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November 05, 2024

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Location:

Taylorsville,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 20, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Eden 10-miler 65:47

Half Marathon 1:26:17

5K 18:01

I rank somewhere between the competitive recreational runner and the competitive highschool runner. Here's the scale:

10 - World record holder; 9 - Olympic Athlete; 8 - National elite; 7 - Professional runner; 6 - College All-american; 5 - College runner; 4 - Local elite; 3 - Competitive runner; 2 - Recreational runner; 1 - Jogger

It's a tough scale.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run for fun and health, be fit in my 40s
Run a strong half marathon, under 1:25, good, under 1:20, great.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be a disciplined runner, to be competitive in my age category, and feel strong while racing.
Somehow actually put together a full year of running: increased discipline and decreased distraction and injuries
Be a 17/36 guy for 5K/10K (not realistic now)
Be a competitive Master's runner

Personal:

Spoken for, Christian, piano player, soli deo gloria, at least that's the ideal. Living for Triune God, beautiful wife, cute sons, self; hopefully in that order but Adam's nature and my own choices, not to mention worldly temptations like to play with the ideal.

Idealism, tempered by reality, with a healthy skepticism.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
NB Red Trail Lifetime Miles:						8.00
Yellow Nike Workout Lifetime Miles:						57.50

Wed, Dec 30, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

Tue - drove around until finally found old ward on 7th W where a bunch of Polynesian, Black and Hispanic guys were playing along w about 3 of the old white big guys I used to play with. Most guys were taller than me so I waited out a game but then got in with a chico who was a good guard and the best guy on the floor. Had ball stolen on a reacharoung 1st poss. but then made 5 points the 1st game (to 11) including quick game-winning 2 from left wing. Then was guarded by a 6'6" guy, I said, "I'm not that good," and he said, "I saw the tape." We kept winning, had some hustle lay-ups and 2 easy mid-range jumpers. Felt like I was faster guy on the floor, played 9:45 to 11:30. 2m

Wed - 70th ward, played 5 games w/o winning, quick to 7 gives you seemingly 3 chances and done. Got charged by little bug on one drive (dropped shoulder and plowed me) but he apologized. Felt like we hadn't even warmed up til we finally put a close one together, playing zone 3-2, jumping on them from the beginning. Had good all-around, mid-pack as far as speed, against Brazilian guard who took over a little bit countered by our green-shirt guard hitting 4 straight 3s. We lost last game, our big guy got frustrated by wrap-up foul, quit, we had 4 guard, one heavy post. 9:20-11:45 2m

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Jan 01, 2016 at 09:56:11 from 24.10.247.181

That was actually more interesting to read than the narrative of a typical run.

From Glory in the long run on Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 08:33:41 from 216.50.128.2

I've been a runner most of my life, but even when I don't run or am not in shape I've still been a basketball player, so in the grand scheme I might be better at B-ball than running. Tho ball is something where a lot of people think they're good when they're not. Unlike running where there's no "phoning it in."

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