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Location:

Salem,Ut,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2006 Ogden Marathon 4:19:33.

2006 St. George 4:05:31

2007 Riverwoods 1/2 Marathon 1:34:47

2007 Speedy Spaniard 10K 43:20

2007 Riverwoods 10 mile race 1:12:38

2008 St George Marathon 3:43:37 

2012 Spectrum 10K 43:54

2012 St. George Marathon 3:42:17 PR!

2014 St George Half  Marathon 1:40:34 C/PR

2019 American Fork Half Run Against Cancer 1:40:31 C/PR

2019 Nebo Half Marathon 1:38:09 2nd in my Age group 55-59.C/PR

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2024:

I'd like to just run more overall. 

Be more consistent.

Work on Speed.

Cross Train.

Run More races.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and keep running until I'm really old, and maybe get a Boston Qualify.

Personal:

I am Married and my wife Cindie and I have 5 kids. I am an insurance agent and have been for over 30 years.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 12.20 Year: 1037.32
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles: 174.36
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles: 187.75
Nimbus 26 Grey Lifetime Miles: 180.31
Cumulus 26 Lifetime Miles: 31.90
Nimbus 26 Sandstone Lifetime Miles: 109.68
Nimbus 26 Blue Red Stripe Lifetime Miles: 102.07
Nimbus 26 Orange/Green Lifetime Miles: 47.10
Fri, Apr 11, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.160.000.000.000.007.16

I ran out towards Payson park but stopped about a half mile short to cut out the hilly portion and then I tacked on a mile loop around my house at the end of the run... My legs were feeling really tired and I think it was from the 14 holes of Golf that I walked yesterday, pretty hilly:-) But after a mile warm up I threw in a few strides at the end of each mile and my legs seemed to wake up some what, but I must still be feeling the affects of the race last Saturday, which is kind of surprising, oh well no pain no gain! My average pace was 8:57 with my heart rate at 139, total time was 1:04:06... I hope to get in 10 miles tomorrow morning before I go golfing, so I will have to get up pretty early but that shouldn't be a problem:-)

See you tomorrow.

Asic Nimbus 9 (202)

Comments
From Tom on Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:12:54

Clay remember the running rule-of-thumb that says for a hard race expect to have to take as many days as there were miles in the race to fully recover. For 1/2 marathons I haven't always felt like it necessarily has taken 2 weeks to recover, but for those races where I've really pushed it that has been about right.

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