrong but I took it easy.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Pre meet

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Race: Color country 6k (3.728 Miles) 00:20:02, Place overall: 33, Place in age division: 33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.003.730.008.23

Haven't posted all week! So all of our top guys ended up running and all of uvu's varsity came so more competitive than we thought it would be haha. I took 33rd out of 52 runners so I got about mid pack. 20:02 isn't bad especially at 6000ft elevation but it's definitely motivation to work harder. I took the first mile too easy, I just settled with some guys in the back and a little ways in I realized I could be going faster so picked it up and started passing people. I ran with Robby and Sean for most of the race, I thought the 2nd lap Was The last one so it was a little bit hard mentally when I found out we had another lap haha. My big mistake of the race was with about half or 3 quarters of a mile left I let the group with Mike sage Robby and Sean get a little bit away from me and uvus number 5 and 6 guys passed me with like 500 left. But with 200m to go some guy psyched me up just yelling for me to go and kick it so I just went as fast as I could and I sprinted back ahead of the uvu guys! Like that was the fastest kick I've ever done in cross country haha, should've gone harder that last section but overall a good race, it is still just practice after all, I'm learning college cross country. I would have take 8th at last year's race with my time so definitely not bad. It's been a good day! Also really big confidence booster to know I would already be scoring varsity for uvu who never replied my email about running for them in high school haha.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

No practice today so I ran 10 miles with Jake, we made a new route and it felt pretty good. Averaged 6:53 so pretty easy run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.400.000.001.608.00

Rough track workout

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Ran half with Brady and Brian and then finished on my own

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Good run with Jake, we started picking it up a few miles in, then we picked it up and ran 5:41 for a mile and then picked it up more and went 5:12 for the next mile. We ended that mile right next to my apartment so we stopped in to get a drink. That felt good really good.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Tennessee is really beautiful! Appalachian trail wasn't too fun. It's pretty but the trail was super uneven.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran 10 miles, 6 of them with Ian and Brandon, 4 on the treadmill in the alts high weight room, felt good!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Did a 3 mile warm up and then 5 800ms with Brandon and Ian, my target was 2:30 because they were at 5k pace and my goal for track is under 15:25 which is 5:00 pace. I ended up running like 2:26 for them but it felt easy, my legs didn't feel anything until the last one which was great. It was a really fun workout!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

Ran 2.5 watching the state championship. Watching Casey clinger race is pretty fun. 4A boys was also a really good one. I'm going to run some more later when I get to Cedar City.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
100.400.003.731.60105.73
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