| 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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One mile at 6:00, followed by seven miles at 6:40.
I had some treadmill issues today, and my legs felt a little less snappy than usual, but otherwise this was a decent run. The treadmill issues were particularly annoying. I had to try three before I found one that would 1) start and 2) not lurch and stutter while I ran. And the one I thought would work shut down when I tried to drop the speed from 6:00 to 6:40, so I had to grab my stuff and move to a new machine in the middle of my workout. Also, I think that the air conditioner was broken, or at least not turned up high enough. Things were getting pretty stuffy in the gym.
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| | I had to run late tonight instead of early this morning because I had to stay up late last night to finish some homework for a class that was due at 7:30 this morning. And because I was up so late I decided not to run this morning But I have no energy when I run at night, and after two miles I could tell I was off, so I cut it short and ran 5 miles instead of 8. Oh well. When I started training for this marathon, one of my goals was to not become a slave to the training schedule. Some days it's better to know when to quit, and today was one of those days. I'll be back at it tomorrow.
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| | This one was hard. I ran two sets today: 1.5 miles at 6:00, then 0.5 miles at 5:40, then a final quarter-mile kick at 5:00 before recovering for another quarter mile. During the first set I could tell I was still a little off from last night, but I made it through just fine. The recovery was distressingly short, though, and by the time I increased the speed for the first time on my second set I was having trouble breathing. When I kicked it up to 5:00 it felt like there wasn't enough room in my lungs. Fortunately, a quarter mile is pretty quick at that pace, and I didn't have to hang on too long before I could drop the speed down. Way, way down.
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| | Long(ish). Slow. Boring. That's about it. | |
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| | Still not feeling as well as I'd like to. I don't feel bad in the sense that I fell sick or injured, only in the sense that my legs feel heavy and slow. I ran a little more slowly than I normally do this morning, but i picked up a bit at the end. My spirits were bolstered by the fact that the ROTC color guard guys were practicing their gun routines while wearing short shorts, cotton t-shirts, dress hats, patent-leather loafers, and white socks. Say what you will about the ROTC, but those guys certainly have style. | |
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| | Tempo run today. I decided to step the pace up a bit from what I've been doing, so I ran my 8-mile block at 6:22. It didn't feel easy, but it wasn't hard, either. I hope that means I'm getting into shape. Anyway, this is the halfway point. I started training ten weeks ago, and Ogden is in ten weeks from now. So far so good. | |
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| MR10 (3) Miles: 30.40 | MR10 (2) Miles: 9.50 |
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