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Location:

St George,UT,United States

Member Since:

Oct 04, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon: 3:06 Apr '09 Moab Marathon (race was officially canceled due to blizzard)

1/2: 1:19:12 Jul '09 Bryce Canyon Half

10K: 34:59 Mar '09 Spectrum 10K, Ivins, UT

5 Miles: 30:35 Feb '09 Dam 2 Dam, Hurricane, UT

5K: 18:?? Desert Hills HS 5k, St. George, UT 

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would defintely like to run at Boston. Ideally, my goal is to run the marathon in under 3 hours. Here is what I would like to break in each distance this year...

Marathon: 3:00

1/2: 1:20

10K: 38:00 34:00

5K 18:00

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be in the 20 year club at the St George marathon. If I could win a few shorter races in between, that would be great.

Personal:

I am married with 4 kids. Life is busy and running is my escape. I love it...

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics GT 2130 Lifetime Miles: 324.64
Saucony Fastwitch 3 Lifetime Miles: 118.25
Mizuno Waverider 12 Lifetime Miles: 470.65
Nimbus 10 Blue Lifetime Miles: 402.25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Good club run today with a decent turnout. Weather looked horrible but was actually nice enough for just a short sleeve shirt. Ran Washington Fields loop clockwise. Felt sluggish to start but got going around mile 3 or so. We ran a good 7:10 pace and felt great till the end coming up from the river to the store. Too much uphill! But it was good for me so I will deal with it. Didn't hit quite as many miles this week as I wanted to, but within a couple so not bad either. I can be patient! This week I recovered very quickly and had had much less soreness on my daily runs. I think the past few weeks of mileage increase wore on my body but my body finally decided that it's not so bad. Shooting for just over 50 miles next week...

I think I will try to throw in a couple of two-a-days next week, so that I can keep the weekday runs to 7 or 8 with a few 3-5 milers thrown in on the two run days. Any comments or suggestions?

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 12.00
Comments
From superfly on Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 23:36:34

That sounds like a good plan Nate. Hitting doubles is a good way to increase the mileage with a lower risk of injury. Plus it's just easier to hit 7 in the morning and 5 in the evening than it is to do a solo 12 mile run every day.

My only caution is that you'll start off with a 7 and a 5 and next thing you know your doing an 8 and a 8 and then 12 and 8... so be careful it can get addictive- or just enjoy it!

From Nate Bundy on Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 00:00:45

Thanks clyde, I really want to increase and it is hard to stay patient. I don't really have time to do 10-12 in a single run each day so hopefully I wont overdo it

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