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Funky 5k - Park City

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Location:

Perry,UT,

Member Since:

Sep 23, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running September 2008 to combat type II diabetes.

First race:

11-1-2008 First Dam Run 5K - Logan, Utah

Since then finished:

5k 25

4 mi. 1

10k 3

15k 1

10 mi. 1

Trail 1/2 Marathon - 5

Canyon-to-Canyon 2009

Crazy Bob's Bairgutsman 2009, 2010

Mountain View Trail 2009

N.U.T.S. 2010

25k - 2 (Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2010, 2011)

30k Striders Winter 2010

33k - 2 (Moab's Red Hot 2009, 2011)

Marathons:

Park City 2009

Ogden 2010

Ultras:

40k Logan Peak Trail Run 2010

50k Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2009
50k Sapper Joe 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back in trail ultra shape for 2013.

2013 Schedule:

Mountain View Trail 1/2 Marathon
A bunch of 5k's with my wife.

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Run the Wonderland Trail (96 miles) around the base of Mt. Rainier

  • Rim2Rim2Rim in the Grand Canyon

  • Run in races with my wife, children, and grandchildren.

Personal:

Married to Dawn (she has gone from a hesitant supporter to runner girl since mid-2010) , one son and three daughters, 3 granddaughters, 1 grandson.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Lifetime Miles: 483.60
La Sportiva Crosslite Lifetime Miles: 445.25
Merrell Overdrive II (#2) Lifetime Miles: 629.56
Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles: 576.45
La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Lifetime Miles: 666.12
La Sportiva Fireblade #2 Lifetime Miles: 432.25
INOV8 Roclite 320 Lifetime Miles: 298.45
Vibram Fivefingers Lifetime Miles: 10.70
Hoka Mafate Lifetime Miles: 347.56
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
26.1074.2038.450.000.000.0012.40138.75
La Sportiva Crosslite Miles: 17.00Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 31.90La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 54.85Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Miles: 12.50Merrell Overdrive II (#2) Miles: 6.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.002.000.000.000.000.007.00

Perry Canyon switchbacks to the upper bench to Sardine Canyon and back on the canal road.

La Sportiva Crosslite Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.003.000.000.000.000.008.00

I'm in Park City. I hit the Rails to Trails until I found some dirt. Ran around in the hills. I love running in Park City. 

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.007.003.750.000.000.000.0010.75

Early morning run in Park City. Rail Trail east until I found a powerline trail and got in some serious hill training. Fantastic scenery, cool, crisp morning and dirt to run in.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 10.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

Park City Rail Trail - easy run

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 2.50
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Race: Funky 5k - Park City (3.1 Miles) 00:34:01, Place overall: 99, Place in age division: 14
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.003.100.000.000.003.106.10

Ran in a tough 5k in Park City, UT. Lots of hills, an especially challenging one near the end, but the last couple hundred yards were downhill to the finish line. The Funky 5k benefitted a children's art program and was part of the Park City Miner's Day celebration. 99 of 159 overall. 14 of 20 in the broad M 45-59 AG. At 8000' elevation,  the reduced oxygen content in the air is noticible!

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 6.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.000.000.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the canal road.

Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.000.000.000.005.00

5 miles on the canal road.

Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Miles: 5.00
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Race: Peach Days 10k, Brigham City, UT -New PR (6.2 Miles) 01:04:38, Place in age division: 16
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.504.202.000.000.000.006.2013.70

Set a PR this morning at the Peach Days 10k in Brigham City, UT. My time was 1:04:38 which beat my old PR by 5:25. This was my 3rd 10k. The morning was brisk, or better yet downright cold. It was a good course for a road race. Nice mix of hills and flats. Before the race I heard one lady tell another it was 75% uphill which is hard to accomplish with a circuit course with the same start and finish line. I ran well and felt good through the entire race. I was able to visit with old running friends afterwards and met some new friends. Nice race.

Ran another 5 in the afternoon and my wife and I ran an easy 2.5 miles in the evening. She said she thought our run was what hell would be like, but she is getting faster and her endurance is increasing...and it was her idea to get out and run on the trail.

La Sportiva Crosslite Miles: 5.00Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 6.20La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 2.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.100.000.000.000.000.000.003.10

Easy run on the canal road.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 3.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.000.000.000.000.000.005.00

2.5 miles with my wife on the canal road north. 2.5 more canal road south.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.002.500.000.000.000.005.00

2.5 miles running with my wife north on the canal road, then 2.5 miles up Perry Canyon for hill training.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.002.000.000.000.000.005.00

Hill training in Perry Canyon.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.002.500.000.000.000.005.50

My wife and I 'hiked the Y' above the BYU campus. The trail is divided into 11 or 12 switchbacks. I would run up each section and run back to my wife to join in her power hike until we got to the next junction, then repeated this until we got to the top. It was a fun way to get hill repeats and a hike with my wife. We both ran back down to the car. As we were coming down I was amazed to see hikers going up the mountain with no water. Three additional miles later in the evening.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.005.000.000.000.000.000.005.00

Ran on the canal road to Sardine Canyon and back.

La Sportiva Crosslite Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.000.000.000.002.50

2.5 easy miles on the canal road.

Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Miles: 2.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.002.000.000.000.000.005.00

Hill training up Perry Canyon. Ran the single track along Three Mile Creek.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.004.001.000.000.000.000.005.00

Trail run up Perry Canyon along Three Mile Creek. My wife ran 2.5 miles with me.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.003.000.000.000.000.006.00

Ran up Perry Canyon 3.5 mile. Met up with my wife for 2.5  more miles running down the single track and the canal road.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.004.002.500.000.000.000.006.50

Ran 4 miles up Perry Canyon. Met my wife for another 2.5 miles. Why are we being attacked by so many mosquitoes? Worst they have been all year.

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Race: Spencer's Food Bank 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:29:28, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.006.003.100.000.000.003.109.10

Nice 5k race to benefit the Brigham City Community Pantry. Entry fee was one bag of groceries. This was an Eagle Scout project for a neighborhood boy. Pretty good turnout. There was also a one mile run/walk, so there were lots of families and kids. First place in the 50-59 age group.

Ran 3.5 miles more on the canal road, then my wife and I ran an additional 2.5 miles at dusk.

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.10La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.000.000.000.003.00

Run on the roads through the neighborhood.

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.502.500.000.000.000.006.00

Ran up Perry Canyon, hill training. Finished with 2.5 miles running single track with my wife.

La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.003.502.500.000.000.000.006.00

Same as yesterday, ran up Perry Canyon for 3.5 miles then met my wife for 2.5 miles of singletrack running. She is getting faster and no longer mumbles 'This is hell' at the end of our running.

Merrell Overdrive II (#2) Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
0.002.001.000.000.000.000.003.00

Road running.

Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
26.1074.2038.450.000.000.0012.40138.75
La Sportiva Crosslite Miles: 17.00Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 31.90La Sportiva Fireblade #1 Miles: 54.85Merrell Overdrive II (#1) Miles: 12.50Merrell Overdrive II (#2) Miles: 6.00
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