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Location:

Lehi,UT,United States

Member Since:

Dec 03, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

5 K Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

Aided

  • 5k - 14:58 (Big Cottonwood 5k 2013)
  • 10k - 32:14 (Deseret News 10k 2013)
  • Half - 1:09:07 (AF Canyon Half 2013)
  • Marathon - 2:25:22 (St. George Marathon 2013)

Unaided

  • 400m - 48s
  • 800m - 1:52.1s
  • 5k - 15:59 (Solo Track Race 2013)
  • 4M - 20:06 (Earn your turkey race 2013)
  • Half - 1:14:11 (St. George Half 2013)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my limits

Personal:

Married to Ashley and we have 6 children.

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Mizuno Universe Lifetime Miles: 118.80
Bare Foot Lifetime Miles: 8.80
Minimus Green Lifetime Miles: 67.80
Hoka Lifetime Miles: 521.60
Type A6 Lifetime Miles: 98.00
Lunar Racer 3 Lifetime Miles: 247.30
Kinvara 4 - Blue Lifetime Miles: 344.90
Provision 2 - Green Lifetime Miles: 426.15
NB 1400v2 Lifetime Miles: 130.00
Hoka Contact 2 Lifetime Miles: 243.46
Asics Clod Hoppers Lifetime Miles: 157.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
286.5016.0015.0012.20329.70
Boost Miles: 82.50Altra Instinct Green Miles: 113.30Minimus Green Miles: 14.00Hoka Miles: 43.00Mizuno Universe Miles: 13.20Pure Connect Miles: 58.70
Night Sleep Time: 29.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 29.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.500.000.000.0020.50

Long run with Scott, Matt, Spencer, Toni and a bunch of the Sojourners running club friends.

We met at the Orem soccer park, ran 5 miles up the canyon where we were turned around by a disgruntled police officer who told us they were avalanch blasting. 

Here we started a push with Spencer. 3 miles at ~6. Then easy back to the cars for some fuel. Then another 5 at around 5:50, north on the murdock trail. 5 back to the cars easy.

Felt pretty blasted at the end. 

Boost Miles: 20.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Scott's loop with ... everybody. Felt great.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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TRACK WORKOUT

Met Matt, Reed, Toni and Chris at the Lehi track. Perfect weather. 2 up, 2 down.

3-2-1 with 1/2m jogging rest

5K: 5:25, 5:18, 5:13, :38 (16:36, 5:18 avg)
2: 5:08, 5:10 (10:18, 5:09 avg)
1: 4:55

Felt great this morning. Matt and I took turns leading, switching off every 2 laps the whole way. Slight wind during the 5K but nothing too bad. Plan was to hit 5:20, 5:10, 5:00 paces for each interval, so we were pretty close. I'm happy with this one. Matt looked smooth and strong as always.

Chris, Toni and Reed looked strong. Good times.

Minimus Green Miles: 8.00Hoka Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Late night last night. Slept in (kind of) and got out at lunch time. Beautiful day! 50 degrees and sunny. Probably went too far but it was such a nice day...

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Provo Canyon with Brandon, Scott, and Matt. Good times.

Hoka Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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12.300.000.000.0012.30

Scott's loop with Matt and Scott. Feeling good.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 12.30
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.508.000.000.0020.50

Big group for a long run at Brandon's house in Spanish Fork. Matt, Chad, Chris, Brandon, Reed and Dave T. 8 miles easy (7:20). 4 miles cool down.

8 mile MP tempo (5:28, 5:35, 5:30, 5:38, 5:28, 5:36, 5:35, 5:19), 5:30 avg

Tempo was on Brandon's tempo loop. Nice, mostly flat loop. It had a nasty windy section that made me want to stop and walk. Effort was pretty even, ~5:20 with the tail wind, ~5:40 with the head wind. I felt good today. Ran with Matt. We alternated every 1/2 mile on the windy parts. He looked very strong. 

With .2 to go we got rushed by 2 dogs. Matt pulled out the Kung Fu and they ran away with their tails between their legs. It did break up the rhythm a little.

The other guys ran various distances and looked strong. Good times.

Boost Miles: 20.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Good crew turn out today for Scott's loop. Warm and cozy running.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.002.002.0011.00

TRACK WORKOUT

Met up with Matt and Chris and the track this morning. A little chilly and breezy but not too bad. 4 up, 1.5 down. 

4x1600m (5:04, 5:03, 4:59, 4:58) w/ 1 lap jogging recovery

We enjoyed a steady headwind on the backstretch. Effort was right. Felt pretty good. Matt and I took turns leading every 800m. We finished our cooldown just as a nice mini-blizzard blew in. Couldn't have timed it better.

Minimus Green Miles: 6.00Hoka Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Lunchtime run on Murdock in the sun. Ran mostly on the dirt on the shoulder. Felt pretty good.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 12.00
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Good group for a run up Provo canyon. Scott and I did a 1/2 push on the way down.

Boost Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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6.000.000.000.006.00

Run with Matt around Lehi.

Hoka Miles: 6.00
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Race: Spectrum 10K (6.214 Miles) 00:31:53, Place overall: 1
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6.000.000.006.2012.20

Breakfast: 1 banana T-2hrs, 1 gu (roctane) T-35mins
Warmup:  1.5 miles with Derek and Danny Moody. 0.5 in strides.
Weather: 
Temps were perfect with a decent tail wind at the start. Turned into a not-so decent headwind at the end.

I took it out way too fast, even for the steep grade. I held things together through 3.5. Here you turn up a 1/2 mile hill. There was also a steady headwind on this section. That fast start really hit me here and I slowed down to a crawl. The rest of the race was a grind. Up and down the hills through the neighborhoods with a constant head wind. I must have been just enough ahead of Derek to not be able to see him on any of the turns. It was too easy to slip in to "just win" mode rather than "run a fast time" mode. 

Splits: (4:35, 5:05, 4:59, 5:05, 5:30, 5:35, 1:03)

4 cool-down with Karl and Derek. 

I was hoping for a better time and a stronger finish. It was a fun event and I'm glad I went down.

Mizuno Universe Miles: 8.20Altra Instinct Green Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.400.000.000.0010.40

Murdock trail with the crew. 

Pure Connect Miles: 10.40
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More easy miles on the JRT. Calf is almost ready...

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.003.000.0012.00

I flew out to Fremont, CA yesterday for a meeting. This morning I revisited lake Elizabeth for a short tempo run. 4 up, 5 down. 3 miles @ 5:13 pace around the lake. Even splits. Felt good but I could tell my calf wouldn't appreciate much more so I cut it at 3. It's nice to be able to breathe down here!

Pure Connect Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

6 miles with Matt and Spencer. 4 more alone. It was windy.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.305.000.000.0020.30

Long run.

Ran solo around Alpine, Cedar Hills, Highland and Lehi. It was windy. Threw in a 5 mile push after 12 easy. 3 more back to home, incuding the MOTHER!, which almost killed me.
Splits: 5:17, 5:25, 5:33, 5:45, 5:32 (5:30 avg).

I enjoyed a steady head wind for the tempo portion. The first 2 had some downhill.  I felt pretty good.  

Pure Connect Miles: 20.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Scott's loop with the crew. I ate too much yesterday.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

Mother loop with Matt, Reed and Jeff. Lovely morning for a run.

 

PM. 5 more, shorts, t-shirt, sunny :)

Boost Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.003.0010.00

Track workout with Matt, Chris and Chad. Early start (4:30am) but it worked in our favor with the winds. 4 up, 2 down with a couple laps of strides.

2k, 1k, 400, 400, 200, 200 in 6:19, 3:00, :66, :65, :30, :28 with jogging rests from 2min to 45 sec.

I planned on doing 2 sets but my calf was acting up quite a bit after the shorter intervals so I called it. I felt really good otherwise. Matt looked great and did an extra 800 for good measure. It felt good to open up a little. I was surprised at how much speed I've lost over the years!

Mizuno Universe Miles: 5.00Hoka Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Good times up provo canyon with Brandon, Matt and Reed. Got home right as it started sleeting. Good timing!

Pure Connect Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Thanks giving point loop with Matt, Toni and Chad.

 

PM: 6 on the murdock in the sunshine

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 11.00Pure Connect Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.500.008.000.0020.50

LONG RUN on the Provo River trail with the crew++. It was Brandon's birthday and what better way to start a special day than a long run! 

8 miles up to Vivian from the soccer park. 8 mile tempo from Vivian to Wills Pit Stop. 4 miles back to the soccer park with a few grass loops and strides to finish up.

Tempo portion was 5:11 avg. Splits: 5:16, 5:18, 5:06, 5:07, 5:15, 5:11, 5:07, 5:08.  

I ran shoulder to shoulder with Scott and Matt the whole way. It was awesome to work together. I felt good the first 7, last mile was a bit of a battle but we finished strong. 

We all went to Magelby's fresh for breakfast afterward. Good times.

Boost Miles: 20.50
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Scott's loop with Matt, Scott, Jeff and Toni. Chilly fun.

Altra Instinct Green Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
286.5016.0015.0012.20329.70
Boost Miles: 82.50Altra Instinct Green Miles: 113.30Minimus Green Miles: 14.00Hoka Miles: 43.00Mizuno Universe Miles: 13.20Pure Connect Miles: 58.70
Night Sleep Time: 29.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 29.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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