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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
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Great run this morning. Woke up a litle later than I wanted but still got 17 in before it started to warm up... and then it got cold as the wind came in but luckily I was all done running by that point!

Run felt easy for the most part as I am really concentrating on landing more on my forefeet. The pace drops to 7 quickly and I had to keep backing off. Finished the run at 7:35 pace overall. My calves feel great after and no pain there or anywhere else during. Get ready Hurricane Half!

Next week plan on getting into the 70's and not planning on tapering too much. Probably get more miles in per day since the half will prob only give me 16 or so total with warmup and cool down...

Nimbus 10 Blue Miles: 17.00
Comments
From wildbull on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 23:30:21 from 75.169.130.35

Nice Nate the great. 70 next week sounds great.

From Steve P on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 01:38:12 from 97.112.238.206

Hi Nate,

Nice job on your run! What do you mean as far as landing on your forefeet? I'm looking for ideas on how to improve my form, so was just wondering.

-Steve

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