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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

I forgot my watch for this one so I'm guessing at a few things, like elevation gain.  I mapped the run and it looks like it is just over 11 miles out and back.  My elevation gain on a previous run - which went about half way, to the high point, and back - was 1,100'.  Since I climbed to the high point, went down the other side and came back up to the high point again I'm assuming that my elevation gain is roughly 2,200 feet. I tried to keep track with my Nike app on my iPhone but it sucks a lot and didn't bother to actually keep track of anything. 

The route for this was the BST from Mom's Reservoir (City Creek) over to the U and back. I've wanted to do this for a long time and since the weather was good and I just submitted my bar application I figured what the heck. I was gone longer than I should have been but no one seems to care.

The trail was much better than it has been despite the snow a few days ago.  There were no muddy spots, although it was pretty rutted out by the mountain bikers tires which made it hard to run on in places.  My feet and legs aren't used to that kind of distance either, they both hurt a little now.  Not really joint pain, but sore nonetheless.

I'm guessing at my pace as well, but based on when I left and when I got back it looks like I did close to 11 minute miles. Not fast but I got the miles in I guess, and the pace felt good even on the steeper parts. 

Vertical Feet 2012 Miles: 2200.00Altra Lone Peak Miles: 11.00
Comments
From Scott Wesemann on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 00:58:48 from 75.162.65.92

Sounds like an awesome run and the weather was perfect. Nice work.

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