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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

50k:  4:59 at Buffalo Run in 2010  (32 miles)

Marathon:  3:01 at St. George in 2009!

Half:  1:29 at Painter's/ St. George in 2009.  1:27 at Salt Lake in 2009 (aided course)

10k: 40:53 Greek Festival 10k at Sugar House park in 2010.

5miles: 32:10 Dam 2 Dam in 2009.  Master's winner.

5k: 20:00:00  19:54 in May 2010.

2008:  Ran the Slam + Boston

I need to update this!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Carpe Diem.

Don't trip over my own feet.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.

Personal:

1 wife

1 girl child

1 boy child

1 big dog

1 little dog

I'm a geologist for my day job.

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Some days I feel like superman, some days I feel like a spud with running shoes.  Today was the latter.  I was running slow, my pulse was slow, but I was breathing hard.  I don't get it.  I didn't feel like I was having any asthma issues.  I think part of my problem was I was too cold.  It wasn't so cold (about 32) when I left but it felt like an arctic express was blowing down City Creek Canyon as I was running up.  I didn't warm up to a comfortable point til about mile 10 or 11.  I should have dressed warmer....  Oh well.  This is not a complain, just an observation.

Ave. pace = 9:16 / 142bpm  This is slow but perhaps not quite as slow as it seems considering the incline from my house up City Creek (or I'm just kidding myself).  My slowest mile was 11:26, fastest was 7:23.

Comments
From kungfublonde on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 15:29:04

If your slowest mile was 11:26, that's still pretty speedy for a potato :)

From Smooth on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 16:26:28

I notice the " 32 degree cold" now is different than the "32 degree cold" in Aug or Sept say at the start of Park City or TOU. That "arctic" cold must take longer to warm up. Good observation.

You're still one fast stud (er spud). Nice long run with some TUT (Tough Uphill Training)to boot.

From Teena on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 20:37:19

I wish I could keep my heart rate that low while running. Just out of curiousity, what is your resting heart rate?

You're so stinkin' spudly!! (Couldn't resist.)

From DonGardinero on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 22:46:22

Great run. I've had runs where I didn't dress warm enough and it makes the run miserable.

Dale

From huans32 on Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 22:54:06

Great job man. It looked quite steep at where we passed over city creek. Hope we stay at 32 for a while. But I think it is only going to get colder.

From Rhett on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 15:10:58

32 degrees!!! I'd be on the treadmill. Good job. I hope it stays dry there so you do have to sludge through the snow.

From fly on the wall on Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 18:23:41

Thanks for the encouragement!

I'm not sure what my resting heart rate is. At my desk this morning it was 60bpm. So it is something lower than that. If I think of it I'll check it in the morning.

I'm also not sure what my max heart rate is. I've had it up in the high 190s, maybe 198bpm, but that was with my old monitor. With my Garmin I've only gotten it up to 187 (at a 5k earlier in the month).... So go figure.

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