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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
102.50
Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 12.00Kinvara Silver Miles: 11.00Kinvara Miles: 7.00Ronin Miles: 17.00Mana Miles: 13.00Connect Miles: 4.00Barefoot '13 Miles: 4.00F50 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 Miles: 6.50Zero Miles: 3.00Kinvara Lime Miles: 22.00
Total Distance
23.00

AM - 11 Mall/AC//Lutheran. Not too shabby this morning. (Kinvara Silver 172.25)

afternoon - 12 6xMile. Ran 4 up to GS with 2 at Tinman. Had planned on running at the track, but soccer had practice and I didn't want to deal with them, and I figured I could go run them on the dirt mile. So I drove home and ran up to the course and did the workout. The course was pretty beat up from the rains and some parts were pretty haggard. Got 5:28, :27, :26, :24, :22, :19. Had planned on doing 5 because I felt like I was working harder than I wanted, but I messed up the count and got 6 anyway. So that was good. Ended up pretty happy about the workout. Cooled about 1.5 around the lap and home. (Hyper Speed2 338.75)

Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 12.00Kinvara Silver Miles: 11.00
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Total Distance
13.00

AM - 6 AC/Lutheran.  Just an easy 6 today.  Not too jacked up... that may be showing up later.  (Ronin 61)

afternoon - 7 grass loops. Just ran around on the 800 loop a bunch of times during the teams' workout. Sme of the boys were doing a workout + time trial for the 7th spot this week. Saw some very impressive stuff... They don't make the decision easy at all. That's a good thing for the team, but hard for the ones that are left out for this week. Hopefully they respond well and keep pushing for the spots next week. Hip really hurt for the first mile; then felt great. (Kinvara 884.9)

Kinvara Miles: 7.00Ronin Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
18.00

AM - 13 Tempo.  Rainy tempo loop from Clyde's.  Ended up a little better than last week, so that's something.  This week (last week):

(Mana 505)

afternoon - 4 Grass. Just ran around a bit while the team did their workout. Did a little elliptical during weights. Hip was hurting a bit here and there. 8xbarefoot striders. (Connect 615.5)(Barefoot '13 101.5)

Mana Miles: 13.00Connect Miles: 4.00Barefoot '13 Miles: 1.00
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Total Distance
12.50

AM - 6 Grass/Lutheran. Good barefooting and reversed the Lutheran run. (Barefoot '13 104.5)(F50 556.75)

afternoon - 6.5 Shoe run. Just taking these off days real easy. I am too old to kill myself and I want to get as much as I can from hard days, so I better let myself recover. (Kinvara3 469.5)

F50 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 Miles: 6.50Barefoot '13 Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
14.00

AM - 11 Mall/AC/Lutheran. Tried to sleep in a little since I will be up way late tonight driving home from SLC, but alarm went off at the usual 11 mile run time and I couldn't sleep anymore. So up and running. Needed to go a couple minutes faster to get back on time to practice, but ended up getting back like 5 minutes early, so I must have been moving pretty good. Then just finished it up for a good run for the day. (Ronin 72)

afternoon - 3 SugarHouse. Went to watch our college girls run in Orem and then went up to run on the State course. Raines started pretty good just as we started and went throughout (making the XC race today just a mess!). (Zero 245.75)

Ate at the mall and then casually headed over to the meet in Herriman, only to arrive as the Varsity girls started! They decided to change the order because of the rain. So we moved the girls to the JV race and got the boys a quick warmup in (glad we had the miles in our legs from the state course). Team did a little better as a whole this week, both boys and girls. Things are coming around. Then drove home late, getting home at 1:00a.

Zero Miles: 3.00Ronin Miles: 11.00
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Total Distance
22.00

morning - 22 STG course. Slept until 8:00 this morning after getting home late. Then ate some breakfast and took the suburban back to the district and finally got running by 9:30 - luckily it wasn't too warm, but it heated up by the end around noon. Tis was the workout I've been waiting for all summer, maybe since back in the spring since prepping for Phoenix. Ran and up and back from the finish. Going up I noticed as I started up the hills at miles 3-5 that I was actually running pretty quick without any effort. Then I just kept getting quicker while trying to make sure I wasn't working since I wanted to push down the course a bit. Even through the big climbs up I ended up ave 7:10 for the 11 mile up (just past Snow Canyon). That is faster than a lot of my normal runs. The coming back down, I just wanted to be around marathon pace - and it ended up pretty good. Went between 5:10's-5:30's throughout and low 40's on the two miles that include parts of the Winchester Hill. I kept telling myself not to go crazy, so I just the effort pretty even and strong, but not all out since I know what going to hard on the course three weeks out can do to you.. By the end, I was working a bit harder to hold the pace through town, but was able to do it. Total run ave was 6:20. Not too bad considering I really did not even want to run today and actually didn't even feel physically that good today. Hopefully I can reap some benefits from this and build on it in the coming two weeks and getting feeling better mentally and physically - then something good could happen on race day. (Kinvara lime 258.75)

Did see something today that drives me nuts. I saw a mom running with her kid (probably about 14 years old) down the course when I was dropping off some water. I later passed them on my way up. It had been over an hour since I first saw them and they had gone about three miles. The kid was obviously really hurting and his mom was pushing him in the back to get going. Now... Sometimes my daughters don't want to do things (okay, they never want to do anything) and I have to encourage them (sometimes less than pleasantly) to do it. But having 14 year old run marathons is not the way to get your child into running. Now, I'll admit this is a blanket statement, and there are rare cases when a teenager could run a marathon, but rarely. Parents, let your son/daughter learn a lifelong love of running through shorter races, team practices and races and the varieties of other activities related to this amazing sport, not by making them "run" a marathon with mom/dad to try and bolster your self-esteem since your child is so amazing a can "run" a marathon.

Hammy is continuing to improve (felt totally fine today). And got in some good workouts this week.

Goals for next week: I am going to try and come into Weds.' workout a little fresher and push that tempo a little more than I have been able to. Then I'll get my reps in later in the week (either in SLC Friday morning or Boise on Saturday).

Kinvara Lime Miles: 22.00
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Total Distance
102.50
Hyper Speed 2 Miles: 12.00Kinvara Silver Miles: 11.00Kinvara Miles: 7.00Ronin Miles: 17.00Mana Miles: 13.00Connect Miles: 4.00Barefoot '13 Miles: 4.00F50 Miles: 3.00Kinvara3 Miles: 6.50Zero Miles: 3.00Kinvara Lime Miles: 22.00
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