| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 71.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 9 easy miles tonight. Not much to report, and I'm sleepy. It's bedtime....
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Wow. I just realized that May 2 is Friday..... not Saturday. I can't believe it, I am such a moron. That means my race was run today while I was making final preparations on getting there tomorrow. How did I manage to miss that little detail?
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1600m Time Trial -- Richland High (0.9944 Miles) 00:04:24 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
| I'm not going to lie, I feel really stupid and really disappointed about missing my race. But I tried to make the most of it, and went to a local track to do an all out mile. The track didn't have a mile start line, so 1600m was the best I could do. I thought I could do a sub-4:20 if I ran right, but it didn't happen today. I had projected 63, 65, 66 and 65 for my lap splits, but I ended up with 65, 67, 67, 65 -- so a little short of my goal but I'm okay with it. In a race I should be able to shave a few seconds off. It felt good to end on this note... there was something satisfying about the higher-speed burn that I don't get from the 5k races.
So this wraps up my track season -- now it's time to move into cross country mode. I'll reduce my miles a little this week to rest my legs, then it's base-building time. A couple of guys on the team told me to peak for the try-out races, since my chances are slim to begin with. Sounds like a plan.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Got back from Washington today and didn't do much running. The ankle flared up a little over the weekend, so I'm icing it and making sure it's healthy. I've got a few nagging hot spots I want to make sure are okay before going full bore into training again. |
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| Took today off as well. I'll get back into things tomorrow.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 4.5 miles this evening. I went to the track with Miki, and she's running better and better every week. When we started out, she was struggling to do even a 15 minute mile -- last night she did 11:30 and it looked easy. I figure we'll keep doing a mile a day through this week and next, get her down around 11:00 pace and then start increasing the distance slowly. Our goal is to get her doing 3 miles at 11:00 pace or under -- it will take awhile, but she's already making big improvements. If only she would start a blog..... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| AM - Okay, time to get serious again. I've been enjoying sleeping in the past few days, and it was tough to get out of bed this morning for the run. So 7 moderate miles around Springville, 6:50 average pace.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| AM - 3 easy miles... enjoyed the cool morning. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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Met at Sasha's house for an easy 10 miles, but my ankle started bugging me about 3 into it. By 4 it was hurting and I stopped to walk back. I put some ice on it today, but it may need a little rest. Apparently running the 5k was too much stress for my weak training. |
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Magna Classic 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:15:28, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 10.10 |
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I let a little too much time slip by, I've been busy and the race slipped my mind until I called Sasha on Tuesday or Wednesday. Training hasn't been great, I think I've been getting 20-30 mpw since my mile time trial, but I thought I could hit a sub-15:30 on this course.
The race started fast, I went through the mile in 4:35, and Sasha and Jeff were right in front of me. The pace was too fast for me, even on the downhill, so I backed off a little and they got a bit of time on me over the rest of the downhill.
The course turned left, leveled out and headed slightly uphill. I think Sasha had 10-12 seconds on me, so I focused on reeling him in now that the pace had slowed. I made up a little through 2 miles (9:35), and I think he had about 9 seconds on me. Over the remaining uphill, he and the guy he was with came slowly back, but I was quickly tiring. The effects of the low mileage caught up to me quickly, and the final mile was probably the most painful I've had in a long time.
My arms felt heavy, the legs were slowing and I just wanted to be done. I heard Sasha screaming here and there up ahead, and he was still coming back slowly, but I was pretty sure by that point that I wouldn't catch him.
The course turned right and headed down a short hill.... I should have gained some decent ground here, but I actually slowed down, my legs were jello. We turned right onto the final straightaway and I tried to kick. I think a better kick was there, but I couldn't pull it out. Sasha was not coming back any faster and it was clear that I wouldn't get him. I staggered over the line, glad to be done.
The race was a blast, though, and I'm sure I'll be back next year. I don't know when else I'll go through the first mile of a 5k in 4:35, there's something satisfying about that. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Met at Sasha's house for an easy 10 miles, but my ankle started bugging me about 3 into it. By 4 it was hurting and I stopped to walk back. I put some ice on it today, but it may need a little rest. Apparently running the 5k was too much stress for my weak training. |
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| Didn't run today, the ankle hurt a little to walk on. Kept the ice on it tonight and will try a few miles in the morning. |
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Gave myself another day to rest to make sure the injury heals. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM - 4 easy miles, things are feeling better. The injury's feeling stronger, I should be able to increase mileage again soon.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| AM - Did 5 easy miles this morning, I should be out of the woods now on the ankle, it feels stronger.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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5 easy miles in Springville, still feeling strong. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 71.60 |
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