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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
29.10
MR10 (old) Miles: 10.00Altra Torin Miles: 19.10
Weight: 0.00
Mon, Jun 23, 2014
Total Distance
6.00

Not great. I overslept and had to run at night, which never goes well unless I get ready for it all day. Which of course I didn't. So after two intervale I was done and instead of doing more I just jogged it in.

MR10 (old) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Jun 24, 2014
Total Distance
4.60

Again I overslept, probably because I was up until almost midnight finishing last night's run. That meant I had only had five hours or so of recovery when I went out this morning. It went about as well as you would expect, and since I was already late I skipped the scheduled 7 and ran a little less. I thought I might go out for more this evening, but then I decided to skip it to see if I can get things back on track.

Altra Torin Miles: 4.60
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Jun 25, 2014
Total Distance
0.00

Overslept again. I thought I would try to make up the run in the evening, but that would have meant going out super late. So instead I decided to skip the run so I could get back on track tomorrow morning. 

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Thu, Jun 26, 2014
Total Distance
7.00

Seven easy schedules. Back on track after what's been a pretty dismal running week so far. 

Altra Torin Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Jun 27, 2014
Total Distance
4.00

More easy miles. I've only had the Torins for a couple of weeks and already my beloved MR10s feel super hard whenever I run in them. 

MR10 (old) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Sat, Jun 28, 2014
Total Distance
7.50

Catherine ran the Lavender Days 5K this morning. Since that was at 7:00, it meant no morning run for me. I got out some time after 11:00, but as usual I felt terrible so I cut it short. And that's the end of a pretty lame running week.

Altra Torin Miles: 7.50
Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Total Distance
29.10
MR10 (old) Miles: 10.00Altra Torin Miles: 19.10
Weight: 0.00
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