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: 20:00:00Â 19:54 in May 2010.
2008:Â Ran the Slam + Boston
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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
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Miles:
This week:
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Month:
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Year:
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Mon, Dec 08, 2008
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
2.75
3.00
0.00
0.00
5.75
Planed- 3x1.5miles @ 6:30 pace with .25 mile recovery.
Actual- .5 mile "warm up".
1.5 miles, I couldn't keep it anywhere near pace. I was at 6:53-163bpm. It was
snowing hard enough that I couldn't see very well. The snow was sticking
well enough that the trail was slick and snow packed. My legs felt
heavy. I was unmotivated. I felt tired all day.
.25 recovery
1.5 miles even worse than the first.
.25 recovery
1.75 miles. I started running it as an interval but it sucked.
My heart rate monitor fell off and I threw in the towel when I hit a red light
with traffic at a street crossing.
I'm not sure what I achieved with this run. In retrospect I'd have been
better off doing my speed work the next day. As it is I will either run
very easy tomorrow or just take the day off to regain my composure and
hopefully motivation and speed.
As a side note, a colleague was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about one month
ago. This is a wicked disease with an average prognosis of 3 to 6
months. He started experimental Chemo Tuesday and died on Thursday.
A dark reminder to be thankful for all that I've got.
Comments
From DonGardinero on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 13:26:30
Mark...
I hope things go better for you today or tomorrow. I'm still debating whether or not I want to run today.
Some days are like that. The mind is such a funny thing. It's good to be flexible with our training. We never know what life throws at us. Sorry to hear about your colleague. Hey you still got 5.75 miles done with 3 at mp. You will have a better workouts today.
You are way better than I am when I saw the weather I headed right for the gym!
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