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December 21, 2024

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Location:

North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 12, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1500m - 3:59.9h (2014)

5000m - 14:53.45 (Portland Track Festival 2014)

8k XC - 25:09 (Sundodger 2011)

10k XC - 31:31 (WWU Invite 2011)

HM - 1:10:19 (Houston 2018)

Marathon - 2:28:39 (Houston 2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Personal:

Married, working, training. While my wife has nixed all future attempts to grow glorious mustaches, she has been supportive of my crazy running dreams. Life is good.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 35.40
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles: 274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles: 419.25
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles: 80.50
Ride 14 Lifetime Miles: 652.85
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles: 278.70
Ride 15 X2 Lifetime Miles: 53.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.750.000.002.2512.00

AM - 6 miles easy down Provo River trail. Not much to report about. Total time: 42:18.

PM - I was at the school tonight, and took the opportunity to run my speed workout. The plan was 12 x 300m with 1:30 rest in (hopefully) 1500m race pace (48 seconds), and that's about how things went. Here's the breakdown:

50, 50, 49, 48, 49, 48, 47, 48, 48, 48, 47, 46 <---- I think that averages to 48

That track never gets any rest, it's amazing. The inside lane was full of people, which I find extremely irritating, but maybe it's just me. I always try to breathe loudly as I come up to someone, and if they don't move, I buzz them as close as possible to let them know they're blocking traffic. Usually people get the hint from that, but you'd be surprised.

Anyway, I was pleased with the workout, although I'm not confident that it was the right mix of distance/speed/rest. I was hurting pretty good by the end, but there was no tightening in my legs, I felt loose and relaxed the whole way. Back in high school, it was all I could do to finish speed workouts, but tonight I thought I could manage a couple more. Maybe 1:15 rest would have been more ideal.




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