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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: 3.25 Month: 79.96 Year: 197.09
Kayano 29 Red/Blue Lifetime Miles: 136.15
Nimbus 25 Blue MS Lifetime Miles: 155.88
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles: 50.55
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles: 34.59
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.8517.000.000.000.0034.85
Kayano 17 Green/White Miles: 3.10Kayano Black & Lime Miles: 5.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.100.000.000.000.003.10

I ran out towards Payson via canal road, just a short little 3 miler trying to stay loose my legs are still feeling really trashed and it is a bit of a concern, I am just hoping that they will feel better as the week goes on... Average pace was slow at 8:59 with my HR average at 134 and my total time was 27:22. My legs felt really good last Wednesday and I was pretty excited but since then they just feel trashed. Maybe this week they will come back with the real light week, that's my hope anyway.

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano 17 Green/White Miles: 3.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.100.000.000.000.003.10

I ran out past the stake center this morning and my legs finally felt better, I had a quicker turn over and they just feel better, so I hope taking Thursday and Friday off they will be good to go... My average pace 8:29 with my total time at 26:20 and my HR average was at 139, that's a good HR for that pace for me anyway. I did my usual stretching and called it a day. I will run a couple of miles tomorrow real easy and then Thursday and Friday I will be resting, I still don't know what kind of shape I'm in but I'm hoping with a little race day magic and adrenaline I can have a good race!

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano Black & Lime Miles: 3.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.450.000.000.000.002.45

My last run before Saint George! We will head down tomorrow and just relax and hopefully my legs will continue to recover so I can really go after it. My average pace this morning was 8:54 with my total time at 21:39 my HR monitor didn't work this morning which is kind of weird, oh well I don't really need it anyway. I'm not feeling real chipper, my legs felt pretty good yesterday but today they weren't... Just really sluggish and hard to get moving so I will not run anymore till Saturday and I can only hope that they will be ready to go!  Good luck to everyone running the marathon and I hope to see some of my blogger friends while I'm at the race, be safe!

See ya Saturday.

Kayano Black & Lime Miles: 2.45
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Race: Saint Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:55:06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.2017.000.000.000.0026.20

I really had hard time today! I was pretty good through 16 and 17 miles but after that my legs just blew up and they were done... The last 9 miles I had to run walk the rest of the way in, I know some had to do with the heat and I also think the lack of proper training really failed me today... I was injured from March to the middle of July and I just couldn't get enough training in and certianly not enough downhill training. I haven't had to walk in a race for along time and it was truely humbling, but with heat and the legs letting me down it just made for a bad combination. Its my first full marathon since 2008 (SG) which I did in 3:43:00 so I thought maybe with some race day magic I could pull off a 3:30 but it just wasn't to be. I really need to work on my base mileage over the winter and try and get stronger in the legs so I can start improving, I can't run marathons just to run them, if I'm not getting faster and improving then I feel I'm wasting my time, I'm just not built that way and I feel like I have been going backwards the last couple of years. I'm sorry that I'm complaining but it was a real tough day and it has been a ruff couple of years. I'm going to hold off on the splits till later cuz I feel like its really not meaningful to list them at this point.  Don't get me wrong I really gutted it out today and I'm proud of myself for that cuz it would have been real easy to catch the shuttle down but I didn't... My time is un-offical but its close enough for today until I get the results. My legs feel pretty good but I have a real narly blister on my left pinky toe and it is really sore, which is kind of wierd cuz I usually don't get blisters, and I think the lack of downhill training is the reason for that. There just wasn't enough time. I will take a week off and let all my wounds and blisters heal and then pull up my boot straps and get after it again, I know I am and can be a better runner than this but that will depend on my body co-operating and staying injury free.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.8517.000.000.000.0034.85
Kayano 17 Green/White Miles: 3.10Kayano Black & Lime Miles: 5.55
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