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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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250.0011.003.006.00270.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

70 minutes deep pool running.

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2.000.000.000.002.00

20 minutes elliptical.  In St. George and the pool at the condo only goes 5 feet deep so I couldn't do a deep pool run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

110 minutes elliptical.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

20 minutes recumbent bike.

70 minutes deep pool running.

The blue elements in the image above appear to be a arranged in a continuous spiral, but in fact they form a series of concentric circles.  Your brain will argue so strongly for a spiral that you may need to run your mouse cursor around the circles a few times to convince yourself.

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6.000.000.000.006.00

Limited time this morning:

25 minutes recumbent bike.

35 minutes deep pool running.


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14.000.000.000.0014.00

70 minutes deep pool running:


 

 


 p.m. 70 minutes elliptical. Achilles still a bit tender even after this easy session.

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p.m. 50 Minutes elliptical watching survivor.  Perhaps I should go to some island to lose my extra weight.

 

  It has worked for Russell.


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6.000.000.000.006.00

60 minutes good deep pool running.

Amazingly, I can appreciate artistic videos, too.


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20.000.000.000.0020.00

a.m. 100 minutes deep pool running.

Remember Saturday mornings back in the day?

 

p.m. 100 minutes elliptical.  Achilles minor tenderness.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
27.000.000.000.0027.00

a.m.  170 minutes elliptical, achilles holding up.

p.m. 100 minutes elliptical.

Between yesterday and today, I got through the extended version of Fellowship of the Rings and Two Towers.  Imagine how short my workouts could have been.


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0.008.000.000.008.00

80 minutes deep pool running.

p.m. soccer practice with the girls in the rain.


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.000.000.000.009.00

90 minutes elliptical.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

70 minutes deep pool running.  I'm hoping pool running is the technology to rebuild me:

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

50 minutes arc trainer.

One hour barbell strength class.

 What a great team.

p.m. 60 minutes elliptical.

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16.000.000.000.0016.00

140 minutes elliptical.

p.m. 20 minutes striding in the pool, bearing some weight.


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18.000.000.000.0018.00

180 minutes elliptical.

Good luck to all running Boston.


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1.5 miles at 8:00, .5 at 6:00.  First miles in 8 weeks.

80 minutes pool running, mostly deep but with some shallow bounding.


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2 easy after helping to move my sister-in-law.

 

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9.000.001.000.0010.00

3 at 8:00.  1 at 6:00.

60 minutes deep pool running and bounding in shallow part of pool.

 

 

 

 

 


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2 at 8:00.  1 at 5:50.

One hour barbell strength. 

Wouldn't it be cool to have things go in reverse sometime, like is often the case in music videos.

 


 


 


 

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9.000.000.001.0010.00

3 miles at 8:00, .5 mile at 5:42, .25 mile at 8:30, .5 mile at 5:42, .25 mile at 8:3.

55 minutes deep pool running mixed with shallow bounding.

Two versions, same song:

 

 


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5 at 6:58, -3% decline.

1 at 5:52, - 3% decline.

1 at 5:49, -3% decline.

Felt great, decided not to push it, although it seems like I've been waiting forever to actually run.


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20.000.000.000.0020.00

a.m. 120 minutes elliptical.

p.m. 80 minutes elliptical.

Now, strike a pose.


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7.502.500.000.0010.00

Tired legs, but what can be expected after not pounding them for so many weeks.

2.5 at 8:00.  2.5 at 7:00

50 minutes deep pool running.


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

70 minutes elliptical.  Uneventful

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1 at 8:30, 1 at 5:49, 1 at 8:30, 1 at 6:00, 1 at 8:30.

50 minutes of deep pool running.










Hopefully my days of Aquaman-wannbeing are winding down.




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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.002.005.00

1 at 8:30, 2:55 at 5:49 pace (.5), 2:30 at 8:30 pace, .2:55 at 5:49 pace (.5), 2:30 at 8:30 pace, 2:55 at 5:49 pace (.5), 2:30 at 8:30 pace, 2:55 at 5:49 pace (.5), 8:30 pace to finish at 5 miles.

1 hour barbell strength class:


 Amazingly, I wouldn't play this game to begin with.



 



And, in this desperate attempt for attention, some girl hanging out in a guys’ room showcases her incredible jumping abilities


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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