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September 2013

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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
78.700.000.000.000.0078.70
Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 26.70Sketchers R (7/26/13) Miles: 10.00Sketchers R Miles: 5.00Reebok Reelflex Miles: 4.00MonTrail Miles: 30.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

I did a mini triathlon with Blake this morning. We started with about 2/3 mile swim in the lake that took 20 minutes. Then we did an 18 mile bike ride in 54 minutes and finished with a 3 mile run. Unfortunately we had to cut the run short and slow it down a bit because my calf started acting up again. Looks like it will be another week without running. :(

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58 minute bike ride of 19.25 miles this morning. I was planning on swimming after work but work stressed me out too badly today and I didn't feel like doing it. I never understood how people would let work stress keep them from working out until now. It just mentally drains you and cuts any desire to do anything, even eat.

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43 minute lake swim. Felt fast today.

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Same 19.25 mile bike ride I did Tuesday.  I did 3 laps around the island.  The first and third I pushed all out.  9:49 on first and 10:03 on third.  It is a 3.8 mile loope.

22 minute lake swim after work

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44 minute lake swim. The lake was like glass this morning. I hope it is like that on race day. 

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1 hour bike trainer while watching MNF

2 mile easy run to test out my calf. It felt fine for those 2 miles, but I took it real easy.

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 2.00
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AM

1 hour bike ride. It rained on me this morning which was actually kind of fun. 

PM

45 minute lake swim after work

3 mile run later in the evening while waiting for Chase's soccer practice to end. No calf pain!

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 3.00
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AM

45 minute lake swim. It was really choppy this morning. I tried to welcome it as practice for a possible windy race day. I did choke on water once but flipped to my back until I recovered and then continued on.

PM

2 easy miles around the track where my son was playing soccer. Calf still feels good.

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 2.00
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AM

1 hour bike ride but 15 minutes of that I was changing a flat. I hit a rock and blew out my front tire.  Luckily my training buddy Blake happened to be riding by as I was changing my flat and he gave me an extra tire and CO2 cartrige so I could finish up my ride without worring about getting stranded.

PM

20 minute lake swim. That is all I had time for since I had to pick up Tally from Dance.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.700.000.000.000.007.70

30 minute out and a bit faster back this morning.  Ended up running 7.7 miles. The best part is that my calf didn't bother me at all, not even a little tight.

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 7.70
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Blake and I headed to Lake Mead near Las Vegas this morning to ride the course where our half ironman is next month. We road the first 49 miles of the course. It is up and down the whole way, not even a small stretch of flat and it gets very steep a lot. I rode a lot in my smallest gear. The bad part is they say those last 7 miles are the hardest part. I think I will be lucky to do the bike course in 3:10 on race day.

After the ride we did an easy 4 mile run which felt good considering we had just ridden so far.

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 4.00
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8 miles easy around the track watching my son's soccer game.. 1 hour and a few seconds

Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 8.00
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1 hour morning bike ride.  I'm getting faster!
 

After work I had to swim at the aquatic center because it was crazy windy out and the lake looked like the ocean.  I swam one mile in 30 minutes. I don't like doing laps in a pool. I never seem to get in a good rhthym having to turn every 25 meters.  I definitely perfer open water swimming.

5 miles running later in the evening waiting for Chase to finish soccer practice.

Sketchers R (7/26/13) Miles: 5.00
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20 more miles on the bike this morning in just under an hour.

 

PM

5 miles running during Chase's soccer game.  AP 7:35

Sketchers R Miles: 5.00
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1 hour cycle before work

42 minute lake swim after work

4 mile easy run later in the evening.

Reebok Reelflex Miles: 4.00
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1 hour cylcle this morning before work.

I may try and get in one more ride on my trainer tonight since it will be my last ride I get in before heading off to Hawaii with my sweetie for a week. Hopefully I'll get in some running and swimming while there, but the bike is staying home.

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5 hilly miles

2 15 min ocean swims

MonTrail Miles: 5.00
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7 hilly miles

MonTrail Miles: 7.00
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6 trail miles along the coast

32 minute ocean swim.

It's been an amazing week so far here in Hawaii.

MonTrail Miles: 6.00
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32 minute ocean swim.

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5 mile early morning run before a day of zip lining and playing in waterfalls.

MonTrail Miles: 5.00
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One final run in beautiful Hawaii before getting ready to fly home.

7 very hilly miles.

MonTrail Miles: 7.00
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5 easy miles that actually went pretty fast- 35:47

It felt good to get back home and run.  The weather changed while we were gone and it is now nice and dry and cool.  The next 8 months will rock for running around here!

Sketchers R (7/26/13) Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
78.700.000.000.000.0078.70
Brooks Ghost 5 Miles: 26.70Sketchers R (7/26/13) Miles: 10.00Sketchers R Miles: 5.00Reebok Reelflex Miles: 4.00MonTrail Miles: 30.00
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