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Location:

Saint George,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

15:28 5K, 31:25 10K, 1:07:11 Half-Marathon, 2:21:45 Marathon, 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - DNF = bummer!, 50k - 3:59:03, 50 mile - 7:56:00

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 half by the summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and fight off heart disease or diabetes that has been passed on for many generations. Try and break the cycle.

Personal:

I am currently 39 years old. I have a 11 year old girl, Norah, a 9 year old boy, Oliver, and a 6 year old girl, Myla, who are wonderful. I am a SPED Teacher at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. I also coach the cross country and track teams at Desert Hills High.
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Type A (2) Lifetime Miles: 63.00
Nike Pegasus 35 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.75
Nike Pegasus 34 Lifetime Miles: 562.95
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral Lifetime Miles: 611.90
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral 2 Lifetime Miles: 308.95
Asics DS Trainer 24 Lifetime Miles: 77.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue Lifetime Miles: 336.05
Hoka Clifton 7 Black Lifetime Miles: 435.55
Hoka Carbon X Lifetime Miles: 263.50
New Balance Fresh Foam Trail Lifetime Miles: 97.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue (2) Lifetime Miles: 459.15
Hoka Clifton 7 - Gray Lifetime Miles: 341.00
Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 134.80
Saucony Kinvara (new) Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 111.75
Brooks Launch 8 Lifetime Miles: 96.75
Tue, Apr 29, 2008
Total Distance
16.50

6 miles in the morning.

10.50 miles in the afternoon.

It is nice sleeping in just a touch longer than usual.  I kept the pace easy this morning.  I wore a long sleeve tech shirt and it was almost to hot for that.

It was warm this afternoon and extremely windy.  I pushed the pace every once in a while and ended up at 6:27/mile overall.  I think the reason why I pushed the pace a little today was because I found out something at track practice that upset me.  One of my top girls has been talking with her sister about what she should be running and apparently hasn't listened to me for most of the year.  I tell her to do one thing and I guess she checks with her sister before she decides on it.  I probably shouldn't be making a big deal about this but I have put a lot of time and effort into track and it seems like some of the kids don't care to work hard enough.  Oh well!

Comments
From Dustin on Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 09:54:10

Welcome to coaching my friend! I had parents calling out plays for me from the stands when I was coaching basketball. What really got me was in cross country, when parents would questions our workouts. I had one parent that felt his daughter was too fat, so he would make her run additional miles every night after practice, then he told me I was pushing her too hard in practice and she was always too tired when race day came. I said yeah I've seen some idiot out making her run more at night, but I didn't recognize the guy. This guy was classic, one time he went up on a hill above our track and watched us do a time trail with binoculars, this was after his daughter told him she didn't want him around when practice was going on. Coaching can be tricky, the boys usually want to race every practice which is good that they have that competitiveness, yet I've had some that spend all week racing and running every workout hard, that come the weekend they always race poorly. The girls I worked with on the other hand, seemed more coachable, but you always had a few that preferred to listen to mom, dad, best friend, boyfriend, pretty much anybody else that had a different training plan or idea. I tried my best to welcome new ideas, but in the end I was the one running the program and sometimes just had to say I think that will work great when you're the coach.

From nfroerer on Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:03:11

That's why having people that buy into the system. Makes it happen. Can you compare her performance to someone that has bought into the plan...

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