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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
36.50
MR10 (2) Miles: 14.90MR10 (3) Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
Mon, May 06, 2013
Total Distance
5.90

Six reps of half a mile each at 5:50, with four-minute recoveries at 9:30. It was much harder than I expected. I can partly blame it on sore legs from Saturday. But the real culprit is Elliott. She had a rough night last night, which meant I got to have a rough night with her. We ended up watching the Fox and the Hound until a little past 1:00 in the morning. I enjoy the daddy-daughter time, but I would have enjoyed sleep even more :-)

MR10 (2) Miles: 5.90
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, May 07, 2013
Total Distance
6.00

Six easy miles. My legs were stil sore, but  I felt better today than I have in a while. I guess I'm tapering now. Weird.

MR10 (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, May 08, 2013
Total Distance
5.30

Somehow I overslept this morning, so I ended up running in the evening. And because rain looked possible, I decided to go to the gym. Given the workout (30 seconds on, 30 off), that complicated things, because it seemed like my hand was always on the speed control. But I made do. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 5.30
Weight: 0.00
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Thu, May 09, 2013
Total Distance
6.10

Easy night miles on the River Trail. Not bad at all. But not anything special, either. 

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Fri, May 10, 2013
Total Distance
0.00

Rest day.

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Sat, May 11, 2013
Total Distance
13.20

My schedule called for 8 miles at goal pace today. I decided to run on the River Trail. After a one-mile warmup, I started the goal pace. My first mile was in 5:53—way too fast. My next one was 6:10, which was still too fast, and my third was even worse at 6:05 (I was shooting for the 6:20-6:30 range). I managed to get back on track for my fourth mile in 6:20, but by then I was starting to feel done, so I slowed down. I ended up running the last few miles at around 6:50, which isn't terrible.

And now I'm worried about my ability to pace myself next week. A few miles too hot are harder to recover from than I would have thought. 

Catherine went running with a friend after I got home. She was ready for more when she got back, so we put Elliott in the stroller and ran three more together before calling it a day. 

MR10 (2) Miles: 3.00MR10 (3) Miles: 10.20
Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Total Distance
36.50
MR10 (2) Miles: 14.90MR10 (3) Miles: 15.50
Weight: 0.00
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