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Dash for Donation

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	9.00	0.00	5.22	16.22

Fri, Aug 07, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	9.00	0.00	2.12	11.12

Gotta put it down before I forget it, not that I could forget this week. Quite eventful. Anyway, rest on Sun, speed on Mon, came a little late for an up and down ladder, started at 600, then 8, 8, 6, 4, 2. Ran well, leading out. 2 1/8

Tues - at Dan's cabin, did a quick 2 to the end of the dirt road they live on, Aspen, good thing too because got no sleep that night when Becky's water broke 5 minutes after we got home

Wed - Bonneville shoreline trail for an hour, over to Red Butte canyon, up and up til ready to turn back, preparation for being an excellent coach to my wonderful wife the the birth of Phineas, a star runner in the making. 7M

Th/Fri - rest/getting used to Phin

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Sat, Aug 08, 2009

Race: Dash for Donation (3.1 Miles) 00:19:12, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	0.00	0.00	3.10	5.10

Ye olde Sugarhouse course. Saw an Alta guy that would win, mostly rec runners, got out in about 8th place, then slowly passed everybody except for one guy by the time we'd hit the entrance. Caught up to 2nd place guy through the flat stretch after downhill, would have held back but I was feeling good and didn't feel like I was pushing it that much. Alta guy cruised to 17:22, I tried to just tempo run it, 2nd lap started to hurt, when we got to straightaway finish I could hear muscular 3rd place breathing down my neck so I sprinted it in. Feel pretty happy about the time since I'm still waiting for all out mode. Talked to ultradistance guy afterward (Jeremy?) who ran it in with his young son. He's done half a dozen marathons and 50Ks this year including a start at your own time get there by midnight half marathon at Hobblecreek(?) the night before, he also ran the 15 miles home. Cheers.

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
2.00	9.00	0.00	5.22	16.22

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