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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Race: Murray Fun Days 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:21:14, Place overall: 52, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.003.105.10

Just had to get out for this race even though I was only running for 3 days after recovering from a shin splint brought on by carrying my 3 year old on a short hike that turned into a 3 hour trek. I also continued running instead of resting. But live and not learn, there's always a new injury around the corner. I'm not really pessimistic, just the brilliance of running.

So I started the race about 10 rows back and didn't think there'd be that many slower runners and kids near the front. Had to dodge them for 100 yards until i got to the far right side of the road and freedom. First uphill mile is always good to keep you honest, I heard Teren did it in 4:50, making sure he stamped his 10th straight win. Ran my 1st mile in 7:09, was catching up to people, Doug and Mel. Saw the top guys already with gaps between them, then a larger gap and Nate leading another guy. Levi right in there, awesome, he ended up beating 2 Bingham guys and was 11th. Hope I can get back to his speed.

I passed Carol after the turnaround and picked up my effort, and my pace, which dropped to 6:40 for the 2nd downhill mile, 13:50 at 2M. Picked up a guy that didn't want to be passed and we ran together going up to the street turn in. I told him we'll cruise up the hill and then we'll pass people. One guy ahead of me must have heard because we didn't catch him. I actually dropped my friend as I tried to pick it up, I guess I passed a few on the road, two on the downhill, then I seemed to cruise until I maybe passed one before the 3 mile mark, I was planning to sprint in but had a laughable close.

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