dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

November 2012

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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
207.002.000.000.00209.00
Altra Adam Miles: 138.50Adidas Adizero Miles: 10.00Puma Faas 200 Miles: 10.50Saucony Kinvara Miles: 10.00Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 9.50Puma Faas 250 Miles: 17.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

I ran 10 miles today, running 1.5 miles home from school and then running another 8.5 after I got home.  Total time was around 1:17:30.

Altra Adam Miles: 10.00
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10 miles easy in 1:19:05.  I actually forced myself out of bed in the morning.  I really need to get better with this.

Adidas Adizero Miles: 10.00
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I ran 10 miles today without looking at my watch for the entire 10 miles.  I was trying to guess how long it would take me to finish the run while I was out.  About halfway through I figured that I was on pace for about 1:19 mid, but I got lazy in the second half and really slowed down a bunch.  As I neared the house at the end of the run I told myself that I was probably going to finish around 1:21:00.  When I stopped the watch at the house I finally took a look at it and saw a final time of 1:21:03.  I was impressed that I was able to guess my final time so accurately.

Altra Adam Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

I ran 6 miles this morning in 47:28, followed by running another 5 miles in the evening in 39:22.

Altra Adam Miles: 11.00
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8.000.000.000.008.00

Everyone in our house has been sick the last few days (including myself).  I decided to run 8 miles today instead of 10 because I have been feeling just a little bit achy, and I didn't want to overdo things.  Total time for the run was 1:01:43.

To describe how things have been with everyone getting sick, Anita woke up four times last night to throw up so none of us slept well.  Anita threw up five more times today and I feel bad for her because she doesn't really understand what is going on.  She was telling Kimia this morning... "food... mouth" before running off to the bathroom to puke in the toilet (I wish that it would have ended up in the toilet last night).  She has also been telling us that her belly hurts, so Kimia is going to take her to the doctors office tomorrow just to make sure that she is okay.  Part of the problem is that she is having trouble holding down fluids and we do not want her to get dehydrated.  When she is not throwing up she seems to feel more or less okay, and she had fun at her dance class today, so at least she was not miserable all day long.

Altra Adam Miles: 8.00
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10.500.000.000.0010.50

I ran to school in the morning for a total of 1.5 miles.  In the evening I took the long way home from school for 3 miles, dropped off my backpack and then ran 6 more miles for a total of 9 miles in 1:09:37.  I actually have noticed that I kind of like running with my backpack loaded up with my stuff because it forces me to run slower, and I have a straighter posture when running (versus a forward lean) so my back has been happier with me (odd that adding weight to my trunk and messing up my center of mass seems to make my back feel better).  I am also hoping that there will be some sort of stimulus that will benefit my running by training with all the extra weight.

Altra Adam Miles: 10.50
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I did not feel good today, worse than Tuesday in fact.  However, unlike Tuesday I did not want to cut my run short as I felt fine while running on Tuesday and later wished that I would have run farther.  Instead of running less I decided to just run really really slow so that I would not stress myself too much.  I ended up not wearing a watch on the run so I have no idea how slow I was going, but I would guess that I was averaging anywhere from 8:20-8:40 pace for most of the run (probably even slower at the end).  I ran a total of 10.5 miles, running 9 miles after school, and then running the final mile and a half home wearing my backpack.  I have to say that as a whole the run was miserable.  I felt decent for the first 5 miles or so, but by the time I hit 6.5 miles I was not feeling very good, and by 7.5 I just wanted to be done.  When I picked up my backpack after 9 miles I felt so cruddy that I just stood around blowing my nose for a few minutes trying to gather the motivation to run home while lamenting the fact that the bus was not coming any time soon.  I finally did run home, and shortly after arriving Shayon started to throw up.  Yay, more vomit, just what I have been wishing for.  I went to bed earlier than normal (around 9:30pm) leaving Kimia to watch the kids and put them to bed because my whole body ached while my stomach feels like it is all tied up in knots.  On the plus side I do not have a fever, so at least I have that going for me.

Puma Faas 200 Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I ran to school this morning for 1.5 miles.  In the evening I ran home from school, ditched my backpack in the woods and ran extra before picking up my backpack and finishing the run home.  The total was about 8.5 miles in 1:08:01.  My total wearing the backpack was about 4.75 miles (1.5 in the morning, and 3.25 in the evening).  I stomach still felt like it was tied up in knots during the day and during the run, however I did not feel weakness like yesterday.  I did have diarrhea during the run which was not fun, and at times it was kind of painful running as my stomach was acting up on me, but all in all it was much more pleasant that yesterday.

Altra Adam Miles: 10.00
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I was feeling a lot better today than I have felt in the previous few days so I decided to run a little farther and a little faster.  the plan was to run 11-12 miles with an average pace for the run around 7:30 rather than 8:00 pace (or slower) which I have been running lately.  I felt great for the first 3 miles, making it to 3 miles averaging around 7:25 pace.  Around this same time my stomach decided to start complaining, albeit mildly, and despite feeling like the effort was similar I slowed down and barely broke 8:00 on the next mile.  I got slower and slower each subsequent mile after that and my stomach hurt more and more the farther I went.  I ended up deciding to only run 10 miles and I struggled home finishing my final two miles just under 17 minutes.  Total time for the run was 1:19:40.  I was fast enough the first 3 miles that despite feeling horrible and running slow the rest of the run I still averaged faster than 8:00 pace for the run

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 10.00
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We had stake conference today.  Shayon threw up in the middle of it, but luckily Kimia was able to catch almost all of the vomit in Anita's blanket which she brought to keep Anita warm in the stroller on the walk to church.  The stake presidency has asked all of the members of the stake to evaluate whether they can give a more generous fast offering because our stake has been using more than it is bringing in.  I imagine that Kimia and I could donate a little more.

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I ran 1.5 miles to school in the morning.  In the afternoon I ran home from school (3 miles) after which I dropped off my backpack and went back out to run 6.5 miles more (9.5 miles total).  Total time for the run ended up being 1:13:35.  I did not feel 100%, but it is the best I have felt since maybe last Monday (or possibly the week prior) so I ran 2 x 400 with 400 recovery just to get my legs moving a little faster.  I ran the first in 1:18, and the second in 1:21.  So nothing spectacular but it felt good to go fast for a little bit.

Altra Adam Miles: 9.50
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I ran 10 miles today in 1:17:02.  I felt pretty good today, but at times I felt a little awkward, almost like I was lacking coordination.  I ran home from school in the evening for an additional 1.5 miles.

Altra Adam Miles: 11.50
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In the morning I ran 1.5 miles to school, while in the evening I ran 3 miles home plus an additional 6.5 miles after getting there (9.5 miles in 1:16:17) for a total of 11 miles on the day

Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 9.50
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I ran 10 miles after school today in 1:19:47.  Nothing special happened, except I am starting to wonder if the stomach pain I have been having (it has been there even when I do not mention it on the blog although pain was minimal today) is a result of being sick, or if being sick just made the pain worse.  I wonder this because the pain has persisted all throughout this week despite not feeling sick anymore.  I am not quite sure what to make of it.  Passing gas seems to help things a bit, but only if I am constantly letting it rip the entire time I am running, and sometimes that does not even seem to help.  On some occasions it seems like the pain does not start until after I start running, while on other occasions the stomach pain will start up mid-day and is merely present while I am running.  My point in mentioning this is that I am not sure if the discomfort is caused by running or simply limiting me while I run.

Altra Adam Miles: 10.00
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I felt really tired today so I ended up breaking my run up into smaller chunks.  I ran 1.5 miles to school in the morning, followed by running another 1.5 miles home in the afternoon.  I was at home for a little while before running 7 miles more to finish up 10 miles on the day.  I ran a half mile at 6:00 pace near the end of the run because I wanted to get my legs moving.

Puma Faas 250 Miles: 7.00
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The plan today was to run 12.5 miles at an average pace of 7:30-7:40 per mile.  I just did not feel in the mood to plod along at 8:00 pace today.  However, once I left the house that plan almost immediately went out the window.  I was not really trying to go faster but I started my run under 8:00 pace (I usually start slower and then speed up after a half mile or a mile) and by the time I was 2 miles into the run I was already running close to 7:00 pace.  I progressively got faster after that.  I ran the two miles before my turn-around in 6:48 and 6:49 (mild net downhill) and I hit the halfway mark (6.25 miles) in 44:35.  After I turned around I immediately sped up even more even though it was not really my intention and I ran the next 2 miles in 6:25 and 6:13.  I slowed down a little bit over the next few miles, but I sped up again the last mile running it in what felt like right at or just under 6:00 pace.  Total time for 6.25 miles was 1:24:12 (39:37 for the last 6.25 miles).  Average pace for the run was 6:44, with an average of 6:20 over the second half.  It felt good to run a little faster today.  I want to be more careful than I was a couple months ago when I started to develop symptoms of overtraining, so I better not do this too often, but today at least it felt good.

Altra Adam Miles: 12.50
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This was a bad week for running.  Only a little over 30 miles for the whole week

Puma Faas 250 Miles: 10.00Altra Adam Miles: 21.00
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6.500.000.000.006.50

This whole week is going to be crazy, and today was just the beginning of it.  I didn't have a lot of time so I only ran 6.5 miles today.

Altra Adam Miles: 6.50
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8.000.000.000.008.00

Again, I did not have a lot of time to run, but I was able to get in 8 miles today.

Altra Adam Miles: 8.00
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3.000.000.000.003.00

I had a 15 hour day at school today.  I only ended up running 3 miles as a result

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.001.50

Again, I had a 15+ hour day at school.  Today I was only able to run 1.5 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I was so tired from the last few days that today I slept in and only ran 3 miles as a result.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
207.002.000.000.00209.00
Altra Adam Miles: 138.50Adidas Adizero Miles: 10.00Puma Faas 200 Miles: 10.50Saucony Kinvara Miles: 10.00Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 9.50Puma Faas 250 Miles: 17.00
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