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Location:

Dallas,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 21, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 19:03 - Race 4 Recovery (2009)

10k - 42:23 - SLCTC Winter Series (2010)

10 mile - 1:01:51 Riverwoods 10 mile..measured 10.07 (2011)

1/2 Marathon - 1:24:53 - SLC Half Marathon (2011)

Marathon - 2:54:47 - Top of Utah (2011)

Ultra (36.72 miles) - 4:41:32 - Wasatch Back Relay Ultra Team (2009)

R2R2R @ the Grand Canyon with a group of friends - 16 hours(2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back in decent running form. Maybe enter a road race in 2017?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 5k under 18:00

Personal:

Have been active my whole life, but turned my focus to running in 2006 after deciding to run a marathon. I really enjoy the training aspect and staying healthy, but mileage has been on the decline over the past 3 years due to work commitments, so focus has turned away from races and more on just staying fit enough to still enjoy getting out. Moved from Utah to Texas in October 2016 with my wife and 3 month old babe.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Griffin Lifetime Miles:						770.29
Salomon Synapse Lifetime Miles:						108.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles:						194.25
Brown Crocs Lifetime Miles:						64.00
Bike Miles 2016 Lifetime Miles:						1074.50
TNF Hyper Track Guide #2 Lifetime Miles:						7.00

Thu, Sep 08, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.55

AM

Ran from my office to Glenwild and did the frontside loop. It's only a 6-mile loop, but climbs about 900 feet in the first 3 miles with some rocks to maneuver and then has some good switchbacks comin down. My legs feel pretty beat now, so gotta start takin it easy before next weekend.

8.55 in 1:07:59, avg. 7:57 per mile. 1,000 ft vertical gain

3:30 PM

Cruisin in the sun on the Millenium trail and frontage road.

4 miles, no watch

The North Face Fire Road Miles: 8.55	Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 4.00

Comments

From allie on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 14:34:01 from 161.38.218.168

james and i "hiked" the glenwild loop a few weeks ago. it was more of a nature walk, i guess. nice loop though.

taper time!

From Seth on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 18:59:05 from 199.188.28.8

I love to run there. Lots of different route options and great views!

Yeah it is! Do you change any eating habits while you're tapering? I'm afraid if I keep eating how I do I'll gain some weight since during my taper.

From allie on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 19:55:07 from 24.10.191.18

there is definitely the potential to gain weight during the taper with the decrease in mileage and the increase in eating with all the "carb loading". i try to keep my diet as normal as possible -- nothing new that could potentially disagree with the digestive system. my body does weird things during the taper, and for whatever reason i tend to drop weight right before the race (sometimes as much as 5 lbs!) it all comes right back on after the race though :)

in the week leading up to the race when i am running less mileage, my eating sort of follows suit -- i just eat less. i don't do it on purpose though, and i am certainly not depriving myself of anything so i don't put on weight before the race. i just eat intuitively, and it just so happens that i am less hungry when i am not putting in as many miles (that, and i am usually nervous!) i also don't really follow a traditional carb load in the 1-2 days before the race. i certainly eat enough carbs as it is (you should see how much fruit i consume), so i don't feel the need to increase that by much. i just add in an extra serving or two here and there to "top off" but i don't like the idea of gorging myself with carbs because it makes me feel sluggish and gross on race morning. i think most people would agree -- we've all experienced those race morning POP visits after 5 giant plates of spaghetti the night before :) (sorry...)

i have an interesting read about tapering that adamRW shared with me before TOU last year. i'll email it to you...

From Seth on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 12:40:41 from 199.188.28.8

Cool, thanks for the advice! I eat a ton of fruit and grains as well, so will just call that good. I don't want to have any stomach issues the day of the race.

From Burt on Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 18:00:52 from 206.19.214.144

Write a book allie.

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