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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: 46.95 Year: 883.65
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles: 274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles: 458.65
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles: 154.55
Reebok Run Fast Lifetime Miles: 180.00
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles: 426.95
Ride 15 Royal Blue Lifetime Miles: 637.75
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
115.550.006.505.80127.85
Ride 15 Miles: 58.00Flyknit VFs Miles: 25.25Flyknit Streaks Miles: 7.00Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 15.60Reebok Run Fast Miles: 22.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

6.5 @ 7:31 avg

Ride 15 Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.508.00

8 w/ 6 x 30s hill sprints.

Feels awkward sprinting.

Ride 15 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

6.5 easy

Ride 15 Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.200.000.000.808.00

8 w/ 7 x 30s hill sprints

Ride 15 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy

Ride 15 Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.001.500.008.00

10 x 1:00 on/off. Easing back into some work and trying not to anger a hamstring. 

I ran these 95% off feel and 5% adjusting off the watch. Started around 6:10 pace and warmed into 5:20 before settling on 5:40s. Easy does it. 

Flyknit VFs Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 very easy. 8:08 average.

Ride 15 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.001.008.00

10 x 30s hill sprints. Boy oh boy it feels good to be running fast. Yet always slightly depressing to see how out of form I am in the beginning. I just used an overpass, so not an aggressive grade. Maybe averaged 5:10 pace on the sprints and still felt pretty gassed.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 3.00Ride 15 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 very easy. Been sick, this was torture.

Ride 15 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy. Finally feeling on the upswing again.

Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.100.000.001.507.60

10x30s hill sprints. Left calf complained on #9 and is pretty sore. 

Ride 15 Miles: 4.00Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 3.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 easy, 7:36 avg

Reebok Run Fast Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.002.500.008.50

15 x 1:00 on/off. Went pretty well, though I'm definitely running too hard for threshold. 5:36 avg according to the watch. I'll have to slow down when I extend the reps until my fitness catches up.

I was worried about my left calf after the hill sprints, but it's calmed down. Hardly felt it today.

Flyknit VFs Miles: 8.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy. First 10 miler since before surgery! It's hard to believe I'm able to do this again.

Reebok Run Fast Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.002.008.00

10 x 30s hill sprints. I'm having a bit of sciatica in my left side, and it really hampered me on the first couple. Full warmup with drills, but it still took a couple reps to loosen up.

Calves were sore but fine. Still adjusting to forefoot striking. My right knee complained just a bit, but I don't think it's a big deal. Very different pain from the patellofemoral stuff, but keeping an eye on it.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 4.00Reebok Run Fast Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

2 hrs cycling, work commute.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 easy (7:28). Trying to do some injury prevention and lifted a couple days ago. Super sore, felt like I could barely get moving.

Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.002.500.008.75

Threshold work: 5 x 3 min (1:00 rest) in 5:55 avg

Ouchie

It's still early. I'm actually running and doing workouts. All of this is awesome. But man, I wouldn't mind fastforwarding to when literally anything faster than easy pace doesn't hurt so much.

Flyknit VFs Miles: 8.75
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
115.550.006.505.80127.85
Ride 15 Miles: 58.00Flyknit VFs Miles: 25.25Flyknit Streaks Miles: 7.00Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 15.60Reebok Run Fast Miles: 22.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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