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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
65.000.008.005.4878.48
Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 12.00Ravenna 5 Miles: 30.50Launch (Blue) Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

There are few times I finish a run and feel absolutely miserable. 6 miles into Galbraith and the rain came pouring down, the wind came up, and the temperature dropped about 5 degrees. I was mildly hypothermic by the end. 12 miles total.

Brooks Ghost 6 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
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy around Padden. Beautiful sunny day.

Ravenna 5 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
9.000.000.003.9812.98

5k pace workout. 5x1200m (3:30 rests), 30s rest after 5th, 1x400m at mile pace. The rests felt like an eternity to me, but Sam insists to go 1:1 rests on 5k pace stuff. 

In any case, the workout went very well. Reps were 3:36.5, 3:34.9, 3:36.9, 3:31, 3:35.0. After a 30s break, the last 400m was done in 64.1.

I had to take a bathroom break after #4, and it was an odd sensation to basically go straight from sitting down to 5k pace. But I'm really happy with the 400m. I've had a hard time in workouts shifting gears, but this one came naturally.

Launch (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
10.500.000.000.0010.50

Super easy run with Tabor and Ryan around Whatcom.

Ravenna 5 Miles: 10.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.004.000.0011.00

4 mile tempo on the Urb. Had to get up early to squeeze this in before class. I've been feeling really good about training lately, but this run did not go well at all. I started out shooting for 5:15 pace and came through the first half mile in 2:55. And I thought I was dead on pace. From there I picked it up to 5:38, 5:29 (11:07), 5:29 (16:36 + 180 turnaround), 5:24 (22:00). 

This is the second time I've struggled on a morning workout, although this was much worse than the last. Perhaps I need to warm up better. I was in a rush to get it done in time for class, so I skipped the usual strides and some of the drills. Also, I haven't done as much recovery stuff in the last two days - no rolling out or compression socks - maybe that contributed to not feeling on top of it today. I've got one more session on Saturday this week, I'll try adding in that other stuff and see how I feel then.

Launch (Blue) Miles: 7.00
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 easy on the Urb and around campus. Had to split it up into 6 and 4 mile runs because of class schedule.

Ravenna 5 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
6.500.004.001.5012.00

Track day. 2x3200m (10:32, 10:28); 2x800m (2:24, 2:22), 2x400m (66.6, 65.9). 2:00 rests between each rep.

I felt great. This is the first workout like this that has felt good shifting gears.

Launch (Blue) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
65.000.008.005.4878.48
Brooks Ghost 6 Miles: 12.00Ravenna 5 Miles: 30.50Launch (Blue) Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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