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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: 21.56 Month: 14.41 Year: 332.83
Kayano 29 Red/Blue Lifetime Miles: 136.15
Nimbus 25 Blue MS Lifetime Miles: 199.18
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles: 90.60
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles: 86.98
Mon, Jul 05, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.007.007.00

I slaved through the elliptical for 70 minutes and its all I could do to get through it!!! I started out with 10  minute warm up and then I did some interval training. Five minutes with the RPM above 100 and then 5 minutes at an easier pace around 90 RPM, after that I did the program number 2 which is resistance up to 7 and then it backs back down. After the program I cooled down for another 10 minutes, I finished up with some strength training on my upper body. I don't know if I can keep this up mentally, its just so hard spending that much time on that darn thing, oh well I guess I will just do the best that I can.

See ya later.

Kayano 16 Red Miles: 7.00
Comments
From Tom on Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 21:39:46 from 67.199.180.90

Man 70 minutes on the EM that is tough! Nice job sticking with it the whole time. I wish I had the magic formula that made crosstraining like this easier but I'm still looking for it myself. Lately I haven't been doing more than 45 minutes of XT at a time, and that's spread across 3 types of machines, but I really just don't enjoy it much at all. Funny how a 2 hour run can be so much more enjoyable and seem to take shorter time.

Like you said...just need to "do the best you can".

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