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Location:

Farmington,Ut,United States

Member Since:

Sep 12, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Not much to speak of yet.

My fastest Marathon was 3:38 (St. George); 3:36:00 (St. George 2012)

My fastest Half was 1:55 (Farmington Festival Days)

Haven't competed in anything less than a half in a while 

Short-Term Running Goals:

5K: 21 min

10K: 40 min

Half: 1:40

Marathon: 3:05 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get my mile time down to 6 min for long distances (marathon pace)

run a 4 min mile

get fast and competitive on trails

get fast enough to be a local elite 

Personal:

married with kids.  I want my kids to see me accomplish the above goals so hopefully they too will want to be active and healthy. 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Altra Instinct Lifetime Miles: 295.43
Altra Instinct V2 Lifetime Miles: 424.34
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 519.15
Saucony Perigrin Lifetime Miles: 327.60
Flag Rock Summits 2013 Lifetime Miles: 10.00
Vertical Feet 2013 Lifetime Miles: 147360.00
Saucony Mirage Lifetime Miles: 249.48
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 255.16
Mizuno Sayonara Lifetime Miles: 46.80
Vertical Feet 2014 Lifetime Miles: 10299.00
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.290.000.000.007.29

Awesome trail run last night with MattVH.  Despite having snowed in the morning, it wasn't really an issue on this trail. I was also able to run farther than I have in the past up this trail, as opposed to needing to stop and walk, which is encouraging. Maybe by mid summer I'll be able to run the whole thing.

 

AP: 12:55; Vert: 1,907 

 


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2 km
2 mi
Distance:
7.24 mi
Time:
1:33:28
Avg Pace
12:55 min/mi
Activity Type:
Running
Calories:
1,025 C
Elevation Gain:
1,907 ft
Event Type:
Uncategorized
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Vertical Feet 2012 Miles: 1907.00Altra Lone Peak Miles: 7.29
Comments
From trickydick on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:31:13 from 198.60.159.10

Sounds like fun. We will have to run that trail when I come up there next week.

From TheMr.K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:45:31 from 204.124.13.151

that would be awesome!

From MatthewVH on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 14:13:34 from 69.27.9.106

Always a good one. I was having trouble keeping up with you on the climb.

From TheMr.K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 14:35:54 from 166.147.77.157

It was probably due to the extra weight you were carrying until about half way through.

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