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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
32.148.000.000.000.000.000.0040.14
Kayano 15B Miles: 32.00Kayano 15A Miles: 8.14
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

Easy effort out to Stratford and up to 20th and back.  

Kayano 15B Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.140.000.000.000.000.000.008.14

Highland Park loop without Maja.  I listened to some tunes and found my pace about 30 sec/mile faster than my usual easy run.  Last 2 miles felt a little labored.  My fitness has clearly slipped, but I also think I need to refill my inhaler prescription.  I ran without it all winter and spring without trouble, but I'm finding myself wheezing more and more by the end of my runs.  It's the height of my allergy season, so it makes sense that my asthma is also flaring up.

Kayano 15A Miles: 8.14
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Maja's probably getting a complex this week, but I went without her again because I knew she couldn't handle the distance.  She's a funny dog--she's young (4 years) and spry, but she just doesn't hold up very well beyond 8 miles.  I headed up to Wasatch, across Parley's and out to Millstream and back.  Caught up to my cousin Kristen on the Parley's portion of the run and ran for 5 minutes with her while we chatted.  On the climb out of Parley's in both directions, I was feeling the asthma, and the raspiness has stayed with me today (5 hours later).  Fortunately, I was able to get a prescription called in and filled it this morning.  Hopefully I'll feel stronger tomorrow; otherwise, I'll know that it's a lack of fitness and not my asthma that's wearing me out.

Kayano 15B Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.008.000.000.000.000.000.0016.00

Easy pace up Emigration with MP effort all the way down.  I haven't been able to find my Garmin charger and the unit is out of battery, so I wasn't able to take splits.  My guess is that I had 3-4 miles slightly under 6:00 and the remaining MP effort miles between 6:00 and 6:10.  I refilled my inhaler prescription and that seemed to help quite a bit.  The early uphill miles felt much better than they have for the past few weeks.

Kayano 15B Miles: 16.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
32.148.000.000.000.000.000.0040.14
Kayano 15B Miles: 32.00Kayano 15A Miles: 8.14
Weight: 0.00
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