| Location: Sandy,UT,USA Member Since: Oct 05, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: PRs (all aided)
- Marathon - Pocatello 2012 - 2:26:10 (1st overall); St. George 2012 - 2:24:08 (7th overall)
- Half Marathon - Timpanogos 2012 - 1:08:51 (2nd overall); Hobble Creek 2012 - 1:08:27 (3rd overall)
- 10K - Deseret News 2005 - 32:39
Other
- Ran track and cross country in high school
- Did not run in college
- Veteran of 14 marathons and numerous half marathons
- Ran the 2010 New York City Marathon as a charity runner with Team For Kids. Finished 2:33:51 (83rd overall). The entire experience from the fundraising to the race itself was absolutely incredible!
2014 TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE:
TBD Short-Term Running Goals: Run 6-days a week and maintain a decent base level of fitness. Upwards of 50-60 per week would be great. Adjust to my new work position, use time wisely, and keep negative stress at bay. Hopefully make a good run at Ogden this spring.
Balance family, work, running, and the other important things in my life. Long-Term Running Goals: Enjoy running and continue doing it consistently. Stay healthy and avoid injury as much as possible. Have fun!
Continue chasing PRs while I still can, particularly in the marathon and half marathon. Explore new races, improve training, build friendships, and learn from the wisdom and experience of the numerous great runners here in Utah. Run well into my old age.
Personal: I live in Sandy, UT with my wife (Lindsay) and 2 kids. I love running the roads through my neighborhood and near Little Cottonwood Canyon. I also do a fair amount of treadmill running at the Life Centre Athletic Club. Aside from running, I love road and moutain cycling.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 52.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 65.10 |
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 18.00 | Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 10.50 | Nike LunaRacer (Aug '12) Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| A.M. - 60 minutes on the TM:
5 minutes @ 9.5 mph, flat
5 mins @ 10.0, flat
20 mins @ 10.0 with progressive inclines; 3 mins each at 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 5 mins @ 3.5
5 mins @ 10.0, flat
15 mins @ 10.5, flat
5 mins @ 11.0, flat
5 mins @ 11.5, flat
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| A.M. - 9 very slow miles after a night with little sleep. Month end close at work is getting better, but still kicks my butt every month. In the middle of a very busy couple of days, so running (and cycling) will drop a few notches on my focus meter temporarily. Probably not ideal heading into back-to-back race weekends, but such is life.
P.M. - Short, hot, but quality ride up Little Cottonwood Canyon. First time up LCC this year. Stretched the ride around my neighborhood a little to get an even 25 miles.
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| P.M. - Yes, PM. After another brutal night, I missed my morning run. So I made it to the gym afterwork. Energy and legs were surprisingly good. Can't say so much for the GI system, which is often the case when I run in the afternoons. Made it as far as my bowels would let me at 11.0. Then finished up relatively easy after a short nature break. Definitely could have finished stronger if it hadn't been for the GI.
5 minutes @ 9.5, flat
5 mins @ 10.0, flat
10 mins @ 10.5, flat
27 mins @ 11.0, flat
(break)
10 mins @ 10.0 flat
3 mins @ 11.0 flat (to make it 30 mins total @ 11.0).
Just glad to have gotten a run in today.
Love the Kinvara's for the TM, but for some reason they're much noiser (slap, slap, slap!) then most of my other shoes when on the mill. I tend not to wear them much anymore because I'm afraid I bother people. The Adios Boost work great though.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 10.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| A.M. - 9 miles. Was out like a light last night when my head hit the pillow. Slept great until about 3 AM and then just couldn't sleep anymore, eventhough I tried for a couple more hours. Got up and did my planned nine miles. Felt pretty good.
P.M. - Could feel the sleep thing catching up to me in the mid-afternoon, but got home and made it out on the bike around 7 PM. Wanted to go easier than normal. Ended up heading south on Wasatch this time and eventually to the top of Suncrest and back. ~30 miles. Very windy on the way out. The wind and rain progressed the further up Suncrest I went. Definitely made the ride more challenging than it normally would have been. Definitely not a pleasant/enjoyable ride, but glad to have at least gotten out.
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
| A.M. - Easy pre-HM 35 mins on the TM:
5 minutes @ 9.0
10 mins @ 9.5
10 mins @ 10.0
5 mins @ 10.5
5 mins @ 10.0
I don't have real high expectations for tomorrow, especially after the week I've had. But I'm excited to race and assess where I'm at.
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Hobbler Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:11:35, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.60 |
| Hobbler Half Marathon - 2014
More on this to come later. Had an 'okay' run. Not great. Felt a little flat from the get go. They changed the last ~3 miles of the course this year. I like the changes and this route is definitely faster, but the course was short by ~0.2. So I actually crossed the line in 1:10:28. The splits are a little discouraging when compared to the past 2 years. Not sure how I should interpret that. Admittedly, the fitness this year isn't quite where it was the past 2 years at this point in the year. Other excuses: Also felt really at this race both the past 2 years at this race. This time, not as much. Had a rough work week (especially Mon-Weds) that threw off my sleep and runs this week. Biked on Thursday, which probably wasn't a big deal though I generally like to be off the bike the Thurs and Fri before a Saturday race.
Good to race again though. Ogden full was my last ~2 months ago. Fritz dominated. He is looking very strong. It was good to be able to cool down with him afterwards. Kudos to Dave Taylor too who turned in a very fine race.
Timp half is this coming week, so we'll see how that goes.
P.M. - afternoon boating with the family followed by a ~40 mile Millcreek ride.
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| Nike LunaRacer (Aug '12) Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 52.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 65.10 |
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 18.00 | Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 10.50 | Nike LunaRacer (Aug '12) Miles: 13.10 |
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