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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 19, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2022 Running Goals:

Stay fit and healthy.  Run a decent Boston and St. George marathon.

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep fit and stay semi-competitive as long as I can.

 

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife and son and we live in Riverton/Herriman Utah. I am a high school teacher, and head coach for cross country and track at Mountain Ridge High. 

 

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I thought about trying to hook up with someone for a run today but I knew I couldn't get my bones out of bed too early after the long week that I have had so I ran on my own.  I slept as long as I could and left just after 8:00am.  I headed up 200 E and the Alpine hwy, jumped on the Highland hwy and went to the mouth of AF canyon.  From there I went up the big hill into Cedar Hills then down the main road there.  When I hit PG I went up into Manilla and caught the canyon road again, then headed south until I hit the road that turns into 300 N in AF and follow it home.  The loop was almost exactly 12 miles door to door of my house.  I should call this the Six city loop because I run through American Fork, Highland, Alpine, Cedar Hills, Manilla, and Pleasant Grove.  The last 6 miles I averaged 6:20 pace.  I saw a lot of people out running and biking, probably because it was such a beautiful morning.  One group must have been some kind of club because they had about 20 runners in the group.

When I got back I grabbed the VFFs and headed to the park by my church and did 5x100m strides and the grass.  I got sore in my feet from doing this the other day. Hopefully I will get used to using those muscles soon.  One mile. 

(2130- 69 miles)

Comments
From Adam RW on Sat, May 31, 2008 at 14:22:05

Hi James, You plan the pain for the 20th yet? Just curious if there was any final word on what legs people are doing (please no Ragnar...) :)

From Kerry on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 12:55:10

I ran about the same course on Saturday except I left just a little later and ran in the opposite direction. I think I'd recognize you from your picture, but I'd definitely notice someone coming the other direction at 6:20 pace. I've run into that big group of runners a number of times. They're mostly from a neighborhood in Alpine, but include runners from other towns as well. They're organized to the point that they always have a support vehicle nearby with water, vaseline, gels, whatever.

From James on Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 21:31:42

Interesting about the big group!

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