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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 27, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Region 9 Cross Country Champion 2004 (5K: 15:42)

400m: 00:54 (running start)

800m: 2:03 (7th place State Meet 2005)

1500m: 4:30 (2nd place Utah Summer Games 2004)

1600m: 4:31 (4th place State Meet 2005)

3000m: 9:55 (1st place Utah Summer Games 2004)

3200m: 9:52 (4th place State Meet 2005)

5K: 15:39 (2nd place Enterprise, UT Pioneer Days 2004

 

 

10K (very aided): 33:33.3 (8th place USG 2008)

15K:  53:04 (6th place Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run)

Half Marathon (very aided):  1:10:38 (5th place, Provo Halloween Half)

Marathon:  2:38:15 Top of Utah Marathon 2010 (6th Place Overall, 1st Local and 1st 19-24)

Won the 1st Annual Sand Hollow Marathon in 2:41:22

Ultramarathon:  Logan Peak Trail Race 2010:  28 miles, 7261 vert. 4:23:48 (2nd Place), El Vaquero Loco 50k 2011: 6:02 (2nd Place)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Go where the trail takes me.

 

Personal:

My hometown is Hurricane, UT but I currently live in Logan, UT where I attend Utah State University.  I am working on a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Technology and Engineering Education.

You can also check out my blogspot running blog where I post race reports.

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Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Lifetime Miles: 527.90
Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Lifetime Miles: 250.40
Altra Lone Peak (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 94.60
New Balance MT110 (Black) Lifetime Miles: 75.00
Altra Superior (Green) Lifetime Miles: 103.30
Brooks Cascadia 8 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 185.10
Trail 2013 Lifetime Miles: 140.15
Road 2013 Lifetime Miles: 121.35
Altra Lone Peak B (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles: 65.70
PI M2T (Orange/Blue/Grey) Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Trail Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 64.00
Road Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles: 31.50
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still feeling pretty badly today.  hope I get over this soon.  bad sore throat.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Calories: 0.00
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terrible day today.  Still sick.  went to work and was okay then this afternoon and evening things just spiraled quick.  Worst sore throat I've ever had.  maybe strep...if I'm not better tomorrow I'm gonna not go to work and call the doctor.  No running today...there is no way.  Grr.  this is super frustrating because this is when I was really hoping to pick up some good miles and I can't do jack.  

 

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Woke up this morning and still felt terrible so I called in sick to work and went back to bed. Took some ibuprofen which seems to work much better than tylenol. Don't think it's strep (no fever since saturday) but called doctor anyway and he is calling in a prescription antibiotic or something.

Feel quite a bit better around noon. Ibuprofen plus amoxicillin seems to be helping. We'll see...if I feel good enough I may try to go on a very very easy run but that's still up in the air.

Still feeling quite a bit better. went on a 4 mile jog to keep things loose and stuff. Promised my mom I wouldn't even breathe hard so I didn't...that's how easy I ran. Anyway, I hope this is over tomorrow. My immune system seems to have taken a summer vacation this week. I think I've had about every symptom possible with the exception of upset stomach. I even discovered this afternoon that I have pinkeye. so that sucks. I'm gonna try my best with this week and just be happy with whatever I can get without killing myself. I'll try to have a positive race at the Fair Run this weekend so maybe that will help make up for things.

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Feel better today, but didn't go running again...just playing it safe and trying to get better as fast as humanly possible.  coughing alot but that's normal for me to cough for a couple of weeks after being sick.

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6 miles today!  felt very good most of the day.  Still very tired though.  Still coughing quite a bit, especially after the run.  But the run felt great!  Legs felt pretty strong.  moderate pace with a couple of surges just to see what I could handle.  Should get better and better the next couple of days and have a great race on saturday.

 Guide: 456.5
 

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5.5 easy today.  ran to the Intermediate School and did 2x150 M striders and 2x150 accels barefoot on the grass.  Sprint form feels a little wierd...I will work on that some more when I get the marathon out of the way.   took the rest of the run easy.  prep for race tomorrow.  Feel pretty good.

Guide: 462.0

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Race: Washington Co. Fair 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:16:40, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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Got up at five and ate some rice with no milk and drove w/ Johhny down to the high school. Nobody was there yet at 5:45 so just started warming up. Ran about 2 miles of warmup and stretched and stuff. Talked to Karl and another kid that is running for Dixie State this year. Race started, took off with Karl and felt pretty good. Hung with him for about a mile then he really picked it up...I've got no speed in my legs...I was trying to run faster but just don't have any fast twitch or something going on. No speedwork at all since May I guess. Not abnormally tired, although this past week of being sicker than a dog may have been affecting me. Didn't lose any ground on him after about 1.5 miles and just kinda hung in there and make the most of it. Could hear the kid from DSC behind me and just tried to break him and get a gap on him. Worked pretty well as he wasn't within striking distance after the 2nd mile mark. Really turned it on with about 800 M to go...turned the corner and Karl had got some distance on me with his amazing amount of leg speed...couldn't do anything with that so just tried to kick as hard as I could...got going for a few seconds then breakfast started to knock at the door so I had to curtail my acceleration to try to keep it down until after the finish. Had no idea where DSC kid was so I didn't want to waste any time puking. But it didn't do any good because I lost it about 20 M out anyway. It's quite a trick to throw up while kicking it in and not get any on yourself...I was mostly successful in that attempt. But got across the line and heaved a few times and was fine after that. Note to self: 1.5 hours is not enough time in between eating and race...not in HS anymore--metabolism apparently isn't what it used to be :) Finished in 16:40...missing my HS PR for that course by 20 sec. if I remember right. Still a good time.

I forgot to start my watch until about 25-30 seconds into the race but here are my splits as far as I can guess:

5:17: Where the heck is my speed? not hurting at all, but first mile is usually 5 min or less.

5:25: A little tired but holding out well.

5:27: (had to guess this one, no mile marker) feeling pretty worn out and trying to get something faster going in the legs, but not happening.

:31 Feeling like puking and actually doing so.

Overall evaluation: All things considered: good race. good time. Splits were slow but pretty even. I'm happy with the whole arrangement. But I have no speed anymore...I guess that's what I get for running virtually nothing faster than 6:45 except on rare occasions. Will try to speed up my pace on my training runs because that is super frustrating. grr. Once I get the Marathon out of the way I'll be able to spend a little more time and energy on getting that together so I can actually run sub 5's for my 5k :) One thing I did notice though is that my endurance seems much better than previous races. Afterwards I felt like I could run the whole thing again. My legs were not even tired at all. The mileage must really be helping with that. This is a very good sign I think.

Type A2 Racers:  12.4

Guide: 465.0


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