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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
Sun, Aug 18, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Run with step daughter. Very whiny run. Probably my last.

Comments
From trickydick on Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 08:21:00 from 174.235.129.201

You should stop whining, I bet it really annoys syd.

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