| 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:
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Run for fun and health, be fit in my 40s
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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.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.50 | 8.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.32 |
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Spring Fiesta (2.625 Miles) 00:17:16, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.62 |
| Was sore Friday so just did an easy jog to warm-up and decrease soreness. Saturday at NW Rec Center with Jason & Rebecca and Nate & Rylee. Race was shortened because we went over the 1st bridge on the 2nd loop, Daniel McK was manning the bridge but there were only 8 people in the race. I let the young Rec kid Jose go out but when we passed the 1st bridge on the 2nd loop he wanted to turn and I showed him we went straight so psychologically he died. I felt pretty good about things, just wanted to tempo run, getting ready for next week Bluffdale. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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Mon - Tempo run, just felt good, ran canal to homestead and beyond, hopped fence and felt great. Talked with Allison (Farnworth's) girls on swingseat. 1hr total 8M
Tues - Bball 4 on 4 felt really fast and strong, reading the Bowerman biography, hard and easy days were pioneered by him and scoffed at by other coaches, personalized training is always the key
Wed - Barney wash trail, easy 4, felt a little heavy
Th - bball, softball rained out, church locked, about 2 miles of walking Fri - rest | | Add Comment |
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Bluffdale Badlands 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:41:15, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.70 |
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Got a little w/u since the start was down the road. New course, not canal roads, unfortunate but it turned out ok. We rewarded latecomers but the 5K split-off group left 100 yds in and I followed the blue/gray leader. We went thru the first mile slow in 6:49 and after the water stop a bigger blue guy passed and I latched onto him. We sped up a little and went 6:41 but we were going uphill. I had some doubts about hanging with him but bided my time. We were on long uphills all the way through 3 miles, which went by in 6:55, 20:25 for 3. I waited until we were well on the home stretch, examining the beautiful mts and enjoying no sun and overcast gorgeous weather for the run, trying to stay relaxed for my move and the pain that was coming. Around 4 miles I made my move. Ran 6:31 for that mile, a little more downhill. I knew he'd hit the turn hard, he was slingshotting the turns and then I'd have to creep back in, and I figured I'd catch up and go by. I did, but he stayed with me for a little bit, I refused to look back and pushed it down til we were close to Midvalley. By then I had 30 yards on him, nothing a hard push couldn't overcome. I seemed to slow down before the final homestretch left turn, I was feeling the pain but knew I'd have a downhill and finish close. I was so focused didn't look at my watch but I ran the last 2 miles at about 6:33 pace. Had a sprint and Matt took pictures, he had even seen me following the guy midrace and wasn't sure I'd beat him.
Afterwards bugged out early, got my trophy and drove with Dad & Mom to Holladay to see Nate. We didn't see him finish but got to see some real runners. He was 5th, faster than last year but a lower place. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.50 | 8.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.32 |
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