| Location: Provo,UT, Member Since: Apr 07, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5K - 17:11 (Cougar Run)
10K - 34:35 (Deseret News)
15K - 57:33 (Utah Running Club)
1/2 - 1:22:26 (Mountain View Trail)
50K - 4:22:31 (Sapper Joe) Short-Term Running Goals: Sub-2:45 at Saint George Marathon
Win the Antelope Island half marathon Long-Term Running Goals: I'd like to run the Angeles Crest 100 at some point. And I'd still like to go sub-4 at a trail 50k. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.
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I was a competitive cyclist for years. In 2009, after racing in the Tour of Utah, I decided I had plateaued as a cyclist--I could continue to improve, but I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.
I thought that challenge would be mountain biking, but I'm a terrible bike handler. I married Catherine in January 2010 and a couple of weeks later I entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with her. A couple of weeks after that I decided I'd like to run ultras, so I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.
Those first races came and went, with varying results. I was looking forward to running more and possibly pushing into the longer distances, but I injured my knee in June 2010 and I've never been consistently healthy since.
I started law school in August 2010, which meant less time for training. In June 2011, Baby Elliott was born, which meant even less time for training. But she's worth it.
Baby Nora joined us in October 2013, with the same effect on training as Elliott (who, incidentally, is no longer a baby).
I (finally) finished school in April 2014 and now I'm an evil corporate lawyer in Salt Lake. I have no illusions that I'll ever get back into the shape that I once was, but I'm perfectly at peace with that. I still have many goals to accomplish and many years in which to do it. |
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| | When I woke up, the runny nose, cough, and sore throat--all the good stuff--were still there. I almost decided to skip my run, and I was certain that I wouldn't be able to complete my intervals, at least not at full speed. But as long as I was running I pretty much felt fine, and I was able to complete my entire workout without a hitch. I actually felt better at speed than I did all last week. Six miles at 6:00 with quarter-mile recoveries in between. All on a treadmill, of course.
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| | I was supposed to run six easy miles today, so I went to the indoor track to avoid dying of boredom (yes, it is better to run in small circles than it is to run in place). Anyway, we had Elliott's Well Child appointment at 8:00, so I ran a bit faster than I normally would for an "easy" run. Average pace was just under 7:00. Elliott is now in back down to the 5th percentile for weight, but she's climbed up past the 75th percentile for length. Tall and skinny--we're shocked.
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| | Not as bad a workout as I thought it would be. Five 2-minute repeats at 5:30, with 2-minute recovery intervals, which I ran at 10:00. The whole thing, including s quick warm up and cool down, was over in less than 30 minutes. | |
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| | A haiku: Six miles today. Run steady on a treadmill. So very boring. | |
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| | Elliott had a rough night, and after putting her back to bed for the second time at about 3:00am, I couldn't get back to sleep. After trying for a while, I decided to give up and go for an early, early run at the gym. I expect I'll be pretty tired today, but at least tomorrow is the weekend. | |
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| | The thing about long, steady runs, even short long runs, is that they're really hard to do on a track or a treadmill. I start to lose my place when I have to run in place for too long, and last week I learned that running in little circles isn't much better. So, today I decided to take advantage of the clear weather and the (finally) clean air and run outside. The strange thing is that I think this is the first time I've run outside since we were in LA, which makes this my first outdoors run of 2013. Anyway, I parked at the BYU OIT on University and ran up the River Trail into the canyon until I hot 5.5 miles, than I turned around and ran back. There were some ice patches on the way up, but not enough to cause a problem, and they were all melted by the time I came back. I don't know how often I can run outside during the week, but I'll have to at least do it more often on the weekends.
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| MR10 (3) Miles: 25.00 | MR10 (2) Miles: 14.00 |
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