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Location:

Ogden,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 22, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

800: 1:52.23 (Track @ University of Utah)

1500: 3:44.52 (Track @ University of Stanford)

Mile: 4:03.01 @ Sea Level 4:04.67 in SLC

Steeplechase: 8:38.03 @ NCAA Championships (All-American)

8k: 23:57 Big Sky Conference Cross-Country in Portland

10k: 30:40 Regional Cross-Country in Ft Collins

1/2 Marathon: 1:09:34 Snow Canyon Half

Marathon: 2:36:40 Ogden Marathon 2014

Short-Term Running Goals:

Well I'm back. No real goals for the rest of 2016

sub 2:30 Marathon in 2017

Half Marathon PR in 2017

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in all distances 5k and up. Run both road and trail races. Slowly build up my mileage (SLOWLY!!!!!!!) back up to 90-100 miles a week when my body is ready. Cut my weight back to 155 lbs (currently 165 lbs)

Personal:

Grew up in Colorado. Married to former Weber State runner Kayla Blackford and have a son Perrin born June 2016. Family of 2 cats and a dog in our quaint home on the Ogden Bench. Disc golf enthusist. Love camping and back packing. Snowshoeing in the winter. Love a good local beer after a long run

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Tue, Aug 13, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.920.008.000.0012.92

Aerobic building day. Dun Dun Dun!!!!!! (Ominous music)

3ish mile warm up with Riley and Bret, then pretty much a solo 8 mile threshold run. I saw some of those guys but it was pretty much a-holes and elbows. Spilts were 5:58, 6:00, 6:03, 6:10, 6:23 (over the freeway and took a wrong turn and had to come to a complete stop twice) 6:12, 6:08, 6:12. Average Pace 6:08.25. Wanted between 6 and 6:10 so very happy with especially since I have run three 12ish mile runs this week. It will be one month since I started running again on Friday. I could barely do 5 miles at 7:30. Trial by fire seems to work best for me. Very happy to have guys like Riley, Bret, Ken, etc to run with and force myself into shape. Huge help, thanks guys!

Saucony Grid Cohesion Miles: 12.92
Weight: 162.80
Comments
From RileyCook on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 09:13:15 from 132.3.57.79

Great start Dave. It's only going to get faster too from here. Nice run.

From SpencerSimpson on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 13:27:03 from 68.66.165.182

agree with Riley. That didn't take long at all. you will be flying in the sub 5's by next year brotha...

From Dave Olson on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 13:39:55 from 132.3.57.78

Thanks dude.

From AngieB on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 08:45:51 from 65.100.204.89

Your kicking butt having only been back one month. Impressed! Keep it up!

From Dave Olson on Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 13:46:44 from 67.182.237.143

Thanks Angie

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