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Salt Lake Track Club Winter 5k

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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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Race: Salt Lake Track Club Winter 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:17:46, Place overall: 13
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.900.003.100.000.008.00

Crazy day for me! I had to go out to Saltair, run the race, cool down, and leave. Then I had to drive to Logan, pick up a moving truck, and move my stuff until 1:00am. In between all of that the 26 foot truck I rented slid off the road and down an embankment. We were stuck for over three hours. It was a miracle that we got the truck out without it tipping over. I have never been so stressed out in my life! That is an whole other story.

The race wasn't too bad, although I wasn't into it at all because of everything going on that day. I warmed up on the course before and ran with Adam for part of that. My plan was to run a tempo run and not be too tired for my big move later on. I stuck to my plan and ran how I wanted to. That course was flat and easy, and the only thing to watch out for was some snow and ice on the way back. It was an out and back course, and the side of the road that we ran out on was mostly clear, but the side coming back was not. The rest of the team was way ahead of me and did quite well. Steve Ashbaker and I went on a cool down and ran into Sasha, Ted, and Adam, so we all cooled down together. After the cool down I grabbed a drink and some bread and took off. The race was the only part of my day that wasn't stressful. I think my time was 17:45 and I have no clue what place I was.  There was a good field of runners there today.

(Omni- 303 miles) (Tangent-212 miles)

Comments
From Dustin on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:38:50

I hope things are going better now that Saturday is over, sounds like it was pretty stressful. I have many days like that where I just get swamped with things.

From jtshad on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:45:13

Glad you are ok, did you get everything moved?

From James on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:15:50

I did get everything moved. Now we just have to unpack and that might take a while.

From MichelleL on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:19:43

Was your stuff in the truck when it slid off? That sounds like a classic move story. Someday you'll look back and laugh.

From Jon on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:46:13

I'm glad everything is ok. And I'm not letting you drive my moving truck...

From James on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 13:14:43

Michelle- The truck was about 1/3 the way full, and that is the only reason that it didn't tip over.

Jon- I am actually a darn good driver. The truck was just sitting on some ice and slid off on it's own and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it.

From Brent on Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 20:59:03

I hope the rest of your week gets better and you like your job. P.S. its seems you ran real well considering the injuries you have been nursing. Hey, we will get some BS in next time.

Stay cool, b of bs rools out

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