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Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

May 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 16:40 (2014 SLCTC Winter Series)

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay in shape

Personal:

Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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Brooks Defyance 3 Lifetime Miles: 670.34
New Balance MR 1400 (2) Lifetime Miles: 469.02
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Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Lifetime Miles: 238.47
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles: 270.14
UA Cold Gear Rubber Lifetime Miles: 398.72
Kinvara 5 Test Lifetime Miles: 537.10
Asics Hyper Speed 6 Lifetime Miles: 128.90
Kinvara 5 (May 2014) Lifetime Miles: 464.01
Altra Loan Peak 1.5 (free) Lifetime Miles: 109.83
New Balance RC 1400 Lifetime Miles: 414.63
Brooks PureFlow 4 (June 15) Lifetime Miles: 380.33
PT Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Brooks Launch 7 (9-15) Lifetime Miles: 234.59
Treadmill 2016 Lifetime Miles: 38.39
Brooks Cascadia May 2015 Lifetime Miles: 120.74
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 3.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.003.100.009.60

West High 12x400 at 5k pace (targeting 77s) with 200 active rest. Ran to the track and warmed up another mile with James. Another unusually warm morning at about 70 degrees but a cool breeze. The first one was ok but the pace felt hard. I was ready to quit after two but  perseveared. I was ready to quiit at 6 and James said two more. At 8, I stopped and took a few swigs of gatorade. By this time, Acorn had made his way to the track to do a few 200s. James was saying two more and I told him I knew what he was up to. We ran part of the 9th together and by 10 I was finally feeling strong. Ran with James and Adam intermittently. Splits were 77.1, 76.7, 75.2, 76.7, 78.4, 75.4, 79, 76.8, 78.4, 75.7, 77.2, 73.7. A bit all over the place but the right stimulus I think with a 76.7 average (5:08ish pace). Glad to get through this when I wasn't feeling it. After the 12th, I finished off with a 200 in 34.1 to get a full 5k of speed.

Thanks to James and Adam for helping get me through that one.

I have failed to mention that I started training for the Top of Utah Marathon officially on Sunday. I am equal parts excited for and dreading another long marathon build up. Presumably, I am getting closer to my plateau times but I think there are still things I can improve upon and a 2:29 at TOU seems like the right stretch goal to me.

Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Miles: 9.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From ACorn on Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 07:32:13 from 71.213.41.74

Great workout, too bad it was so busy today. You made it look easy.

From james (runmehappy) on Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 08:33:59 from 50.203.76.218

Solid workout. Way to stick to it when the reasons to bail were stacked high and there was a man in loafers and slacks walking his dog in lane 1.

From allie on Tue, Jun 03, 2014 at 08:41:20 from 161.38.221.168

nice work. and nice job to james for cajoling you through the workout. that's what training partners are for -- to make you miserable (miserable = faster).

2:29 at TOU -- great goal. doable. you're going to love this race, "i guarantee it"

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