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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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NB Red Trail Lifetime Miles: 8.00
Yellow Nike Workout Lifetime Miles: 57.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.003.105.10
Race: Draper Days 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:52, Place overall: 38, Place in age division: 6
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.003.105.10

Did the stupid thing and was a few rows back because I love to dodge the kids. Passed some SLC guys, Doug, and then Mel early in the 1st half mile. Latched on to a good pacer thru the 1st mile. I told him we'd turn the corner and then bridge the gap. We got passed by a younger buff guy and I went with him and dropped my pacer. Loving the downhill I could see the stretch of tantalizing women ahead of me. Slowly picked them off, Kiley and Emily and Michelle and then finally the last uphill mile Abigail. Sprinted with 2 high school boys at the end outkicking one. Should be happy with this effort but it always hurts. Felt like it boded well for Des News but there I just couldn't get my engines revved. Keep pushing.

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