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April 2018

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles: 320.00
Salomon Ultra Pro Lifetime Miles: 387.00
NB 1500 V6 Lifetime Miles: 219.00
Adizero Pro Lifetime Miles: 57.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 346.00
Brooks Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles: 343.00
Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Lifetime Miles: 163.00
Inov8 G270 Lifetime Miles: 20.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
198.000.000.000.000.00198.00
Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 32.00Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 42.00Salomon Sense Pro Max Miles: 24.00Kinavara 8 Miles: 25.00Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 52.00Altra One Miles: 3.00Altra Superior Miles: 14.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 on the trails.  I'm getting the pelvis rotation thing down.  It is actually more of a swivel than a rotation.  It is simply running with your abs not your legs.  Remember when you were a kid and you were running at the local pool and the life gaurd blew their whistle and yelled stop running and you would go into this speed walk leaning forward and walking with your hips?  Well it's running like that with your hips swivelling forward and back.  To do it your core has to be activated so your pelvis is level and then your hips just swivel back and forth and you can feel it in your abs. Your legs are just along for the ride keeping you up so you don't hit the ground. Now I'm sure you're all even more confused.

Then core.

Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 6.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 on the trails followed by core.

I tried to maintiain all the form focuses I've added over the last month and I added a metronome to my running this morning set a 90 beats per minute.  I tried to keep my cadence with my right foot landing on each beat for a total of 180 strides per minute.  That is the first time I've ever run with a metronome.  It was just a smidge faster cadence than I am used to, but it was cool how I could run the downhills fast at the same cadence as I ran the uphills slow.  

Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 6.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

10 on the trails with the metronome again, running at 180 spm. 

Core work. 

Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 10.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 on trails at 180 spm

core

Salomon Sense Pro Max Miles: 6.00
Comments(7)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

14 with Blake. Getting warmer. 

Core

Kinavara 8 Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 climbing up and down Cupcake Mountain. 

Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 6.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy on the road, then core. 

Salomon Sense Pro Max Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Same as yesterday.

Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

6 on the trails then core.

I then had a phone conference with my Kingman office.

Then I ran a little over 3 miles to work.  My car is in the shop, so I'm going by foot.

Altra One Miles: 3.00Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 6.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 trails then core

Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 6.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

 12 with Blake

Core

Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy

Core

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 on trails then core

Altra Superior Miles: 6.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

Same as yesterday. 

Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 on the trails. It was beautiful this morning...54 degrees, sunny, and no wind. I ran down by the lake. I truly am blessed to get to be out there on the trails all by myself on a day like today. 

Core

Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 12.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

After spending 9 hours sitting in classes all day getting my CE done, I went to the fitness center here and got in 9 miles on the TM. Then I did some core work. They kicked me out at 8:00. I guess the Aria fitness center is the only thing that closes at 8:00 at night here in Vegas. 

Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

7 easy then core in the fitness center before starting another long days of sitting in class. 

How do people who have to sit all day for their work survive?  I’m so glad I usually am up and down and moving all day. 

I got in 8 more after my day of classes. Felt good to stretch the legs out. 

Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 then core. 

One last day of CE. 9 hours of class per day. I feel like I’m on the last 5 miles of a marathon. 

Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 6.00
Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 on the trails then core. 

It was nice to get back outside in nature. 

Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 on the trails then core.  Another beautiful morning but it is warming up.

Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 8.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 on the trails. 

Core 

Salomon Sense Pro Max Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 more on trails this morning.  

Core

Altra Superior Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

15 miles at a quick but comfortable pace. 

Kinavara 8 Miles: 11.00Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 4.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
198.000.000.000.000.00198.00
Altra Lone Peaks Miles: 32.00Salomon Wings Pro 2 Miles: 42.00Salomon Sense Pro Max Miles: 24.00Kinavara 8 Miles: 25.00Kinivara 8- Grey Miles: 52.00Altra One Miles: 3.00Altra Superior Miles: 14.00
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