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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Type A2 Racers Lifetime Miles: 219.40
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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.500.004.50
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Green) Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 13.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 13.50Calories: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.500.003.50

First run in 9 days.  Legs felt much better.  I don't feel like I lost too much in the way of fitness.  After the race last Saturday, my calves were completely destroyed.  I took Monday and Tuesday off planning to run again Wednesday.  However, Tuesday night sometime I had the worst charlie horse I can remember in my right calf.  The next morning it hurt to even walk so I took Wednesday off too.  Pain was right where the muscle transitions into the Achilles tendon and it felt weak and very sore.  Thursday came with no improvement, so I basically bagged the rest of the week, figuring the rest wouldn't hurt anyway.  Today I experienced no problems until the last half mile or so of my run when the pain returned with a vengeance.  I stopped and walked the last 100 yards or so.  This is not good.  I'm hoping that it's nothing, but we'll see how it feels tomorrow.

25:05 (7:10/mi.)

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Green) Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Injury Update:

Yes, I'm upgrading this stupid calf thing from the "minor, running-related aches and pains" category to "full blown injury" status.  It's weird because I feel nothing when walking, even up stairs, and even for a couple of minutes of running, but then all of a sudden it just feels as if something is ripping in my calf/Achilles and I have to stop.  I made it one mile today (not counting a slow warmup), so there is zero improvement over Monday, if it's not actually worse.  Will keep y'all posted.  I'm going to take one more week completely off and then evaluate it again.  On the bright side, for the few minutes I was able to run today I felt fantastic in every other respect.  Hopefully this thing heals quickly so that I don't start to lose significant fitness.

 7:45

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Green) Miles: 1.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Calories: 0.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.500.004.50
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (Green) Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 13.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 13.50Calories: 0.00
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