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Pine Valley 15-Miler

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Location:

St George,

Member Since:

Mar 10, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Best 10K:  2013 Spectrum 10K 40:34

Best Half Marathon:  2012 Dog Town 1:29:57

Best Marathon: 2013 St George 3:12:15

Best 50-miler 2012 8:36

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep Running!!!

Personal:

I am married with eight children.  All of them are ours. My wife is so awesome!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 378.50
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St George is finally cooling down.  At 4am the outside temp was 60 degress and along the river it was noticeably cooler... nice!!!  I ran a 3.5 mile warm-up around bloomington in 30:53 minutes (8:50 pace), and after I crest the tonaquint hill I picked up the pace.  My next 5 miles ended up being a tempo run of 8:07 pace.  Over-all, the run was 1:11:28 at a 8:25 pace. 8:30 pace is my marathon goal pace for the up coming St George Marathon.

This evening I did upper body weight training and attended a kick butt cardio/spin class.

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I ran uphill both ways today. Last nights workout really left the legs numb. It probably didn't help that I started on a hill and finished on a hill. Over-all the run was easy and I averaged a 8:45 pace.

Went to yoga class tonight! 

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Didn't run today.  I decided to ride my bike.  When I left the house, I wasn't exactly sure were I was going.  Almost crashed in a few intersections because I was so indecisive. I finally headed north towards Ivins and then over to Gunlock.  I was going to turn around at Gunlock so I didn't have to climb the big hill that everyone has nicknamed "The Wall".  But I went for it anyways.  That hill was a beast!!! 

I stopped in Veyo for a 64 oz poweraide drink and 4 peanut butter cups.  I didn't bring anything with me for the ride except for a credit card and cell phone.  After my drink I headed back for St George.  The 64 oz drink was obviously not enough because I was very thirsty by the time I got to the top of the Veyo hill ( 2 miles later).  Oh well, it was all down hill from there. 

My total time was 3 hours and 22 minutes.  Not bad for a newbe and big climbs!

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I am very surprised that I am not sore or tired from my hard bike workout yesterday evening. Also, I didn't sleep last night either. After staring at the ceiling for 4 hours, I got up and had a hugh bowl of bread and milk. I think I squeezed in a nap between the hours of 4 and 5 am.

After work I headed over to the Rec Center for yoga class. But first I jumped on the treadmill and ran an easy 3.3 miles. I threw in one interval were I increased my speed up to a 7:00 pace. But I didn't pay too much attention to the clock, so I may have averaged a 9:00 pace, maybe?

Yoga class was perfect. She did all of my favorite poses and we held the positions for long counts. Triangle and pigeon pose are my favorites!!

After Yoga I headed over to the friendly neighborhood Del Taco... awesome!!! I had a macho burrito and a macho drink, with a coupon for both, which came out to an awesome deal and an awesome meal too!!!

Went home and ran 3 more easy miles with my 16 yr old daughter. I took no watch or GPS, we just had a nice, fun run together.

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Race: Pine Valley 15-Miler (15 Miles) 02:09:00, Place in age division: 2
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Race Day!!  Pine Valley 15 miler.  Very hilly and the course was out and back.  Every hill I screamed down, I was silently crying because I knew I would have to climb back up that hill on the way back.

I did an easy 1 mile warm-up right before the race started.  Over-all a good training run with speed work on the downhills and strength work on the uphills.  I was second in my age division.  I may have been first if I wasn't such a wimp on the way back.  I was thinking more about my long run next week.  Is that selfish of me to hold back on a race so I can run next week?  LOL!!!

All 4 of us placed in our divisions.  The Fords cleaned house today.  Cathy and Elijah were first in theirs and Josh and I were second.  I was 10th over-all.  All of also won something in the raffles.  I won a box of gue, and the others won massages and cash discounts at the running store.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.1020.000.000.0037.10
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