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December 2015

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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
417.000.000.000.000.00417.00
Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00Altra Superior Miles: 110.00Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 25.00Sketchers Ultra Miles: 88.00Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00Sketchers Sonic Miles: 90.00Asics Tarther Miles: 27.00MonTrail Miles: 12.00Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00Brooks PureConnect Miles: 35.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Ditto yesterday.

Avg HR 136

I picked up some new trail shoes while I was in Utah, some Altra Superiors.  I have tried them the last couple days and really like them.  They have a very large toe box and lots of cushion in the forefoot and are very light and flexible for a trail shoe.  So far they're great.

Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00Altra Superior Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 more miles

8 road/ 4 trail

Avg HR 133

Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Another 12 miles

Different trail than usual

Avg HR 133

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
25.000.000.000.000.0025.00

25 miles on a beautiful morning.

I did the first 7 solo and then Blake joined me for the last 18.  It was great to get out and do a nice slow long run with Blake again.  It's good mental therapy for me. :)

Avg HR 136

 

Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00Sketchers Sonic Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

18 trail miles.  

The first hour was in the dark, using my knuckle lights to navigate the very technical desert trails.  I was happy how good my legs felt after yesterday's 25 mile run.

91 miles for the week! Another new all time weekly high for me.

Altra Superior Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

My usual 12 before work.

8 road/ 4 trail

Avg HR 138

Legs felt nice and peppy after my day of rest yesterday.

Asics Tarther Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Same as yesterday, but different trails.

Avg HR 135

MonTrail Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Finished up with seminary a little early this morning, so I got a little crazy today and did 13 miles instead of my normal 12.

8 road/ 5 trails

Avg HR 136

Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 13.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

16 miles on the trails in the dark. 

Avg HR 137

Altra Superior Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.000.000.000.000.0031.00

I did my own little 50 K this morning before work.

31 miles.  15 on the road followed by 16 on the trails.

Avg HR for the first 15- 135.  I took off the HR monitor of the trail miles.

Felt good.  Total time: 4hours 32 minutes.
 

Sketchers Sonic Miles: 15.00Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

16 trail miles this morning before the sun rose.

My legs were tired, as expected after running 31 yesterday, but not sore. I was very happy about that.

I just hit my first 100 mile week ever!  Tomorrow will be a well deserved day of rest.

Altra Superior Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

16 Trail miles in the dark.  Went down 3 times, not too hard though...guess my legs were still tired.

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
19.000.000.000.000.0019.00

After falling 3 times on my trail run yesterday, I needed a mentally easy, turn my brain off run, so I ran 2 miles to the gym, jumped on the TM with my headphones on, set it to 7.5 mph, ran for 2 hours on cruise control, then ran back home.

Total run 19 miles

Avg HR 132

Sketchers Sonic Miles: 19.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

I felt much better today on the trails after yesterdays mental break on the TM.

16 miles, finished fast and strong, and stayed upright the whole way.
 

Altra Superior Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

Another 16 on the trails.  Felt pretty good again today.
 

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 16.00
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
33.000.000.000.000.0033.00

33 easy miles

First 15 solo, followed by 18 with Blake

Avg HR 136

4 hours, 34 minutes

 

Brooks PureConnect Miles: 15.00Sketchers Sonic Miles: 18.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

I was planning on following up my 33 miler yesterday with a 20 miler today, but...

An extreme, acute pain in my lower right abdomen woke me this morning about 1:30.  I tried all sorts of things to see if it would go away but the pain just kept increasing.  At 3:30 AM I checked myself into the ER thinking I might have an appendicitis.  After some blood work, a urine sample, and a CT scan, it was determined I was passing a kidney stone.  They game me some real nice drugs, monitored me for a while, and sent me home.  I was back in bed feeling pretty good by 6:00.  

I woke up a little before 9:00 and was feeling good, so I threw on my trail running gear.  When I walked into the kitchen, my wife looked at me like I was crazy, heading out for a run after the night I had.  I went anyways but cut my previously planned 20 miler to a 12 mile trail run.  It was a beautiful morning and I felt really good...probably the lingering effects of the narcotics.

One funny thing at the hospital...when they first sat me down and hooked me up the the machines, the nurse had a panicked look and ask me if it was normal that I had a really low heart rate. It was at 42.  I simply said, "yes, I run a lot."  Then for the rest of the time I was there, I kept hearing him warn everyone who would come into my room,  not to worry about how low my heart rate was.

Altra Superior Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 on the trails in the dark.

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

12 more on the trails.

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
35.000.000.000.000.0035.00

35 miles:  15 solo followed by 20 with Blake. It was a beautiful morning in Lake Havasu around 50 degrees, with clear skies, and no wind.  I felt really good at the end and finished the last few miles uphill, but my fastest miles. 

4 hours 55 minutes

Asics Tarther Miles: 15.00Sketchers Sonic Miles: 20.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
21.000.000.000.000.0021.00

21 not so easy trail miles in winds gusting up to 40 mph. I few times the wind almost knocked me over. 

2 weeks till race day!

Altra Superior Miles: 21.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy trail miles.

Weird how I feel like a slacker only running 10 miles after all the high mileage weeks I did.

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Same run as yesterday.  10 on the trails

Avg HR 135

Sketchers Ultra Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.000.000.000.000.0020.00

My last longish run before my race.

TM for 20 miles at 8:00 pace.

Avg HR 131

Let the serious taper begin now!  10 more days.

I find this run quite remarkable.  Six months ago I started doing all my running by HR keeping at or below 141.  Six months ago, to keep my HR at or below 141 for just 1 mile on the TM, it took me 8:30.  Today I did 20 miles at 8:00 pace and averaged a HR 131.  I think that is crazy.

Oh, and I went over 400 miles for the month today. I had never gone over 300 miles for a month before this month.

Brooks PureConnect Miles: 20.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy on the trails. 

Altra Superior Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
417.000.000.000.000.00417.00
Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00Altra Superior Miles: 110.00Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 25.00Sketchers Ultra Miles: 88.00Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00Sketchers Sonic Miles: 90.00Asics Tarther Miles: 27.00MonTrail Miles: 12.00Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00Brooks PureConnect Miles: 35.00
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