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Lander Wy 4th of July 5k

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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: 31.75 Month: 31.75 Year: 1752.62
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
186.500.000.000.00186.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

AM: 5 mile walk before the oppressive heat set in.

PM: Weights, 1 mile swim.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

AM: 5 mile walk.

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

I made a list titled "History books that (to my embarassment) I've never read". I'm going to listen to as many of them as I can on Audible thissummer. Starting with The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman. I've read parts of it many times but never all the way through.

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Race: Lander Wy 4th of July 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:25:17, Place in age division: 1
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AM: Jogged the 4th of July 5k in Lander Wyoming. Much of it was cross country which my achilles didn't really like.

Free breakfast after and then the parade which was awesome!

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AM: Walked 5 miles

PM: Walked 5 miles

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8.000.000.000.008.00

AM: 22.5 miles on the bike in 1:25:59

I signed up for my first bike race. A 45 mile gravel race in Wyoming in September which gives be a couple months to figure out the particulars of bike training and racing.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

150 push-ups.

Good article...

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/opinion/moral-argument-global-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Uk8.UCQ6.6oMXWRuRq6f2&smid=url-share

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: 30 mile bike ride.

PM: 1600 meter swim.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.250.000.000.001.25

AM: 6 mile walk.

PM: 1.25 mile treadmill jog, strength rraining.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM: 30 miles on the bike generally around Sugarhouse and East Salt Lake. My watch congratulated be on my "fastest 35k". 

Did this at the hottest part of the day.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM: 5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

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15.000.000.000.0015.00

AM: 45 miles on the bike in 2:59

OK, I have a couple questions...

According to my Garmin, my three hours on the bike burned just over 1000 calories. Can that be right? That's what I burn in an hour of running on the treadmill. If it is correct, cycling is a really inefficient form of exercise.

Also, my average heart rate was 101 BPM which also seems really low. When I'm hiking (not running) up Grandeur Peak its 115 BPM on average.

Despite all this, I'm really tired right now and I feel like I worked out harder than the data suggests.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.250.000.000.002.25

AM: 1.25 miles on the eliptical, weights/strength training, 1600 meter swim.

On my continued quest to listen to important history books I haven't read, I just finished The Guns of August  about the outbreak of World War I and I've moved on to Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution. So far, Wood's book (published over 30 years ago) is making several assumptions about this country that are no longer true, or at least doubtful. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: Grandeur Peak with Sandy White, a work colleague. Nice to have some company for a change.

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Lots of walking - about 11 miles.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

AM: 4.5 mile walk, 10 mile eliptical.

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5.500.000.000.005.50

Noon: Did a half day at school prepping for the new school year then went to the gym. 4.5 miles on the treadmill and a 1 mile swim.

And a fair amount of walking.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: 6.5 up and down Grandeur Peak.

2,400 feet up, 2,400 feet down.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.000.006.25

AM: 6.25 miles around the Foothill Loop.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

AM: 52 miles on the bike. Averaged close to 16 mph. 

I purchased a 24 count box of GU energy gells on Amazon in January of 2024 for $27.99. Today it's $48.00. What gives? Are they made in Brazil or China?

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.250.000.000.005.25

PM: 4.25 treadmill miles, 1 mile row.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

AM: 6.5 miles up and down Grandeur Peak.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

PM: 12 mile bike ride from Pinedale out past the CCC Ponds and Fremont Lake and back.

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13.500.000.000.0013.50

AM/PM: 40 miles from Pinedale out to the Boulder Lake Campground with a sketchy detour down a Forest Service road that I thought was the Boulder Lake Road. Lots of hills, dirt, and gravel at 7200 feet. Yes, I'm tired.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: 5 mile walk.

PM: 2 wliptical miles, weights.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

AM: 5.5 mile walk, 1 mile swim.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

AM: 42 miles on the bike.

 

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PM: 22 miles on the bike at the Dunedin Community Center gym.

Unplanned week in Dunedin. My mom is in the hospital and my sister who lives here is out of town for a month which was leaving the burden of my mom on my brother-in-law. So I'm here for eight days. She gets discharged soon.

As usual on summet trips to Florida, I will be whining about the heat and humidity. It hit 100 in Tampa Sunday for the first time ever. But the term "climate change" has been banned here so it can't be that.

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4.000.000.000.004.00

AM: 5 mile walk around Dunedin and a short swim.

PM: 4 miles on the treadmill, weights. Enjoyed evesdropping on two recently retired to Dunedin guys talking about how this is the best place on the planet. One was from New Jersey and one from Illinois.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
186.500.000.000.00186.50
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