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Red Mountain 30k

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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
Total Distance
72.00
Kinvara Green Miles: 8.00Pegasus 31 Miles: 12.50Mana Miles: 8.50Kinvara Blue Miles: 9.00Kinvara White Miles: 4.00Vertical K Miles: 19.50
Total Distance
16.50

AM - 8.5 Twix/Sunrise. Kind of irrated at the dog. It was raining the whole run and she was super antsy about it. (Peg 213.5)

afternoon - 8 track. Didn't get much of a warm up because of coaching duties, so only about a mile there and then 4x1600's and 2x300's and a cool. Did the first and last with the boys in 5:24 and 5:16 and the middle two with the girls in 6:15. 300's were killer as usual at :48 and :47. I told Preston I it was nice when I used to be able to run fast; now high school kids throw down on me. I guess I better get used to it. Finished with just a little weights because of time. Achilles held in there for the first double in a week. (Kinvara green 306.75)

Kinvara Green Miles: 8.00Pegasus 31 Miles: 8.50
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Total Distance
17.50

AM - 8.5 Twix/Sunrise. Out in the rain again this morning. Twix, being the heinous beast she is, tripped me this morning and I landed hard on my right knee and elbow. (Came home to find out she fought Molly again and hurt Molly's leg again - any advice for an unruly dog that has issues would be much appreciated.) (Mana 714.5)

afternoon - 9 Hell's Hole. Chilly afternoon with a little more rain. Dropped from DogTown into Hell's Hole and down the river back to school. Some very interesting and funny moments today. Striders, but not barefoot to try and progress with the achilles (thus no BeastAndFeast as well). (Kinvara blue 208.75)

Mana Miles: 8.50Kinvara Blue Miles: 9.00
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Total Distance
10.50

AM - 4 Sunrise. I should have gotten up, but my achilles was hurting at night and that was enough to convince me to sleep a little more. Shoe?

afternoon - 6.5 laps. DI warm and laps during practice. At least it was something. This double head coach with no real sprint coach is not so easy on my running. Shoe?

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Total Distance
4.00

AM - 4 Sunrise. I don't know if I am resting the achilles or being lazy... Probably some of both. Should get up. (Peg 217.5)

Nothing this afternoon, coaching duties... Bummer.

Pegasus 31 Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
4.00

AM - 4 Sunrise. Just another short morning. Walked the dog for a bit before practice, but achilles is still acting up and I used it for an excuse again. Meet this afternoon, so no running. (Kinvara white 395.75)

Kinvara White Miles: 4.00
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Race: Red Mountain 30k (19.3 Miles) 02:10:59, Place overall: 1
Total Distance
19.50

Red Mountain 30k 2:10:59

Decided to run this just Weds. when Steve convinced me. Glad I did though. This was the most fun running I have had in awhile. Exactly my favorite type of running - fast, raceable, beautiful single track. All of the race was on the trails over by Santa Clara; different loops with a single aide station in the middle. It was a great set up. The St. George Running center did a great job with the race. Started off with Logan and his boys. Logan was doing the 50k and his team was doing the half. After a couple miles, Logan sat back and his boys pushed the pace. I decided to go with them and just see what happened. It was super pretty up on the first trail with the sun rise on one horizon and the moon setting over the snow covered hills on the other. Thatcher and Kale set a pretty good pace and I just chilled behind them and Sage. We hit the first aide at a 7:02 pace for the 7.5 miles. They peeled off to their finish and I pushed onto Barrel Roll. I was feeling pretty good and really just attacked the trail. It was very fun just out there on my own and flying across the single track. The trails are rolling and rocky, but you can still go if you push it. Came off of Barrel Roll dropping the ave to 6:57; probably around low 6:50 ave for that 8'ish mile section. Then pushed in on the final section - Upper and Lower graveyard over to Unity Park. Hadn't ever run here before and didn't know what to expect. It was harder than I thought, but I held a good pace. Maybe I was just getting a bit tired. Pushed it in and dropped the overall ave to 6:46; so another good section. Pretty pleased with how I ran; and really glad I did it. Like I said, it was a lot of fun. I really those trails over there. I briefly thought about just pushing the 50k after coming off Barrel, but wisely decided I hadn't better. My pace, lack of preparation and lack of consumption of calories and fluids would have come back to get me.

James came in not too long after me; having a very good race. He is running really well right now. (VertK 418.5)

A fun side note - some of my runners are looking to get a few comments here and there with some random, funny and stupid stuff. So this race reminded me of one of the most commented on post ever at the frb. Go back and take a look at http://holt.fastrunningblog.com/blog-06-06-2009.html for some good times and memories!

Week was a mixed bag - started well with mileage, then went south for the end of the week until today's good run. But that is probably much of what it will be through track season at least.

Goals for next week. Enjoy Spring break. Recharge a bit away from school and kids begging for grades and enjoy some yard work and running.

Vertical K Miles: 19.50
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Total Distance
72.00
Kinvara Green Miles: 8.00Pegasus 31 Miles: 12.50Mana Miles: 8.50Kinvara Blue Miles: 9.00Kinvara White Miles: 4.00Vertical K Miles: 19.50
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