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Vigor Utah 5k

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Location:

slc,ut,

Member Since:

Jan 16, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 17:26

1/2 Marathon - 1:19:13

Marathon - 2:54:14

Wasatch 100 - 23:20

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-1:20 half

Sub-2:50 full

50 miler

Personal:

james clissold
started running in 2012

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Hoka Challenger 2 (black/orange) Lifetime Miles: 204.80
Kinvara 5 (blue 4) Lifetime Miles: 239.40
Olympus 2.0 (grey) Lifetime Miles: 161.00
Hoka Bondi 4 Lifetime Miles: 318.65
Paradigm 2.0 (black) Lifetime Miles: 223.30
Kinvara 6 (white/orange) Lifetime Miles: 290.95
Kinvara 8 (black/green) Lifetime Miles: 226.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.000.003.100.0026.10
Brooks PureFlow 3 (boston) Miles: 12.10Hoka Mafate 3 Miles: 4.00Brooks PureFlow 3 (black) Miles: 6.00Brooks PureFlow 3 (blue) Miles: 4.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 pretty easy along legacy parkway pushing Grey in the stroller. 7:55 average despite the headwind and stroller. Took it mostly easy, but tossed in a couple of pickups just to see how the legs were feeling. Did one .5 at about a 6:30. 

I think I am going to shoot for a 5:30 first mile on Saturday and then try and hangon. I am only worried about the set of 20 stairs shortly after mile one!

 

Brooks PureFlow 3 (boston) Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy on the treadmill this morning. I didn't wake up early enough to get out longer than the 4 miles. 

Nothing hurts when I run, but I am still having some left hamstring pain as I sit at work throughout the day. I heated it yesterday and will do again today. Hopefully it helps. Probably need to try and roll it as well. Ideas?

Hoka Mafate 3 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 along the parkway with Josh. 4 strides tossed into the last mile. I have been trying to work on my form a little bit lately. It started to fall apart during the last pickup for sure. When I was reaching my top speed, I went into sprint mode and I am glad that Josh pointed it out. At that top speed I tend to hunch more and tense up. 

 

Brooks PureFlow 3 (black) Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy - I was feeling super tired this morning and almost crawled back in bed. I figured if I got an easy 4 in it would help my legs feel better. That's how my bed lost the argument. Took it easy on the treadmill and then hit the foam roller for a bit before leaving for work. My left hamstring is still aching a bit and I don't know why.

I am trying to figure out how I can get a good warmup in on Saturday before the 5k. The race starts at 6:30 and the bus leaves at 6:00. Obviously the bus doesn't have to drive far, but I might try and warmup a little before boarding the bus and then a little right before the race. I don't want to leave it all to before the race and have the bus show up only 5 minutes before the start. Now I am rambling.

 

Brooks PureFlow 3 (blue) Miles: 4.00
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Race: Vigor Utah 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:18:16, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.100.006.10

Sure, the time was a PR for the 5k for me, but it was aided and poorly executed. I am glad I did it because it was a learning experience and that is the mode I am in right now, learning. I am happy with a second place finish, but recognize the field was not that fast. Golden Harper (altra founder) took first. He was hoping for sub-16 and ended up in the 16:30s I think.

I am not going to bother to put split times because I don't know if my watch was working or what was going on. I went out too fast and slowed considerably. I have no excuses other than I couldn't make it happen perfectly today, but below is the story of how it transpired. 

I got to the race with plenty of time to grab all the runmehappy gear (tent, banner, chairs, etc) and walk them to the finish line where the booth would be. I warmed up just a little because I didn't know how much time I would have after the bus dropped us off. Ended up that we had about 20 minutes at the start so I did my official warmup there. I walked up to the starting line at about 6:27 and there were cones setup but no timing strip. The one guy there said that it would be there soon and that we would start in about 5 to 10 minutes. 

I turned and jogged up the canyon to keep moving. About 100 yards away, I hear a horn go off and look back to see runners starting. I cruised it to the start and asked the guy what happened. He told me that he got a call that simply said, "Start in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." He explained that we were running off of the 10k start instead of waiting for the strip and our times would stop when we crossed the finishline strip. Ok, whatever.

For whatever reason when I saved my warmup session to my garmin, it lost satellite, or so it appeared. I stood there at the start and told the guy I was not starting until my watch was working and that I would just record my time. It seemed like it took forever so I finally just told him I was going to go. He said the race clock was at 3:31 and I told him to say go at 3:45 so he would know that is when I started.

I was obviously all alone at this point. I looked at my watch a few times and it was reading in the high 3:00s and then 4:00s. First mile was 4:54. Like I said, I have no idea if that is accurate, but it could have been. It was steep and I could tell I was going too fast, but just didn't trust what my watch was saying. 

I slowed considerably and didn't feel great the last mile. I finished and after making it through the finish area I kneeled on the grass. A few minutes later I vomited once. That made me feel quite a bit better and within 5 minutes I was not really nauseated anymore. 

So, there you have it. A few lessons learned. 

Brooks PureFlow 3 (boston) Miles: 6.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.000.003.100.0026.10
Brooks PureFlow 3 (boston) Miles: 12.10Hoka Mafate 3 Miles: 4.00Brooks PureFlow 3 (black) Miles: 6.00Brooks PureFlow 3 (blue) Miles: 4.00
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