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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
18.755.008.300.0032.05
Asics GT 2130 Miles: 28.55Saucony Fastwitch 3 Miles: 3.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.600.002.800.005.40

Wasn't feeling it at all today. Ran out to powerlines and just could not stay focused. Too many things on my mind. When I got to the power lines I just sat there for about 15 minutes to think. Then I started running back. Started going about 6:00 pace then down to 5:50, then hovered between 5:40 and 6:00. Last half mile was on the road and I was going about 5:20. Felt good to run out some aggression. I feel a lot better. Didn't get the miles in I was supposed to though...

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 5.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.005.500.007.00

Warmed up half mile then ran 5.5 at a good sub 6:30 pace then cooled down 1 mile. Total time for 7 46:47, 6:41 pace overall. Good run.

Ran the loop around on red cliffs drive counterclockwise.

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.005.000.000.008.00

good run today. ran to powerlines and over to green spring then down GS drive to red hills pkwy then home.

First 3 miles uphill through trails at about 8:00 pace, last 5 mostly all downhill at sub 7:00. Total time 58:38, 7:19 total avg pace.

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.150.000.000.008.15

Club run this afternoon. Felt really good, running about 7:30 pace, until about mile 6 when we stopped for a second to let Logan stretch. When we started running again there was a slight pain in the outside of my left calf. The pain grew but was not unbearable. It is really hurting now tonight and I am a little worried... See how it feels tomorrow.

Asics GT 2130 Miles: 8.15
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Definitely no running today. The calf is really sore. If it is not feeling better by tomorrow I may go get it checked out. It is a different pain than I have experienced...

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Ran over to Clyde's this morning to see how the calf felt. The plan was a 20 miler but I was pretty sure I wasn't going to be able to make it that far. The calf felt okay running the .4 to Clyde's and actually kinda loosened up a bit. We started running and just over a mile into it I could feel my calf tightening up. Not in the same place as the pain on thursday, a little more in the middle of my calf. I am still worried about it so I decided it was not worth it and turned back. I walk/jogged back to my house and the calf only tightened up even more on the way back. We'll see what it feels like on Monday I guess!

Saucony Fastwitch 3 Miles: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
18.755.008.300.0032.05
Asics GT 2130 Miles: 28.55Saucony Fastwitch 3 Miles: 3.50
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