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USATF Utah XC Open

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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 and and build mileage 🤕

sub 16:00 Founders Day 5k ✅

Win crossover half ✅

2000 miles during 2025

Top 3 at 2026 Des News Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and run some solid PRs

Run the Boston Marathon at least once

Run the Broken Arrow series

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: 10.00 Month: 56.15 Year: 1880.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.200.000.000.0041.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

I missed my long run yesterday because I was out buying my car to replace the Altima that died. We got an ioniq 5, which is really fun to drive and suits our need well. It's MSRP was 53,000 when it was sold last summer and we bought it for about half that, it only has 12000 miles on it. Big fan of Hyundai warranty as well, we were deciding between this and a new equinox ev and one of the deciding factors was that even at 15 months old this car has 9 more months and 12,000 more miles of basic warranty than a brand new Chevy vehicle would have.

Might double today to make up for yesterday, but I also think when I'm building mileage sometimes it's good to take a spontaneous rest day to keep from overtraining. I was feeling a little worn out towards the end of this week but I felt great today. Really depends on whether I can sneak off to the gully at some point before or after seeing all my extended family while Becca shops with Whitney.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Felt really good today. Pretty sure I could have done 20 and felt good at the end. Perhaps I should have, but I need more miles on softer surfaces and it was already dark by the time I started running.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.400.000.000.0011.40

Mostly zone 2, felt a little tired towards the end. I need to start practicing fueling on long runs, I guess a gu every 50 minutes is the way to go.

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Race: USATF Utah XC Open (3.107 Miles) 00:17:41, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 8
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.300.000.000.0011.30

This was more like 3.2 miles but still a pretty slow time. Mile splits were 5:19, 5:38, 5:50. I ran in my endorphin speeds and I think I would have been closer to 17:20 in xc spikes but I didn't want to spend $100 for one random xc race.

Had a bunch of fun today. Got to race with Henry Jake and Simon and Jon, I also met Tyler who is a fellow hobbyjogger and Hyrum who is a quick guy. We did a nice 5 mile cool down and then I met Becca and Whitney for some teriyaki.

Some more late tonight parking and retrieving the car downtown.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
41.200.000.000.0041.20
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