Craig's Running Blog

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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:

2~~011: 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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Sep 22, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

Lighter run than expected, because I ran with friends of mine that did the TOU last week. I couldn't get the motivation to do an extra 3 miles afterwards because I was too busy answering questions and so forth from the group members.

Interesting note: the fast miles felt good, then the slow miles at the end started to ache in the achilles area. I'm not sure why, but I've noticed that more than once. It's almost as though picking up the pace loosens things up better than the long, slow distance.

I am trying to determine if being a SLCFit coach is starting to hurt my training. In some ways, I think it is. I typically get up around 4:00am and don't get home until noon. If I was just running, I could be done in a few hours.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 18:13:18

When you run faster, you spend more time in the air which gives you a better chance to relax. I have noticed the same thing - I know would hurt a lot less from running a marathon at my race pace than in 5:00. That is one reason I tell people to get their threshold as high as they can before even trying a marathon, less time on your feet, more time in the air, less time racing, a lot easier to handle.

From Craig on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 18:22:18

Yes! Finally, someone who can back up my theory and explain it in a way that makes sense. Thanks!

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