| Location: Kaysville,UT,USA Member Since: Oct 11, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: I started running in December 2006. I just completed my 11th marathon.
PR 3:17 at the 2011 St. George Marathon PR 1:28 at the 2011 Striders WRC 1/2 Marathon
3:35 at the 2010 Boston Marathon
4 ultra marathons including the 2009 Wasatch 100 in 30:33. Completed the 2011 LOTOJA on a tandem with my wife in 11:00:32.
Short-Term Running Goals: Improve my PR to 3:09 in any marathon. Run a 3:19 at Boston in 2013. Long-Term Running Goals: Have the body of a drill sergeant at 60 years old! Personal: Married with four sons. My oldest is currently serving an LDS mission in Knoxville, TN. My wife and I also love to cycle together and we completed eight 100+ mile rides last year. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 245.00 | 57.00 | 22.70 | 3.75 | 328.45 |
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| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 199.75 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 218.00 | Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 43.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Pre-marathon taper easy miles. |
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St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:39:58, Place overall: 1137, Place in age division: 881 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.20 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| This race was not my best, but it was what I should have expected after having spend most of the summer bike riding in preparation for the LOTOJA. I ran the first 17 miles at 7:33 (128 minutes) and the remaining 9 miles in 92 minutes. Calf and chest cramps and exhaustion. Heat and dehydration were factors. Awesome marathon though. Next time. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Not much time today. Call it another rest day. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Recovery miles. Right big toe knuckle hurting |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| More recovery miles. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran up to Aunt's house and back. 2 flat, 2 up and 2 down. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Fell hard on some lava rock during a family fall trip to the Grand Canyon. Landed on the pointed end of a boulder with my full weight on my right butt cheek. Deep bruise. Shaking from running is very painful. Left foot bothering me some since St. George |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Fall break hike with the kids in the Grand Canyon. 3 miles down, 3 miles up and out. Made me want to do the R2R2R next fall. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Foots been bothering me ever since St. George. Taking it kind of easy for a few weeks. spent 50 minutes on the ellyptical. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Soaked foot in ice last night and was able to run about 3/4 of a mile before it started to bother me. Finished two easy miles. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Spin class for 1 hr and then a few easy miles on the treadmill. Been soaking my foot morning and night in ice water. Seems to be helping. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Two more easy miles. Foot feels even better today. Looks like we're headed in the right direction. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Spin class for 1 hour. Still icing foot. Feeling better every day. Looking forward to a more normal training week next week. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 17 mile bike ride with Lisa. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Shooting for an easy 25 miles this week with a good long bike ride on Saturday. Should have iced the foot over the weekend (left foot, big toe knuckle). Amazing what a difference that makes. Felt a little twinge this morning, but iced after and will tonight and will probably be good for 10 tomorrow morning. That's the goal. Signed up for the Striders Winter Racing Circuit over the weekend. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Left foot big toe knuckle was sore for first 4 miles. Going to dial up the ice water and ibuprofen and see if I can get rid of this problem. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Spin class only today. Give the toe a day off. |
| 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran five miles on the treadmill and took my bike to work. Rode home and met my wife halfway (24 miles total). |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Biked to work 24 miles. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| I'm not sure I can really call these easy miles. I hiked with three other freinds to the top of Chinscraper summit starting in the dark at 7am. We climbed 4,000 feet and then ran down the other trail back to the base. Awesome. I love running on the trail. However, I'm paying for it now with soreness! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Still getting over the soreness of Saturday's climb and run. Glad to break things up a bit with 5 miles on the treadmill. Here comes winter! |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Still recovering from Saturday's shocking effort. Quads are more fried than after my first marathon. Weird. Should be feeling better tomorrow. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 1.5 miles before spin class. Another 1.5 miles after. Great workout at the Sportsplex in Kaysville, UT. |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 3.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Great progressive treadmill run. Everything's feeling pretty good after a tough week of soreness. |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Ran 1 mile before and 2 after spin class. Then ran two at lunch. Beautiful day! |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 3.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Had a great run with Troy Anderson and the Summit Busters running club. Wonderful weather for a run. Surprisingly light at 7am. |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 10.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 6 miles this morning. 3 easy and then 3 at MP using the treadmill incline alternating quarter miles at 1, 2 and 3%. 2 easy miles at lunch. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 2.00 | Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Spin and run! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.50 | 7.50 |
| Great progressive workout. Everything's feeling good. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 6.00 |
| Easy workout on the treadmill, but mixed in some Fartlek. Every mile at .9 I jumped off the treadmill (Sportsplex in Kaysville) and ran downstairs, around the basketball court and back up to the treadmill and then continued. cranked it to 9.9mph for the last 1/2 mile because I knew it was time to go, but I wanted to get in at least 6 miles. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| Long treadmill run. Mixed it up with speeds and incline. Treadmill track got hot under my feet! Treadmill limits time to 1 hour before it resets. Did 7 miles in 59 minutes and another 7 miles in 57.5 minutes and climbed 250 feet each hour. Added another mile at 10 min pace to cool down and make it 15. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Easy recovery run. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to a 2 1/2 hour spin class to start Thanksgiving Day. Ate 1/4th of a cookie with Crickets in it that our spin class instructor (Kyle Brown) made. The crickets weren't noticeable. My wife also tried it! Went for 1 ski run at Snowbasin to hit opening day. Ski'd on the telemark skis and was glad it came back to me since last year was my first season skiing telemark style. |
| 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 46.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lazy day. Slept in and took my son shopping for his mission. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Sick with the flu. But went to run and try and sweat it out. Also went skiing for four runs. Conditions are the best I've seen this early in the season. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy run. Still feeling under the weather. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Treadmill with the heater blasting on me for the last five miles. Nasty! |
| Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Run/Spin/Run. Tough spin class today. Heart rate averaged 158 over the 40 minutes. Sweat like a pig. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 2.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nothing today. Stayed up late last night watching a movie with my son who's headed on a mission in two weeks. Family time for the next two weeks as much as possible. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Run Spin Run! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 3.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Treadmill long(ish) run. Climbed 600 feet over the course. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy run. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Nice medium long run OUTSIDE! Great weather today. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Run Spin Run! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 4.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Run Spin Run! |
| 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.00 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Ran a 10k in 49 minutes. Not super fast, but I didn't start out intending to do a fast run. Then, as usual, one thing led to another and before you know it I'm racing the clock again. Great to run outside though. Terrific weather. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Spin 17 and run 6. Great workout. Took my son to the MTC today to go to the Knoxville, TN mission. Awesome experience. He's gone now! We miss him terribly already, but he is in the right place at the right time of his life and he will learn to love God and serve others. Very exciting. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I forced myself to do the whole run easy today. Very refreshing when I do this. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Run spin run! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 3.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| Did a nice progressive run. Felt great. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 10.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Only had a short time, so I ran one 9 min mile. Then ran alternating 9 min and 6:40 min (9mph) pace quarter miles for 3 miles (6 fast quarters). First speedwork in a while. It felt great. I'm excited to push my speedwork more this year and see what that brings. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Run Spin Run. Kids are out of school so I didn't have to hurry home to see them off and was able to fit in a total of 5 miles including the spin class. HR averaged 159 over 45 minute spin class. Good effort. Sweat like a pig! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 5.00 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.75 | 7.75 |
| Progressive run. Ran first at 6.7mph on TM (9min/mile). Then 6.9, 7.2, 7.5, 8, 8.5, and 9 (6:40min/mile) for last 3/4. That put me at an average 7:45min/mile pace for 1 hour, which is when you have to reset the TM's at the gym. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 7.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy run average at 8:42. Then went skiing. Nice Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas to anyone who ends up reading this! |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
| Started easy, but did a nice progressive run with the goal of averaging 7:30 pace to get 8 miles in before the treadmill auto stops at 1 hour. Then I ran 3 more miles at 8:34 pace. I also make sure I climb some and today I climbed over 500 feet over the course. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| On vacation in Sun Valley. Ski'd from 9:30 to 4pm. Great snow. Then went swimming with the kids. A unique and wonderful endurance day! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Another ski day in Sun Valley after they got dumped on with 12 inches of powder last night. One of the most amazing days of skiing of my life. Simply awesome. Powder all day long. then amazing sunshine with brilliant blue skies in the afternoon.
Then an endurance drive back home. Icy roads on the freeway all the way home. Took us about an hour and a half longer than usual to make the journey. Very scarey, but with kid prayers and a few of my own we made it home safe! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 12.00 |
| After beating up my legs on the slopes the last two days and feeling a bit under the weather, I thought I'd take it easy today. But the treadmill I got on gave me 99 minutes instead of the usual 60 (which I can just restart) before auto stopping. So in a moment of excitement at this opportunity to see what I could do in 99 minutes I reset my goals and completed 12 miles. In minute paces I ran 10, 9, 8:34, 8:27, 8:20, 8:13, 8:06, 8, 7:47, 7:30, 7:03, 7. From about mile 2 through mile 7 I dialed up the incline on the the first 1/4 mile to 5.0 to similute some hill climbing and ended up climbing 600 feet over the course of the run. Good day. I even had a slight cold last night and I think it blew that out of my system. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Enjoyed an easy run at 8:30 pace on the TM. Climbed 300 feet. |
| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 245.00 | 57.00 | 22.70 | 3.75 | 328.45 |
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| Saucony Jazz 13 Miles: 199.75 | 2010 Spin Miles Q4 Miles: 218.00 | Addidas Supernova Pair 3 Miles: 43.50 |
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