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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 23, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5k 16:16 / 10k 33:12 / half marathon 1:12:28/ marathon 2:32:59/ 100 miles: 34 hours, nine minutes (Wasatch 100).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Compress six months of marathon training into six weeks.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay curious.

Personal:

I'm an attorney in Salt Lake City. Married to Heather. We have two little boys.


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Thu, Sep 20, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.700.005.000.000.0013.70

Unlike last week, I was not dreading this morning's tempo run. I also had a good plan: run the tempo out to Radda, connect with the runners there and get a ride home. I ran a three mile warmup to the corner of Foothill and Sunnyside where I started the tempo portion. First mile was 5:43 (compared to 6min last week). Mile 2 in 5:44. I knew the third mile would be toughest and probably slowest since it has the grunt climb out of the gully on 20th E, but it turned out ok, 5:48, about 10 seconds faster than last week. Also, unlike last week, my plan was to continue running south on 20th E, so no gravity assistance down 2700 South or in the park, just plain flatness. I was still recovering a bit from the climb in mile 4, running 5:47. For the fifth mile, I tried to keep focused and finish strong, 5:39.

After the tempo, I wandered around Holladay for a few miles and then caught up with the other runners at Radda. Caught a ride home from Jwood.

PM: ran home from work 2.2 mi.

Comments
From Michael on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 16:24:32

Again, thanks for all the info you shared with me.

Since you ran the Wasatch 100, do you know Mark Oftedal? I guess he has run it several times and he is also my 10 year olds cross-country coach

From Chad on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 16:27:00

Yes, I know Mark very well. We're neighbors and friends. In fact I just had lunch today with he and Eli. He ran great at Wasatch this year. Your son is part of the Utah Project? that's great.

From Michael on Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 22:30:31

Yes Alexander is with the Utah Project. Mark and Mike Durman is the other coach. They work great with the kids. Eli is one of the best kid runners in the country. Alexander and he were on the same National Championship Bantam Boys cross country team together. I think Eli finished 5th overall and has a good chance of winning it this year. Alexander was further back at 92nd but still good considering there was 400+ kids and he did score points for his team. His goal this year is to be in the top 25 thus to get All American honors like Eli. He is working hard at it but there are alot of top kid runners around the country and we shall see. One of the reasons I run is to stay fit and keep up with Alex, but he is usually 5 minutes ahead of me in most 5ks

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 17:36:20

Could you have gone 8 or 10 at that pace? If not, how much would you have had to slow down by?

Also, are your mile markers GPS-based, or are they landmark based?

From Chad on Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 23:39:08

Sasha--yes, I think I could have hung on for 8. Not sure about 10. If the terrain stayed flat, I would have slowed down by at least 5 seconds per mile. Mile markers are from the Garmin, with the limitations on accuracy that implies. I have run the first three miles a couple of times and those marks were about right.

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