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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 23, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon

St. Louis Marathon (2008) - 3:46:23

St. George Marathon (2009) - 3:30:16

St. George Marathon (2011) - 3:23:52

DesNews Marathon (2012) - 3:29:03

St. George Marathon (2012) - 3:03:43

St. George Marathon (2013) - 2:54:52

St. George Marathon (2014) - 2:51:48

Boston Marathon (2015) - 3:15:43

St. George Marathon (2016) - 2:57:36

Half Marathon

Utah Valley Half (2012) - 1:28:45

St. George Half (2013) - 1:25:45

Hurricane Half (2013) - 1:28:56

Timpanogos Half (2013) - 1:23:22

Utah Valley Half (2014) - 1:23:07

DesNews Half (2014) - 1:23:28

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 marathon 1:20 half marathon

Personal:

Married, 3 boys. Work as an anesthesiologist.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Blue Nike Flyknit Lunar1 Lifetime Miles: 530.70
Volt Nike Lunaracer 3 Lifetime Miles: 336.80
Nike Air Pegasus 31 Lifetime Miles: 530.50
Nike Flyknit Lunar2 Gray/Volt Lifetime Miles: 360.50
Nike Flyknit Lunar2 Red Lifetime Miles: 298.50
White Kinavara 5 Lifetime Miles: 305.80
Nike Lunarglide 6 White Lifetime Miles: 304.00
Nordic Track Lifetime Miles: 581.00
Nike Pegasus 30 Lifetime Miles: 480.00
Saucony Triumph Lifetime Miles: 192.60
Under Armor Apollo 2 Lifetime Miles: 121.00
Nike Pegasus 32 Lifetime Miles: 147.90
Salomon Speedcross Lifetime Miles: 17.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.005.000.000.000.0022.00

Last real long run before SGM.  Did the same run that I did last week, up Little Mountain and down Emigration Canyon to my house.  Did 5 mile pick up at marathon pace or faster down Emigration (6:26, 6:23, 6:38, 6:10, 6:12).  Finished up the run with an average of 7:04.  I did this run faster than last week and definitely felt better this week.  So, hopefully that is a good sign for SGM.

As I was coming down Emigration Canyon and just about to the bottom of the canyon, I am almost positive I saw a mountain lion.  I was about 0.5 mile from Hogle Zoo and there is a cement barrier on the south side of the road.  As I approached the barrier, I say something sitting on it.  It looked like a cat, only it was big.  I immediately stopped running.  It jumped off and went down the hillside.  Then I saw two of them together, it looked like a mom and her cub.  Luckily they ran off with no issue.  I tried to get some pics, but wasn't able to get anything good.

Orange Nike Flyknit Trainer Miles: 22.00
Comments
From Josh E on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 13:51:26 from 205.235.104.4

Great effort! Now you can call that the Mountain Lion Run. I run in that area quite often and have never seen any wildlife. Now I will be on the lookout.

Good luck at St. George. What is your goal? I know it says sub 3 on the left, but the paces above suggest 2:50-2:55 perhaps?

From Hille on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 20:17:48 from 98.202.107.135

Yea, I run Emigration a fair amount and have never seen anything before.

I would definitely like to be in the 2:50-2:55 range, but will be happy sub 3:00. We will see how it goes race day. It looks like you are training hard and will be ready for a great marathon.

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