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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: 17.80 Month: 159.50 Year: 1211.40
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles: 274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles: 468.35
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles: 195.05
Reebok Run Fast Lifetime Miles: 180.00
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles: 523.05
Ride 15 Royal Blue Lifetime Miles: 819.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
147.300.007.005.20159.50
Ride 15 Miles: 23.80Flyknit Streaks Miles: 9.70Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 103.20Flyknit VFs Miles: 22.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.400.000.000.009.40

SLC Jordan River trail loop

Ride 15 Miles: 9.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.900.000.001.008.90

8 x 30s Glover Lane hill sprints. First 4 casual and then picking up the pace on each of the last 4.

Time to start working in a little quality.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 2.00Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 6.90
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. Tweaked my hammy just a little bit.

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
9.400.000.000.009.40

I didn't mean to take that many days off, but things stacked up. Silver lining is my hammy feels 100%. Easy SLC loop.

Ride 15 Miles: 9.40
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

Easy 8. 7:55 avg

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
7.900.000.001.008.90

8 x 30s hill sprints

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 2.00Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 6.90
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 for 8:00

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
8.100.000.000.008.10

8 in 7:42

Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 8.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.003.000.0012.00

12 w/ 3 x mile @ threshold. 

5:43, 5:48, 5:55

Started out in the 5:30s thinking this was like the old days. Paid for it a bit.

Flyknit VFs Miles: 12.00
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 recovery miles

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
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 in 7:53

Ride 15 Royal Blue 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
7.800.000.001.209.00

Hill sprints: 2x30s, 4x45s, 2x30s

Little by little

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 2.50Ride 15 Royal Blue 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
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 hilly but slow. 8:21 average.

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
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 in 7:38

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
6.300.004.000.5010.80

4 x cruise mile. 6:04, 5:54, 5:52, 5:54. Added 4x30s, though the hips were a bit locked up and they were barely 5:00 pace.

Saw my PT about my hips and getting them worked on. This is an issue going all the way back to 2014. Being older and probably switching to forefoot has put more load on them, and I want to get ahead of the issue.

Flyknit VFs Miles: 10.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.200.000.000.0011.20

7:47 average. 61 for the week! Feels good, man.

Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 11.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.600.000.000.009.60

Not fast. 8:12 average. Meant to go 8.5 or so but ended up a bit longer. 

These shoes are shot. Time to retire.

Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 9.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.700.000.001.508.20

Hit Glover Lane for some hill sprints. 2x30s, 6x45s, 2x30s.

Went to PT after for some work on my hips. Might already be seeing some progress there.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 3.20Ride 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
147.300.007.005.20159.50
Ride 15 Miles: 23.80Flyknit Streaks Miles: 9.70Ride 15 Royal Blue Miles: 103.20Flyknit VFs Miles: 22.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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