| 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 | | 24.00 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Day before race warm-up run, just getting warmed up for tomorrow's Thanksgiving 5K. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Got out along the Jordan River and around a golf course. Starting to feel better about my running, still just maintaining fitness. | | Add Comment |
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Cottonwood Rec Thanksgiving 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:19:38, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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The morning was cold and I wasn't sure about whether to run in warm-ups or shorts but as usual my body warmed up and the shorts came out. I started at about the 5th row, there were 875 runners, much bigger than in past years. I probably should start closer to the front since I passed about 70 people in the first 3/4 miles. I like to get behind the pretenders who start out too fast but ahead of the recreational runners. They should have sectionals, 5:30 pace up front, 6:00 pace here, etc. Not that I want to sound elitist but it's hard to tell sometimes, my novice friend was in the back and disheartened when his group started out walking, you just never know.
The mayor got a head start and we were off. My goal was to run comfortably for the first 1/2 mile and then try to stay at VO2 max. I passed my 20s friend James and then my 40s friend Frank at 1.3 and then stopped passing. Went through the first mile in 6:00 and hooked up with a peer in white. We traded back and forth up and down the hills--you gotta love this course. Then near the 2 mile mark (I never saw it) he asked if we were at 2 miles. My watch read 13:00 and he said, "If I've slowed down this much I'll be mad." The course is slightly different on the way back with a straight tack through a neighborhood street to the final hill and turn. I mentally downshifted and allowed my peer runner (Mike) to get a lead of 30 yards and "break the string" on me. This was unfortunate because I prepared myself for the last hill and final 1/2 mile stretch but I didn't catch him. I had an extended cruise and kick but didn't catch the 20s guy who could hear me coming and beat me by a second.
I felt pretty good and this was the first time in 2 weeks that I felt good about my running. Two years ago I ran 19:01 so I'm in decent shape and maintaining. Now I just need to go to Nick Yengitch and see how my fitness stacks up. The Nick Yengitch 5K is a great race. Run at 11 at Copperton Dec 1, not quite a full 5k but good coffee and hot chocolate and informal awards at the end. A local Presbyterian church has a bake sale and inexpensive chili and hot dog lunch afterwards. Last year the race started with everyone singing the Beatles song, "All you need is love," ready set go. | | Comments(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Did a fartlek shakeout late last nite. Was inspired looking at some of the college cross country results. Obviously Josh McDougal did awesome, but I found two other guys who passed 86 people and 71 people in the last half of the race. David Chirchir of OK state and Jacob Gustafsson of BYU. I always love a conservative come from behind race, I basically love smart running in general. The top 30 guys ran negative splits, and then a few gems here and there.
I ran exploring industrial parking lots and just doing some speed play of various lengths, about an hour altogether. Felt really good, I've got to try and defend my win of Nick Yengitch 5K two years ago. That'll get you motivated. There's nothing like being in the middle of a race and thinking, "I can win this!" | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Three in the morning, shakeout run, 6 at nite around golf course and apartments, easy grade. | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 24.00 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.10 |
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