A Lean and Hungry Look

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Won Park City Marathon (tiny field, slow course, no purse) and Utah Grand Slam in 2006

Marathon: 2:37:04 (St. George 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train for as solid a race in Boston 2011 as my schedule will allow.  Accept the fact that there isn't room in my life to train for a breakthrough performance and do the best I can under the circumstances.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Lose the all-or-nothing mentality and start using running as an outlet instead of an additional source of stress.

Personal:

I'm married with 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls) and live in Salt Lake City, where I work as a real estate attorney. 

Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

"Julius Caesar," Act I, scene 2, 190-95

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Kayano Blue Lifetime Miles: 352.51
Kayano Orange Lifetime Miles: 413.88
DS Trainer Lifetime Miles: 259.32
Nike Free Lifetime Miles: 164.78
Kayano Red Lifetime Miles: 371.34
Kayano 15A Lifetime Miles: 310.02
Kayano 15B Lifetime Miles: 340.36
Vibram Five Fingers Lifetime Miles: 66.50
DS Trainer 15A Lifetime Miles: 310.92
DS Trainer 15B Lifetime Miles: 297.94
DS Trainer 16C Lifetime Miles: 308.08
DS Trainer 16D Lifetime Miles: 207.49
DS Racer Lifetime Miles: 72.98
DS Trainer 16E Lifetime Miles: 66.73
DS Trainer 16F Lifetime Miles: 48.80
Sat, Aug 22, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.0012.002.001.230.000.000.0020.23

Drove to Washington Terrace and ran past Mtn. Dell GC, up past Little Dell toward Big Mtn., then turned around at 7 miles and went up Little Mtn. and down Emigration.  Plan was to do first 5 at easy warmup pace, next 12 at target HR of 171, then last 3 at 180 or above.  (Same plan as last week, when I DNF'd at 14 due to the cold and rain.)

Still had some tightness in the tendon behind my left knee.  It felt better after a few miles, but it was still hurting when I stopped at mile 5 to stretch.  I felt it intermittently throughout the run.  It never got painful, but the tightness really never left.

Here are my splits:

Mile 6: AHR 168/MHR 179 (6:30) (up 152, down 73)

Mile 7: AHR 173/MHR 176 (7:35) (up 237, down 31)

Mile 8: AHR 168/MHR 174 (5:54) (up 83, down 211)

Mile 9: AHR 169/MHR 175 (6:03) (up 83. down 234)

Mile 10: AHR 171/MHR 174 (6:41) (up 132, down 60)

Mile 11: AHR 172/MHR 176 (7:38) (up 228, down 48)

Mile 12: AHR 172/MHR 178 (6:28) (up 95, down 228)

Mile 13: AHR 171/MHR 173 (5:44) (up 27, down 229)

Mile 14: AHR 169/MHR 173 (5:54) (up 72, down 232)

Mile 15: AHR 169/MHR 174 (6:00) (up 23, down 204)

Mile 16: AHR 173/MHR 176 (5:58) (up 18, down 120)

Mile 17: AHR 174/MHR 177 (6:11) (up 29, down 151)

Mile 18: AHR 179/MHR 183 (5:41) (up 107, down 245)

Mile 19: AHR 180/MHR 183 (5:46) (up 52, down 202)

Mile 20: AHR 183/MHR 186 (5:54) (up 40, down 169)

Last 0.23: AHR 179/MHR 184 (6:01/mi) (up 17, down 48)

I didn't feel like I had much more to give during the final two miles, and the last mile was pretty tough. I wish the splits would have been a little faster, but I was relatively pleased over all.

Kayano Red Miles: 20.23
Weight: 0.00
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