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Location:

Alpine,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

3K: 8:58 Pocatello, ID 2003 (indoors at Idaho State)

5K: 14:55 Salt Lake City, UT 2010 (Law Day 5k)

10K: 29:33 Salt Lake City, UT 2010 (Des News 10k)

1/2 marathon: 1:06:59 Provo, UT 2010 (Utah Valley Half)

marathon: 2:21:59 St. George, UT 2009 (St. George Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

To get running higher mileage more consistently without getting injured

Sub 2:19:00 marathon

Personal:

I used to run competitively, and maybe I will do so again someday.  Right now I am primarily running to try and get in better shape, and to maintain both physical and emotional health, but also for the simple joy that comes when I run.

I am also the proud daddy of five little ones.  I love the opportunity that I have to be a daddy, and my challenge is to balance my family responsibilities with work and running.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Speedstar Lifetime Miles: 2020.05
Asics Gel Ohana Racer Lifetime Miles: 2332.20
Adidas Adizero Lifetime Miles: 1375.45
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 183.10
Nike Free 5.0 Lifetime Miles: 2221.85
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 795.92
Puma Faas 200 Lifetime Miles: 381.50
Puma Faas 250 Lifetime Miles: 466.10
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 1836.85
Baretrek Lifetime Miles: 290.15
Hoka Conquest Lifetime Miles: 41.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.0010.250.000.0020.25

This run finished off my first ever 100 mile week!  It is not like the number itself really means that much, but I am excited nonetheless, as I hope to be putting in more of these weeks over the course of the summer.

 I did my weekly long run this morning, running most of it around the Galleria Mall, and then finishing the run on the Pittman Wash.  I made it out the door at 5:20 am, which is the earliest I have gotten out the door so far this summer.  The temperature was around 80 when I left the house (similar to last Saturday) and I was hoping that I would react well to the heat since I was leaving earlier than normal.

The workout goal was to run 3 x 3 laps around the mall (3.75 miles total for each repeat) with a one lap recovery (1.25 miles).  I started the first repeat after 5 miles, and ran lap splits of: 7:23, 7:13, 6:58.  Mile splits (plus .75) were: 5:54, 5:44, 5:40, 4:16.  The first lap had virtually no wind as I warmed into the pace, but after that lap a wind started to pick up from the SW that affected me during some of the rolling quarters and the uphill quarter at the end of each lap.  

After a 1.25 mile recovery (9:32) I ran the second repeat with lap splits of: 7:10, 7:08, 7:00.  Mile splits (plus .75) were: 5:40, 5:41, 5:36, 4:21.  The wind was much stronger during this repeat, and I really had to work hard just to break 6:00 pace during the quarters into the wind.  The wind definitely hurt me more when it was in my face than it helped when it was at my back.

After this repeat I ran another lap for recovery in 9:49, but I decided that I would shorten the last repeat, extend the recovery a little longer, and run the last section somewhere that the wind would be at my back a little more consistently.  The combination of the wind, the heat, and the fact that I have never run this many miles in a week before just sapped the energy from me, and I struggled home to get some H2O before finishing the run.  I ran out onto the Pittman Wash, and then started my final tempo heading into the wind for a few minutes before turning around and getting a nice tailwind over the final 2 miles, finishing at my apartment.  At the beginning of the last repeat I actually miscalculated where I needed to turn around, so I ended up running about a quarter mile farther than I should have.  I finished the last repeat with a total time of 15:31, for what I will call 2.75 miles (it may have been just a little bit shorter, but it was closer to 2.75 than 2.5, which for my purposes is close enough).

Total time for the run (20.25 miles) was 2:17:02.

Adidas Adizero Miles: 20.25
Comments
From Jon on Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 23:42:23 from 98.71.183.63

Nice job on getting 100, Jeff.

From Holt on Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:51:06 from 97.126.207.204

Good job on the first 100 - like I told Fritz, its all downhill from here!

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