Ethan Cannon

April 2024

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Location:

Medford,OR,USA

Member Since:

Aug 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

High School:

XC 5K: 15:57.3

1500: 4:04.55

800: 2:01.05

400: 53.07

3000: 9:18.43

College 

5000: 13:59.58 (UW Indoor Invite 2021)

Mile: 4:07 (converted from 4:12.07 at altitude; also converted by NCAA to 3:48.8 for 1500)

10000: 29:38.73 (Mt. SAC relays 2022)

Indoor 3000: 8:13 (converted from 8:24.76 at BYU indoor race, 1/16/21)

800: 1:55.6@ (solo time trial at Provo high school, 2019)

400: 51.84h (solo time trial at NMHS, 2015)

 

Post-College

Half Marathon: 1:06:23 (Garry Bjorklund Half, June 2023)

Road race 10K: 30:27 (Get in Gear, April 2023)

13.1 miles: 1:06:16 (Hobbler Half, July 2023; not counting this as a 1/2 PR because of ~1100 feet net elevation loss)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

-Qualify for the 2024 Olympic marathon trials

Long-Term Running Goals:

-Run a few fast marathons. Grandma's, St. George, and Boston are on my target list. An Olympic Trials qualifier would be amazing. 

-Break stroller records? 

-Stay fit for a very long time. I believe what goes into making a competitive runner at age 60 is much different than age 20, just like what goes into making a good marathoner differs from a good sprinter. I hope that by taking care of my body, I can be very fast for my age as I get older. 

 

Personal:

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I served a mission in Rome, Italy from 2015 to 2017. I eat a whole food, plant-based diet, which I believe helps my running. I like chocolate shakes on sunday nights and I will always call the Pacific northwest home. 

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Miles:This week: 40.75 Month: 232.00 Year: 1057.00
Adi-zero Tempo 9 Lifetime Miles: 225.00
Nike Vaporfly Next% Lifetime Miles: 140.75
Peg 39C Lifetime Miles: 664.00
Saucony Triumph 20A Lifetime Miles: 673.25
Saucony Triumph 20B Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Lifetime Miles: 201.75
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Blue Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Total Distance
232.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 90.75Peg 39C Miles: 76.75Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 64.50
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Total Distance
9.25

6:53 pace, east river flats. 

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9.75

6:43 pace, rec center to east river road with a few short strides at the end. A pleasant run where wet snow turned to rain and then stopped. First non treadmill day back under 160 lbs (159.0). Trying not to focus too much on that but I have been focusing on eating only when hungry. 

Peg 39C Miles: 9.75
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9.25

6:50 pace. Felt tired again. I was supposed to work out today but I decided not to. Wind was 17 mph and I was sick. Of course my throat didn't bother me during the run, but I think the general fatigue did. Hopefully I'll feel better by Friday. Race is coming up. 

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9.50

Just over 7 minute pace. I took most of the off-routes. Felt tired. Still windy out, so glad again that I didn't workout. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow. Yesterday was an extremely odd day, I just wasn't hungry so I didn't eat from like 10 to 5 and I also never had dinner. Sickness? Still, its a little weird. Today I weighed 156.8. 

Peg 39C Miles: 9.50
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10.00

All week I've been kind of dreading this workout as it has continued to be postponed. I try to believe that a slow workout is better than none at all, but I felt that to do the Michigan justice, I couldn't aim for less than a 4:45 opening mile, which intimidated me based on my work this year. Even as I warmed up, I felt tired once again and didn't have any idea how it would go. In my experience, the first lap can tell you a lot about how your workout will go. My first lap was 67, which was a very, very good sign. 4:38 for the opening 1600. Then 3:32 and 2:17 for the 1200 and 800. The "mile" reps were around the athletic complex in 5:18, 5:07, and 5:12, and were about 4 seconds too far. They felt very easy. Amazingly, my legs felt great during that- the biggest issue was that I scorched my lungs on the first rep, which is to be expected when you do faster track work than you have in a while. It was in the low 30s when I ran and hardly windy (a huge upgrade from prior workouts and even previous days this week), but I really think I see an obvious difference maker, in that I'm a little lighter than before. I may still have a couple more pounds to go, too. Rest ended up being ~1:45. This workout is similar to the Ethan classic that I like in that both workouts require you to "recover" while still running relatively fast. 

Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 10.00
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16.50

6:18 pace. The goal was to keep it slow with having worked out yesterday. TBH this still felt hard, just fatigued I guess. By extending the route in some reasonable ways, I was able to get in all this mileage before reaching the normal turnaround point of my reservoir woods loop. The normal loop and even more so the extension are not suited for a fast LR, but it's good when pace isn't a concern. Happy conference! 6 months ago I was running a marathon and a year ago I had to do my conference LR on the treadmill due to snow. 

Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 16.50
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9.25

6:47 pace, east river flats on a warm, damp morning. Kind of tired.

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9.75

6:36 pace, rec center to east river road. Nice weather. Small strides at end. 156.6.

Peg 39C Miles: 9.75
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6:49 pace, boom island. 

Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 9.25
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10.50

4 mile tempo on west river road, starting at rec center. I am a little dissapointed with 5:07 pace as there wasn't really any good reason why I couldn't have gone faster. 155.

Peg 39C Miles: 10.50
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9.25

6:45 pace, Como classic. Felt tired. 

Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 9.25
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18.00

Probably should call it quits on these shoes but they keep doing fine. Was in the 50s and 60s when I ran today which made me sweat a lot. Looks like 5:57 pace overall. Splits of complete miles were: 6:21, 6:08, 5:51, 5:54, 6:33, 5:54, 5:52, 5:52, 5:57, 6:10, 4:55, 6:39, 5:15, 6:26, 6:06, 5:58. The two slowest splits were when I transitioned to Browns Creek trail, so probably just over a mile. As you can see, I threw in two hard miles. The first was uphill but with wind at my back. The second was overall probably flat but wind at my face, which is surprising since I hadn't changed directions or anything. I think especially for the first one the gel I took helped. 

Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 18.00
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9.50

6:36 pace (fast!) farmers fields. I haven't done that route in quite some time. It's a nice spring route, as it is something you really can't do during the winter. 

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9.75

Light rain turned into a deluge on east river road from rec center. The workout came with a free shower! Other people don't seem to love this weather as much as me. 6:40 pace. 

Peg 39C Miles: 9.75
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9.00

6xK w/ 1 minute rest at the track, my last significant workout before my race. 3:04, 3:04, 3:04, 3:04, 3:06, 3:01. I noticed right away that the pace I started out at felt harder than it did about a year ago when I did 10 reps. In fairness, the track was more slippery than I ever remember it and there was a nasty wind on the backstretch. 

Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 9.00
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9.50

7 minute pace, including some side trails on west river road. 

Peg 39C Miles: 9.50
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9.25

6:40 pace on east river flats despite some wind (62:30), I believe that again ties my record. Not that I'm trying for that!

I hit 1000 miles in 2024 today!

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14.00

Woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. Yikes. My tolerance for cold wanes in the spring so I decided to delay my MLR (race next week) until around noon. 6:07 pace was surprisingly fast, especially for Resevoir woods. I wasn't trying that hard, especially on the way out. Coming back I had the wind against me so that was a little more difficult. 

Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 14.00
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9.50

Started with family (first time this year!) then ran boom island. 6:40 pace for the parts I ran alone.

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9.75

6:46 pace, east river road from rec center. I tried running on the ERR equivalent of Winchell trail on the way back for a bit, but it wasn't great for running. Couple strides. A little leg pain. 155.2

Peg 39C Miles: 9.75
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9.00

I felt tired today. Stopped by the track on the way home from west river road north to do a little something that would get my legs moving more than strides, but wouldn't tire me out like a workout. 3x400 in 75, 72, 67. You expect the 75 to feel like a jog which it doesn't haha. Hopefully I will be ready to go saturday. 

Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 9.00
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8.25

Last run from the rec center. Also last run I plan to do in Peg 39s. I've very much enjoyed doing my Tuesday/Thursday runs this semester. 2 strides at the end. I wanted to go slow and was able to keep myself in check long enough that it stuck. Probably 7:10-20 pace. Really nice day outside. I stopped and smelled the flowers. 

Peg 39C Miles: 8.25
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4.25

Started with family, then finished my pre-race. Started raining at the end. Strides.

Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 4.25
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232.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 25 White Miles: 90.75Peg 39C Miles: 76.75Saucony Triumph 20A Miles: 64.50
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