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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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Personal:

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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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Totals
Total Distance
50.80
MR10 (3) Miles: 43.50MR10 (2) Miles: 7.30
Weight: 0.00
Mon, Apr 29, 2013
Total Distance
6.80

Since I went off schedule again last week, and since I think the plan I'm on starts tapering too soon, I've decided to do last week's scheduled workouts this week. That meant either a 10K race or TT today. To be honest, I didn't exactly do either, because, I can't think of any local Monday morning 10Ks, and with my legs as sore as they are I didn't see my self putting in an honest TT effort. Instead, I chose a target pace and held it. The result was a 10K in just over or just under 36 minutes (I'm not exactly sure because I was on a treadmill and I didn't pay attention to how long my half-mile warmup took). That makes today's workout my unaided 10K PR. Of course, I've only run one other unaided 10K, and that was about a month after I started running. According to the FRB Race Time Predictor, that puts me on pace for about a 2:50 at Ogden. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 6.80
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Apr 30, 2013
Total Distance
6.00

Easy miles on the River Trail. My legs felt a bit heavy. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, May 01, 2013
Total Distance
7.80

Today's workout was tough, but not unmanageable. I think it should have felt easier than it did, though. Two sets of 800m at 5K pace, 1600m at 10K pace, and 3200m at marathon pace. Or at least at what I think those paces should be. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 7.80
Weight: 0.00
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Thu, May 02, 2013
Total Distance
6.00

A stiff and sore six miles this morning. I think the soreness was from taking Elliott to the trampoline park last night. 

Also, it was a lot colder than I expected. I wish I had worn gloves.  

MR10 (3) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Fri, May 03, 2013
Total Distance
7.30

Today was going to be a rest day, but a friend talked me into a lunch run down Big Cottonwood. We got a ride up about 7 miles from the office and then ran back down at about a 6:30 average pace. It was a beautiful day, and I think the high-turnover, low-intensity workout was good for me. 

MR10 (2) Miles: 7.30
Weight: 0.00
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Sat, May 04, 2013
Total Distance
16.90

I was planning to go a lot longer today, but I also wasn't planning to run at all yesterday, so I guess it all balances out. 

I ran from our house up to Nunn's Park and then back the way I came. Catherine and Elliott drove up to the River Trail and went for a walk, so it was fun to see them in the middle of my run.

There were a lot of long boarders on the trail this evening. They really annoyed me, for some reason.  

MR10 (3) Miles: 16.90
Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Total Distance
50.80
MR10 (3) Miles: 43.50MR10 (2) Miles: 7.30
Weight: 0.00
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