Slowly Getting Faster

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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, Dec 16, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.80

I've wanted to run this (http://connect.garmin.com/activity/252286222#) course for a while and today was the day. It was snowy but that actually made it more fun. It wasn't really cold on the trails but the firebreak road was pretty windy. I think next weekend I might add a run up to sunset campground on to this loop. That should make the distance closer to 20 miles and the elevation closer to 4,000.

Vertical Feet 2012 Miles: 2684.00	Altra Lone Peak Miles: 11.80	Flag Rock Summits Miles: 1.00

Comments

From MatthewVH on Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 16:42:31 from 70.57.91.80

That's pretty neat. Up to Sunset is a good idear. I need to get back on the trails and try something like that. What about adding in a climb over to the other side of the canyon on the high bench trail toward Bair?

From TheMr.K on Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 17:25:06 from 67.164.204.6

That would add some good miles and vert. It's something like 10 miles from my house to Bair and back with 2,000+ feet of elevation gain. That would make the total distance 21 miles and 4,600+ feet of vert.

From Dorsimus on Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 21:39:30 from 71.35.229.79

Good one.

I ran from Baer to up and over flag rock and then back (though I didn't go back up and over flag, that would give you a lot more vert). 17 miles, I started from my house, so it's probably closer to 15. But that keeps you all on the trails. 4700 vert. Freedom hills would be a good place to start.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/170315430

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