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March 02, 2026

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Member Since:

Jun 01, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

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

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy

Top 3 at Antelope Island Buffalo Run 25k

Mid 15 minutes track 5k

Sub 70 Half Marathon

Top 3 at Des News Marathon and sub 2:30

Win Cottonwood Heights Thanksgiving 5k

Win Tuscon 50k

3000 miles during 2026

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and stay fit

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: 7.50 Month: 7.50 Year: 471.45
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Easy run. I figured a 12 mile 2x4 @ mp run followed by another 12 mile run and then an 18 mile run on Sunday might be a bit much. Better to prioritize a quality high mileage weekend and just accept I missed my Thursday workout- or at least downgraded it. That's okay though, my plan was to have this week be more about easing into my new solo grind anyways. Hopefully Jake regains the fire in the spring- but for now it's probably good I'll be doing marathon specific workouts instead of miler workouts.

I also need to do 2 more hard weeks before my next down week in order to perfectly sync up my down weeks with tapering for the UVU 5k and the salt lake marathon, so this is good. Although my participation in the salt lake marathon in entirely dependent on whether they accept my elite athlete application... which is not that strong for the marathon at the moment given that I bombed the Huntsville half and my good races last year were trail races and a local 5k.

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