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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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Fri, Jul 25, 2008
Race: Northwest Passage Relay (8.25 Miles) 00:51:32
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
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Got off the plane on time and met up with Andy B. We waited around for an hour or so and then greeted Mark P. The 3 of us got the van and went up north. I knew Mark would be hungry, and he was. We stopped at McDonalds (maybe not the best choice) and got some grub. We continued up to Bellingham for the first major exchange. Decided to stop at Fred Meyer for some food. Bought way too much. Oh well.

We hung out for a couple hours at the major exchange and finally met up with van 1. A good bunch of guys that I hadn't met before, except for Cody (briefly). Cody did 2 legs in the first set, so he was running #6. He got in and we sent Andy on his way. All of a sudden, it occurred to us that we only had 3 guys in our van. Logistically, that makes things difficult because one person has to drive and the other has to be getting ready to run. That means the guy driving is likely the one that just ran.

Ok- Andy's first leg was pretty tough 'cause it had the biggest hill of the course (I think). We got a little lost, but fortunately turned around and had plenty of time to get me ready at the exchange. I got the wristband from Andy and took off on my 2.94 miles. It was a pretty good climb up hill and then downhill the last mile. Avg pace 6:33, which isn't terrible considering the hill. I also showed .2 miles longer on my Garmin, so I think the leg was longer than projected.

We sent Mark off on a 6 mile leg, then I had to follow with another leg of 5.31 miles. This wasn't as bad, and I had a pretty good pace of 6:04 for the leg. We weren't passing many people at this point, because we were still in the back of the pack overall. After I ran, we sent Andy off again for his second leg. I got in touch with Dave N and he was waiting at exchange 11- just in time to run. Perfect timing.

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