| 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 | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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| Fitsole Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Miles: 3.00 |
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Alta runontrails 5kish (5 Miles) 00:59:00 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Since Dad and Mom were camping out at Albion basin, and since Nate the Great clued me in, I jumped into this one knowing I haven't run much, but also knowing it's great to run for motivation.
Started slow in midpack and ran with a black Oregon shirted sprinter guy who walked pretty quickly, about a 1/2 mile in I was reduced to walking as well. Walking fast wasn't quite as good as the jog bounce but cardio was still trucking, even with a walk. 1300 feet elevation gain will do that. Ran with a guy for a while once I found my walk/jog rhythm but he fell off. Then passed a girl while still on the trail up, passed a guy I'd chatted with at the beginning, and we were up to the start of Cecret lake trail, all walking here. But before that saw Dad, Rylee and Phin whereupon Dad informed me that Nate was "way ahead." Umm, really? The greatest Hornok runner alive is beating his older, slower, out-of-shape brother? {Canned laughter}
Passed a lot of hikers on the trail but at that point I had my sights set on an older female runner in orange who was eating up people. Passed two at the beginning of Cecret trail, and one finally at the end, then quick fleeting glimpse of the lake before the crash into construction zone before steep zip up another ridge. Passed two more up to ridge (may have been 8 milers). Then the glorious downhill where my weight to strength ratio can be at full advantage, i.e. my weight propels me down .... fast. Incredible how running downhill seems like there was no way that you actually ran that much uphill.
I was able to pass a skinny chick here and towards the end before Sugarloaf also able to pass two more guys, but speedy Orange girl was having her way. I was no match. Once back on the trail back to lodge never really even glimpsed her except at the very end, probably lost some ground to her, maybe 1-2 minutes behind her. Sprinted thru the finish for a quad-busting end. Congratulated Orange.
Then walked up a few hundred yards back to see Nate do his thing. Probably 3 minutes ahead of 2nd place, who pointed to Nate knowing he was the man. A free slice of cold pizza and a change of shoes and drive later and sat around the campfire for a bit eating hotdogs and oreos by firelight.
Thank you all-wise Creator of forest and trees and trails and snails.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Easy run late at nite to ease sore thighs. To my first school, cleansing, purifying.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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| Fitsole Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Miles: 3.00 |
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