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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 20, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

My personal best marathon was my first marathon. I ran the St. George Marathon in 2005, and finished in 3:14. I was hurting at the end, and had to walk too much between miles 22 and 26, but I finished. I had hoped to drop that time in 2006 and qualify for Boston, but hamstring pain and other distractions took their toll and I ended up finishing in 3:25.

Personal Bests:

  • Marathon: 3:14:53 (St. George, 2005)
  • Half Marathon: 1:31:02 (Hobble Creek, 2006)
  • 5K: 19:50 (Murray Fun Days, 2006)
  • 50K: 5:16 (Goblin Valley Ultra, 2006)
I don't know my PB for a 10K, but I've run a 10K in around 38:59, which may or may not be a PB. (I don't really like the 10K distance - too long to be a sprint, and too short to be an endurance run).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back into shape.

Long-Term Running Goals:

The Wasatch 100 in under 22 hours. Hell, ANY finish at the Wasatch 100 would be great.

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Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Total Distance
5.00

Five miles on the Jordan River Parkway. Five miles on the unplowed Jordan River Parkway. Last night's snow storm and wind gusts dropped about 4" on the trail, with area of wind gusted drifts up to 6" deep. I put down about two miles of the only human footprints to be seen in the snow. (I would have had first tracks, but a few ducks and geese beat me!)

Once again it was a nearly perfect day to be out running. I'm starting to get spoiled by the noon-time sun and traffic free parkway trail. I better start getting up at 5:00 AM again to run in the dark and cold - I'm afraid I might be getting soft.

Total time was 41:10, for an average pace of 8:11/mile. A little slower than normal - probably because I was breaking trail for almost the entire run. (There was only one other set of prints in the three miles where I wasn't the first human).

GPS output:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/4972947

Comments
From Tracy1 on Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 17:05:48

A little slower than normal?? Chris, you are coming along so well from your injury! Good job!

Oh yeah, what kind of work do you do or shifts do you put in to make it out in the middle of the day to run??? T1

From kris on Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 18:54:14

Hi Tracy, thanks for stopping by! My knee still bothers me a bit, but it seems to be coming along well. I jumped into a half marathon training routine late in the game, so I feel like I'm barely balancing between "training" and "injured". I'm feeling little aches and pains here and there: possible shin splints; a little discomfort in my knee; sore hip, etc. But, I'm getting there, and it feels pretty good to back into a regular training routine.

I wish I could make it out for Hill Kills, but my current schedule doesn't allow it. (After working all day I can't wait to get home and hold my baby!)

I'm fortunate enough to work a quarter mile from the Jordan River Parkway, so I just go out during my lunch break. I figure 5 or 6 miles is about as far as I can run in a hour and still have time to change, so it won't work when I'm doing long mileage in the summer, but it's perfect for right now.

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