| Location: Salt Lake City, Member Since: Feb 11, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I had some success in high school and college. Winner 1985 Rod Dixon Run
Had a fair amount of success as a Masters runner for most of my 40s. Short-Term Running Goals: Have fun with running, explore more trails, stay healthy. Long-Term Running Goals: Keep running and racing consistently for as long as I can. Find what is sustainable for me over the long run. Personal: I teach AP European History and other courses at Alta High School. I coached the track and cross country teams at Alta for 16 years.
Married, two kids - Abby and Andy
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| Miles: | This week: | 26.00 |
Month: | 81.25 |
Year: | 1690.95 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 161.75 | 4.00 | 18.27 | 1.00 | 185.02 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Easy 7 miles around the neighborhood plus a jump rope workout.
Now to watch Iowa choose our next president.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running. Sick. Much gastro-intestinal distress. Weak, depleated.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Seven miles at the Olympic Oval.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM: 105 push-ups, 100 sit-ups/other ab stuff.
PM: Eight easy miles with the Men of the Alta Distance Corps. Stimulating conversation the whole way.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Fairly hard treadmill run.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.75 |
| I went running this morning. My chosen route took me from my house up Emmigration Canyon to the top of Little Mountain and then down to the East Canyon golf course. Averaged 7:58/mile. Beautiful out there today, sunny, clear, almost warmish at the end. Lots of deer in the canyon today but no bikes which is always great as bikes get in my way.
PM: 3 mile walk along the Jordan River with Andy. Fun.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
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- 2 miles of stair mastering
- 2.25 miles of elipticalling
- Jay Johnson's brutal core routine
- Weights
- Hot tub
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| Taking a zero today. Just haven't been able to fit it in today and Andy and I are going downtown to see the Globetrotters this evening.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles and some striders.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 1.00 | 8.75 |
| AM: 125 push-ups and 125 ab stuff.
Just realized I'm going to be in L.A. this weekend and there's this marathon going on. Today is the registration deadline. Hmmmm.
PM: 8.75 on the treadmill. Some fast stuff. I complained to the 24 Hour Fitness manager about the kids from the "Safe Splash Swim School" hanging out in the hot tub and got them kicked out. :-)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I rode 30 minutes on the bike thingy which included 5 x 1 minute sprints super hard. I concluded with 3 X 1 minute rope jumping a la Rocky Balboa.
Tonight...SEP conferences at Andy's school, haircut, Jr. Jazz practice.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Ten on the treadmill.
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SLTC Winter 10k (6.21 Miles) 00:38:32, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| Good race today. I'm not as fast as I once was though.
Splits - 6:16, 6:13, 6:12, 6:06, 6:12, 6:09, 1:22
Heading to California now.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| PM: 5 miles around the UCLA campus.
Ann and I spent most of the day at the Getty Museum.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 |
| AM: 3 mile walk around Westwood with Ann. 70 degrees at 8 am. 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups.
President Obama stayed at this hotel last week. Checked out about 5 hours before we got here. I would have enjoyed chatting with him at the pool.
PM: Short jog around the neighborhood after getting home. Plus some jump rope.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| Easy run. I've just felt "off" the past couple days.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Eight semi-awesome miles on the PRT. Windy!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| AM: 110 PUSH-UPS, 110 SIT-UPS.
PM: 6.25 on the treadmill, step-ups, pull-ups, lunges.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| AM: Achieved total domination as a member of the faculty dodge ball team at the Alta High spirit bowl assembly. I'm giving myself credit for 1/4 mile. Worked pretty hard.
Actually, we lost to the student team but they cheated. I did get to smack a kid that I don't really like though. Could never get away with that in class.
PM: 8.5 miles on the treadmill.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| 12.5 miles on the JRP. Averaged 7:35. Beautiful day.
PM: 3 mile walk with Ann. It might be walking season.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles around Sugar House. Jump rope. 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups.
PM: Walked 3 miles.
Ann and the kids went skiing today while I stayed home. I went to see The Revenant by myself. I thought I would really like this movie and, while it was definitely compelling, I was generally disappointed.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| 4.25 miles on the track. 10 stadiums. Deep breathing.
PM: 2 mile walk with Ann. Starting Philipp Meyer's novel The Son.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.75 |
| Combination of 5.75 mile run in the lower gully and track running.
6 X 100 yard striders.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Easy 4 on the track at practice.
Parent teacher conferences until 8pm tonight. Fun!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.25 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| Those of you who read letstun.com probably know that Luke Puskedra's infant daughter has cancer. Luke was 4th in the Olympic Trials Marathon last week and is from Salt Lake City - a graduate of Judge Memorial High School.
There is a gofundme page for anyone who wants to help out.
PM: Treadmill fartlek included 4 x 1 mile hardish.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| 8.5 miles - Porter Rockwell Trail. Sunny, almost 60 degress.
No school today so we were able to meet at Draper Park for a run. We have a great group of runners this season.
PM: 3 mile walk.
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SLTC Winter 15k (9.32 Miles) 00:59:10, Place overall: 12, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 9.32 | 0.00 | 11.32 |
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Well, another SLTC Winter Series in the books. Not sure why more masters runners didn't make it out this year? Maybe running is all played out. Anyway, I'm enjoying being able to run 6:30 miles and still come away with some cash. Thanks everyone for moving on to trail running, skiing, mountain climbing, or just being too busy to race.
One more observation. My emphasis on strength training hasn't made me faster. It has made me feel generally heathier though.
I learned today that my 35-50 mpw is not enough to be able to power through the last miles of a longer race like a 15k. I also lost interest in really pushing myself when I figured there was no way I was going to catch Sasha for first master and I couldn't see any threats behind me. So I was the second overall master and scooped up another Wasatch Running gift card. As always, I loved chatting with everyone - Riley (new course record), Bill Cobler, Sasha, and the general atmosphere out at the lake.
PM: Went for a 2 mile walk with Andy and ended up at a Red Box to rent a kid movie for the evening. It's just us men tonight as Ann is working and Abby is babysitting.
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| I planned to run today. No reason why I shouldn't. I'm not sore from the race, it's beautiful out, and I had nothing keeping me from it. But I took the kids to church, went to breakfast at Caputo's Deli, stayed a little later for Andy to do acolytes during the second service, and then went hiking with Andy on Mt. Olympus and the BST. Now I'm home and I could go for a run but someone poured me a glass of wine and now Ann and I are going out to dinner.
So, no run, but a pretty good day.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| If we didn't have leap days, it would now be July 15, 2017!
I didn't run much today. Just a couple miles with a bunch of weights and strength training. Job/coaching starting to take a toll on my running. Probably have to consider getting up at 4 am for some morning runs but I so hate that.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 161.75 | 4.00 | 18.27 | 1.00 | 185.02 |
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