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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
0.902.002.001.005.90

ran church loop. Started out faster than normal. Wasn't really sure what to expect. got 4 hours sleep last night, worked all day, then went to my wife's ultrasound (we are having our 4th boy we found out, due july) then went to 4 hours of school. So I didn't get on my run till about 10pm. Anyway, started out faster than normal but it felt right so I kept it. ran the first 1.5 at marathon pace, about 7:00. then I really got at it and did some low 6:00 and even sub 6:00 for another 3 miles. started my cool down back down to marathon pace which felt great and then when i finished the loop felt like adding more so I ran around the neighborhood for anther .9 for a real cool down. I decided after today to kind of change my time measurement of how I log my miles -Really just define it a bit more. I have been doing it kind of by time but also by feel. So here it is... over 7:15 is easy miles. 6:40-7:00 are marathon. 6:20-6:40 are threshold. sub 6:20 are VO2 Max. I just ran painters half at 1:26, about a 6:30 pace. So if anyone thinks I should log differently let me know.

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 5.90
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