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Race for the Cure

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Location:

Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: 2:26:29 marathon @ St.George '14; 1:09:55 1/2 mar. '08; 31:00 10k '07

Short-Term Running Goals:

Love running now.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Love running forever!

Personal:

My perfect day would include a run through the desert, time with my wife and girls, tasty homemade meals, and a nice nap in the middle.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adios Lifetime Miles: 512.25
Rocket 2 Lifetime Miles: 109.00
Kinvara Grey Lifetime Miles: 222.00
Vazee Pace Lifetime Miles: 437.75
Pace Blue Lifetime Miles: 231.75
Boston Lifetime Miles: 520.25
Peg Green Lifetime Miles: 544.00
Speedgoat Lifetime Miles: 325.00
Peg Purple Lifetime Miles: 509.50
Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 525.50
Barefoot '18 Lifetime Miles: 6.75
Levitate Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Peg NOP Lifetime Miles: 380.00
Peg Blue34 Lifetime Miles: 408.25
Solar Glide Lifetime Miles: 210.00
Levitate Black Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Race: Race for the Cure (3.1 Miles) 00:30:00
Total Distance
33.35

Started off the morning running the Race for a Cure with Ally's family. We all ran in memory of Al's Aunt Kitty who just passed away around Thanksgiving and in celebration of Al's mom who has just ended her treatments and looks to be getting over this beast. Ry said she wanted to actually run so I ran with her. Taking away the time it took to walk to the start, her bathroom break, and the walk to the finish because of the back up of thousands or runners, she did it in right around 30 minutes! I was so impressed. She held my hand for most of the run - since she is a little timid around crowds - and told me her legs hurt a bit; but whenever I asked her if she wanted to walk she said no. Two times she did walk, but it was for about 1 1/2 steps and suddenly she was pulling my hand again to get going! It was a lot of fun to run with her and a neat event. Not bad for an 8 year old; she runs at school a mile once a week in PE and quite often the same during lunch and recess, and of course she is in great shape from her swimming where she places against 12 year olds. But I have been very careful not to be pushy - I don't want to be one of THOSE parents.

noon - 30.25 Bell Canyon/Little Cottonwood. After eating I headed up Bell Canyon Trail. I thought I would be able to get more miles here than I did, but I quickly ran into the snow at about mile 5 (2.5 miles of trail) so I headed down - but it still gave me a great climb, up to over 6700 ft. - 1700 climb; and was able to go on Maggie and my favorite trail when we lived up here (so that was fun to think about). Then I dinked around trying to find another trail in the area, but nothing - so I got kind of frustrated and just decided to run up Little Cottonwood. And UP it was - took me to 8900 ft in the 10 miles to the very top of the road - a 3700 ft. climb. Brought it back down very easy as to avoid thrashing the legs as much as possible. Very pretty up there with a lot of cool waterfalls and snow drifts in the cliffs. (Stratus bee 670.35)

Held the week together pretty good - it was tough some times.

Goals for next week: Busy week with the end of school nearing and state track, so it will be a recovery week.  Mileage may be around 90.  Work on some more tempo stuff. 


Stratus Bee Miles: 33.35
Comments
From superfly on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 21:15:05 from 209.33.210.52

Nice workout. I can't wait to see you win Squaw or at least hear the story after I finally come crawling in.

From Dustin on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 21:19:11 from 209.33.192.10

Sounds like a fun day on the trails. I'm sure Ry did awesome.

From wheakory on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 21:19:16 from 134.50.223.250

Great week of exceptional mileage. I bet your endurance level right now is extremely high. Your training for the 50 miler is serious. Very nice work, and keep showing us how it's done.

From dave holt on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 22:04:22 from 71.213.28.41

Thanks guys - maybe some day I'll be able to run with you guys again (track ends soon!)

From Vis on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 22:35:22 from 64.255.93.37

Of all the events in your big day, the 30 minute 5K w/ your daughter is the most impressive. I love how little kids don't know that they're supposed to hate running yet. You know what I mean--our sport is your sport's punishment. Oh, and if you were one of those parents, your daughter would be playing soccer year round. Soccer's on ESPN now. You better watch out.

From Jon on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 23:13:53 from 75.169.146.186

Man, I have a hard time getting a good 20 miler on days I race a 10k, cause you have to do so many miles before/after. But you did 33 miles with a 5k! Amazing.

From Burt on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 01:27:22 from 98.167.151.26

There are two types of "those" parents. Those that push their kids to extremes and those that start fights at their kids' soccer games.

From dave holt on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 09:21:56 from 71.213.46.82

Running with Rylee was definitely the best!

From JamesH on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 22:15:10 from 75.169.154.231

Tell Ry congrats and good job.

From Snoqualmie on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 13:01:40 from 67.171.56.164

What a great story!

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