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Location:

Cedar Hills,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:39 (2006) Half marathon: 1:33:45 (2006) Marathon 3:31:49 (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose some weight and get back into racing shape. Run more races this year.

 Next race: St. George Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and in good enough shape that I can more or less keep up with my youngest daughter.

Personal:

My wife Laureen got me into running. She went into the St. George Marathon Ten Year Club last year and I should go in this year. I have two daughters (15 and 21).

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Cumulus12 Lifetime Miles: 10.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.787.1010.700.0035.58
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

My daughter remembered a German assignment that she needed to turn into today and she needed some help with it, so I only had time for a short run. Normally, I might have skipped it, but I really wanted to try to get in the habit of running six days a week. Everything felt good. No lingering soreness or pain.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.701.003.300.005.00

Ran temple route. Imp

roved my average pace from last week by three seconds (from 8:24 to 8:21). First mile: 8:22 (rolling); second mile 7:49 (downhill); third mile: 8:13 (rolling); fourth 9:06 (uphill); fifth: 7:54 (steep up then down). Average heart rate was 159 which is a rate I can sustain for 26 miles or more.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.032.000.000.006.03

Easy run through the Adventure Park and up around Kohlers. A beautiful morning. Perfect cool temperatures. I pushed the pace the last two miles. Felt great.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.240.000.000.005.24

Easy run through the Adventure Park, back behind the High School and then picked up the creek trail. Cool, almost perfect temperatures. Scared up a couple of deer in the park. Average pace was 9:08.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.310.000.000.005.31

Easy run through Adventure Park and back along the creek trail. Pace was a little faster than yesterday (8:53 compared to 9:08). Generally felt great, but seemed to be dragging a bit at the start of mile 5. Felt better after a few minutes. No pain or soreness during the run to speak of, but I felt a little soreness in my left ankle a couple of times during the day. I'm planning on signing up for the Salt Lake half marathon today and doing 12 miles tomorrow.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.504.107.400.0012.00

Greg and I met at 7 and decided that we'd do 12 and push the pace a bit if we were still feeling all right after the first mile or so. First mile was at 7:40 pace, which was faster than I was planning on, but we actually picked it up the next mile (7:32) and the next (7:30). On the fourth mile we make the turn onto 1st East in American Fork and start the long uphill. Our pace for the next three miles climbed into the 8:30 range. We were both tired by the time we made the west turn at the Highland City park and got a drink. Also got some relief with one mile of slight downhill, then headed north and east for a couple of miles of gentle uphill. Felt pretty good the last mile and could have pushed it a bit more, but was happy with the overall effort. Average heart rate was 156 which has been my target marathon heart rate (my lactate threshold has been around 162). Total descent 795 feet mostly in the 2nd and 3rd miles, total ascent the same, mostly from 4 to 6 and 8 to 10.

With the increased mileage, I've started to drop in weight. I'm at 160.0 now and would like to get to 145 or so by mid-September. Thinking about maybe going longer next Saturday as it will be my last chance before the Wasatch Back Relay. That'd give me a little more than 40 for the week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.787.1010.700.0035.58
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