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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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Snow and ice everywhere. 31 degrees. Not too cold, but you have to make sure to stay on the road without getting too close to the side.

I was anxious to get in a decent workout, so I did the Wasatch/Pepperwood loop of 7.5-8 miles. Fortunately, the cars were minimal. I left the house at 5:45, which beat the morning commuters.

I felt a slight twinge in the right knee like the old ITB injury that I had 2 years ago. It went away after a while, but that is something to keep an eye on.

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A little warmer this morning. Shorts were in order. I scaled back just a bit knowing that racquetball was coming at lunch.

Had an insane day at racquetball. I was on. Took the series: 15-6, 12-15, 15-13, 15-2. My strategy was to be patient and wear the opponent out, which I did as the score of the last game was 15-2.

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I knew that I had to get out for a run. I went snowboarding in the morning, but that just doesn't cut it.

I went to the YM activity at 7:00 and got home about 8:00. I decided it wasn't too late, so I got dressed and out the door by 8:15. The thermometer said 40 degrees. Perfect.

I didn't think I would see anyone else out on the paved trails around 9:00 at night, and I was mostly right. I passed a lady running in the other direction about 1/2 way through. That was eeerie.

It was a perfect run, though. Everything was smooth. I played the latest Interpol album on my ipod, which is perfect at night. Man, what a great album.

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Missed the run yesterday due to snowboarding. I went 2 days in a row, and the achilles on the right leg was starting to bother me. Fortunately, I woke up this morning and it felt normal again.

It was raining consistently, but warm at 40 degrees. I decided to go out in shorts, which was ok. I wasn't planning on the shoes getting soaked, which they did at mile 2. I don't have to watch for puddles as much in Utah as I did in Norther CA, but this morning was certainly a puddle day.

Tomorrow should be interesting, as we're planning on some valley snow. Maybe like last Saturday?

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This run was awesome. I got out early in the snow- about 6:00am. It was coming down pretty hard, but I had some good amber lenses on the glasses to keep it out of my eyes. It was amazingly soft. I had to get back for a morning Christmas party, so I didn't meet the group.

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