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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.300.007.200.0030.50
The North Face Fire Road Miles: 14.70Griffin Miles: 9.50Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 15.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

AM

Took Griffin to Dutch Hollow for a mellow trail run.  It was about 35 degrees at 9:30, but felt so good in the sun.  Came face to face with a guy on his horse around one of the switchbacks.  Lucky he was nice cuz I think I would lose.

4.5, no watch.  Probably about 600 vertical gain.

 

PM

Road biking 30:00

The North Face Fire Road Miles: 4.50Griffin Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.800.000.000.007.80

AM

Wow it's getting cold, 21 degrees when I headed out...bbrrrrrr!  I think we're actually gonna have a winter this year.  Farm rd loop with river trail extensiona dn some strides towards the end.

7.8 w/ 4 strides, no watch

Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 7.80
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AM

Stationary bike, 30:00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

AM

40 push-ups w/ door gym & core,

6 out & back on 100s and Center St @ steady pace,

20 push ups w/ door gym

Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

AM

Took Griffin to the farm roads and did the small loop @ a chill pace.

3, no watch

The North Face Fire Road Miles: 3.00Griffin Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.007.200.009.20

AM

Took Griffin on his loop before heading to Zion for the Ragnar Trail Experiment.

 2, no watch

PM

Ragnar put together a test relay of sorts and invited my company to bring a team and let them know what we think.  It was a pretty cool set up at the Ponderosa Ranch outside Zion. Teams of 8 would have a runner start from the main campsite area, run a designated loop, then hand off to the next runner when they finished at the same area.  There were 3 separate loops that each runner in our team of eight had to complete.  so runner 1 ran loop 1, then runner 2 ran loop 2, runner 3 ran loop 3, runner 4 ran loop 1, etc. until each runner had completed all 3 loops. 

I would put this up as a race report, but due to rain the event was pretty much cancelled about 6 hours after it started due to rain.  The trails were a disaster!  2 people from my team tweaked their knees, I heard someone from another team fractured their leg, I passed a girl about 40:00 minutes into my loop(7.2 miles with about 800 feet of climbing) that was in tears because it was so slippery, wet & cold. 

 It was definitely frustrating being on sweet trails that wold be pretty fast, but were almost unrunable due to the slippery mud.  I had to drop to my hands and scramble up a few climbs or else I would have slid backwards.  I went down about 3 times from slipping around and was running thru knee deep troughs of water.  Not exactly what I'm into, but an experience I won't soon forget.  

 Overall it would be a good time and pretty cool race if the weather would have been better.

7.2 in 1:09:22.  800 feet climbing.

The North Face Fire Road Miles: 7.20Griffin Miles: 2.00Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 2.00
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Driving back from Zion.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.300.007.200.0030.50
The North Face Fire Road Miles: 14.70Griffin Miles: 9.50Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 15.80
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