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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

50K: 6:15 at Moab Red Hot 50k+ (ouch)

Marathon:

St George - 2:44 (2010), 2:47 (2004), 2:48 (2006), 2:50 (2010), 2:51 (2008, 2009), 2:53 (2007), 2:54 (2005, 2001)

Boston - 2:50 (2008)

1/2 Marathon:

Hobble Creek - 1:12 (2010), 1:15 (2009)

Provo River - 1:16 (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010)

Provo Halloween Half 1:14 (2011) 

Moab - 1:18 (2008)

Ogden 1:17 (2010), 1:19 (2009)

Painters (St George): 1:18 (2011), 1:20 (2009, 2010) 

10K: 34:22 (Des News 2009)

5K: 16:32 (2003), 16:33 (2004), 17:11 (2007), 16:32 (2008, aided), 17:29 (2008), 16:25 (2009, aided), 17:25 (2011), 16:06 (2011, aided)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2011: Complete my first Olympic and Half Ironman triathlons

2012: Break 2:40 at St George

Move into endurance mountain biking and trail triathlons (xterra, etc) 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running. Move into triathlons and get stronger. Keep succeeding at half marathons and the occasional marathon.

Personal:

I know Sasha from the CS program at BYU. We both graduated in 1997. He probably doesn't remember me, because he was definitely more vocal in class and among the students than I was.

Married to Teresa with 3 kids: Anders (4), Kristian (9), and Zoe (12).

Fluent in Danish, but there is obviously very little need for that.

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Mon, Jun 02, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Awesome day. I met up with the group in the evening for speedwork at Cottonwood H.S., but I didn't get there until they were leaving. I did get a chance to talk with Jason a bit about his training, and gave him some advice on increasing his consistency and weekly mileage. He had a decent 1/2 marathon last year (1:44), but didn't have the mileage for a marathon. Needless to say, he crashed and burned at Top of Utah.

I did a few miles easy in normal shoes in the morning. No big deal. The real test came in the evening at the track. The high school installed artificial turf this last year, so I wanted to try out my Vibram Five Fingers on it. I tested it out with a warmup mile- no big deal. The ground was surprisingly springy and the barefoot shoes felt great. Then I did 2x800 at tempo pace. The repeats felt great- better than any recent intervals I've done. For fun, I did 4x100 sprints at the end on the football field. Crazy fast. I couldn't believe the quick turnover you get when you don't have shoes weighing you down. I'm definitely doing that each week while I can. I'm afraid the football team will start practicing soon, but I'll make use of it while I can.

Comments
From Zach on Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 14:51:56

Craig-

Now that actually sounds like alot of fun. Tempo repeats are a good way t develope....and alot of people really don't see that.

Barefoot shoes? What are those?

Oh, I also read your comment on one of my runs. Didn't even know there was a relay going on at that time. You mention that you are looking for three more people. Is there anyway to get some more informtion on it?

Hey well keep up the great work=]

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