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Wyo 131 Gravel Bike Race - 45 mile event

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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
185.1015.000.000.00200.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

AM: 51 miles on the bike in 3:14. Average heart rate was 104.

Three day weekends are nice. Here's to Labor Day! 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles, 1 mile row.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.000.007.50

PM: 21 HOT, HILLY miles in Sandy after school.

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15.000.000.000.0015.00

PM: Rode 45 miles in 2:37. 12 miles on hilly gravel from Boulder Wyoming to Boulder Lake. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.600.000.000.009.60

PM: 9.6 eliptical miles.

6-3. Ugh!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

PM: 18 miles on bike.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.250.000.000.009.25

PM: 9.25 eliptical miles.

Seeing as how I have a bike race on Saturday, I probably should have gone for a short ride but I chose to go to the gym with Andy instead. I feel like I need to support his recent conversion to caring about fitness.

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2.000.000.000.002.00

AM: Easy 30 minute bike ride. Couple hills, couple sprints.

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Race: Wyo 131 Gravel Bike Race - 45 mile event (45 Miles) 02:44:16, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 3
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First bike race in the books. This was a 45 mile (actually 44 point something) out and back course with 2000 feet of climbing. Although I did 3 minutes faster on the way back, I have much to learn about bike racing, pacing, what kind of pain I can tolerate etc. Still, I passed 5 people on the return and nobody passed me.

Man does this sport skew old! Guys from their 40s to 70s abounded. I suppose because it's expensive and easier on your body?

I really enjoyed this and was actually sad when the race ended. I'll be back.

In other news... Jack Daniels died yesterday at 92.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

PM: 2 easy miles, weights.

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6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 miles in The Gully.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

PM: Went to the gym with Andy again and did 10 miles on the eliptical.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

PM: 21 miles on the bike.

Going to dinner with Andy now for his 20th birthday. His actual birthday is Saturday but he's working that day so we're going tonight. Andy is trying to join the Marine Corps and I am very proud of him for that. Can't say I'm too thrilled with the current CINC and how the military is being politicized these days but, as my grandma used to say, this too shall pass.

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6.500.000.000.006.50

PM: 6.5 Gully Long Run. Saw two coyotes and listened to my governor, Spencer Cox, on the Ezra Klein show. 

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1.250.000.000.001.25

Lots of walking, 10 minutes on the eliptical, strenuous weight training.

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7.000.000.000.007.00

AM: 7 miles up and down Grandeur Peak. 

180 push-ups.

Ran into the best wrestler in Alta High history and former student of mine, Matt Findlay, near the summit and had a great chat. He was a four time state champion in high school and is now a doctor in his first year of residency in neurology at the University of Utah.

What's up with the price of mayonnaise?

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Lots of walking - over 20,000 steps.

Parent-teacher conferences this week so working way late. Friday off though. Yay!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.500.000.000.0010.50

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles and a 1 mile row.

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More parent-teacher conferencing. Did manage to walk 8.6 miles throuought the day and did 200 push-ups.

Andy did well on the ASVAB today so if he passes his physical tomorrow he will be joining the Marine Corps. I'm proud but trepidatious. 

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9.500.000.000.009.50

PM: 9.5 eliptical miles.

Andy passed his physical today so it looks like he's leaving us. I guess that's the idea right?

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AM: 2 easy miles, weights.

Noonish: 15 mile bike ride.

I just read an article on ESPN.com in which Aaron Rodgers called himself an historian. I admire his confidence.

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17.000.000.000.0017.00

AM: 50 mile bike ride from Park City to Coalville and back along the gravel Union Pacific rail corridor. 

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4.500.000.000.004.50

AM: 4.5 miles on the treadmill.

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PM: 9.5 eliptical miles and 1 mile row.

We had a frustrating professional development day at school - no students. Everything has to be common (lessons, pacing, assessments etc.) and AI is the essence of existence. Two more years will test my powers of passive aggression and civil disobedience.

I'm proud of my 30 year teaching career and my 24 years at Alta High but there used to be so much more space for individual initiative and creativity in teaching. I suspect that in the future we will have fewer truly bad teachers but also fewer great teachers.

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61st birthday today. Here's what I plan to do...  Attend a 504 meeting, write two letters of rec for students, teach 3 U.S. History classes, stay late for students to re-take tests they sucked on last week, do 61 consecutive push-ups, listen to all of Jeff Tweedy's new triple album, hike/run up Grandeur Peak, do whatever activities my family might have scheduled although Ann is working a long day and my kids probably forgot it's my birthday.

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