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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k 18:44 4 July 2012 C-ville
10K 38:22 24 July 2012 DesNews
Half 1:22:30 18 Aug 2012 Hobble
Full 3:00:35 29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Trails Lifetime Miles:						551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles:						72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles:						2225.20
Stroller Lifetime Miles:						438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles:						378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles:						1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles:						494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles:						514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles:						461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles:						216.90

Fri, Feb 17, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	2.00	7.00

Morning run outside. We had a big lunch meeting at work, so I had to finish in time for that. I announced "Mandatory Family Run" and got 3 of the bigger kids to run 1 mile. The little girls rode their bikes. The sun wasn't exactly shining, and the day wasn't exactly warm, but it was nice to be outside. My 12 year old runs like a duck. My 16 year old goes too fast and makes herself very uncomfortable. I didn't get to observe my 14 year old. My 17 year old refused to participate.

Tomorrow is a 16-18 miler, little big workout. I'm planning on 4 zig-zags after 10-11 miles. These are .5 mile ascents up the switchback trail at Freedom Hills park. Tara and Andy can attest that it's a rugged 800 meters.

The unpaid internship continues. Fingers crossed. I'm too old for a job like this.

Pavement Miles: 7.00	Omni 9#3 Miles: 7.00

Comments

From JD on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 16:29:47 from 70.96.78.149

nice running Kam -

what is this unpaid internship of which you speak?

From allie on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 16:54:33 from 161.38.218.168

i'm also curious about the unpaid internship...i did that once in indiana and ended up chopping parsley for eight hours straight.

i love the mandatory family run idea -- sounds like fun. the only thing i used to [very unhappily] participate in was mandatory kitchen cupboard clean-out day.

good luck with the little big workout tomorrow. sounds like a good one.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 17:11:33 from 98.247.27.122

It's hard to make anything mandatory for a 17 year old.

From Kam on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 17:41:33 from 174.23.206.108

The unpaid internship is the result of running out of money before additional funding is in place. So far, we are 4 weeks sans pay. Hopefully conditions improve over the weekend.

allie, was that eating the old stuff in the cupboards, or just cleaning the crumbs and accumulated spills and throwing stuff out?

From Laputka on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 20:19:45 from 98.202.142.68

Have a good run tomorrow Kam, I always enjoy reading your blog. It makes me feel bad because my blog is usually just -- miles, pace, distance and "I feel beat up".

From RAD on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 23:29:27 from 98.202.23.178

your kids running sound a lot like my kids running. It drives me nuts, but I hope they stick with it and eventually love it - and get better :)

Good luck with the little big. I'd like to try those zig-zags sometime...when I'm not a pansy :)

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