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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

Sub 70 Half Marathon

Top 3 at Des News Marathon and sub 2:30

Win Cottonwood Heights Thanksgiving 5k

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: 25.40 Month: 79.50 Year: 1461.85
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
42.500.000.000.0042.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.200.000.000.006.20

With Jake, legs were sore. Going to do 2 runs tomorrow, 7-8 Tuesday morning, and then a workout Wednesday. Should be at 35 before Thursday and 60 for this week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.000.000.008.50

Treadmill at the gym because the smoke from the fires is super thick today. I sped up to half marathon for a mile twice, one with achilles support inserts and once without. The gym was really hot and probably still crappy air quality, so I did not feel great at any point in this run but the half marathon pace didn't seem to make me feel that much more crappy.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

Run with Jake, wore my mask I ordered during the last smokey spurt. I think it will be much better for bad air days in the winter than the summer.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.800.000.000.006.80

Warmed up about 2 miles with Kolten Henry Jake and Josh, then did 6x800m with 2-2.5 mins recovery- was very windy. Legs are feeling wrecked. Went 2:33, 2:32, 2:32, 2:36, 2:36, 2:38. Legs were feeling very sore, fatigued, and flat. Hard workout every other day since last Wednesday has been rough on the legs. I'll take 2 days easy before a downhill mile race that Jake and Henry are putting on, not sure if that will be enough to get any pop back in my legs but it'll be fun regardless and I think once my body has had to digest all these workouts I'll be in a lot better shape.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Ran the thanksgiving 5k course and did some strides. Legs feel drained.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

Late night shake out after busy day

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Race: Utah's Fastest Mile (1 Miles) 00:04:18, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

Downhill mile race was fun despite my legs being pretty flat. Next year they're going to do it in May which will be nice. My right Achilles has been bugging me for like 2 months at this point, I really need to do a better job with massage gun. I've done pretty well with slow calf raises, hold, and other ankle mobility and strength drills- but I have been slacking on the massaging. Could use more core and plyometrics too.

Half marathon is now 3 weeks out, so I need to recover really well and then hit two more workouts next week before the taper. I think I'll keep full mileage the next weeks but take the workouts easier the week before the race. If I can hit 3x2 mile at 10:50 a week from today with a couple mins rest I should be in good shape. Mileage has been low lately but I have a strong base.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
42.500.000.000.0042.50
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