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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2009 Provo River Marathon, 4:04:38

2009 Provo Canyon Halloween 1/2 Marathon, 1:27:22

2010 Ogden Marathon, 3:04:39

2010 Deseret News Marathon, 2:51:36

2010 Provo River 1/2 Marathon 1:19:01

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 2:52:24

2010 Just Cuz 1/2 Marathon 1:17:36

2011 13.1 LA 1/2 Marathon 1:19:43

2011 Timpanogos Half 1:16:51

2011 Treadmill Marathon 2:49:26 (pr)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 Boston.

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Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
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Elliptical Trainer 2012 Miles: 16.50Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 17.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

I'm so excited I found this little oasis in an otherwise dread full place.  Great run this morning, minus the pain, but just being out running is so great.  I got yelled at by some little old Chinese lady that I was running the wrong way but it would have tacked on an extra 5K to turn around at that point.

I took a few pictures to show how great this place is.

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Humm! Not sure why the pictures aren't working.  I'll blame the Chinese government for now.

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Wow!  Sittin' in my hotel room looking out the window I can't even see across the street through the famous Beijing smog. We have been lucky so far but this morning is awful.  I really shouldn't run in that crud but I really can't conceive heading to the dungeon gym.

Maybe I should just sit in my room and watch the Masters.

I decided to save my lungs and my legs and just did a hard 60 minutes on the elliptical while watching the Masters.  It's hard to push it on that thing but I kept my rpm between 100 and 110  and my HR around 150 the whole time.  I'm giving my self and 8.5 equivilent for that effort.  cause I can.

Elliptical Trainer 2012 Miles: 8.50
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A good rainstorm cleared out the smog so this morning was very nice for a run.  I ran 3 painful miles alone, looped back to the hotel and picked up Jeff my Co-Worker and took him to the Olympic Mountain Park.  By that time I was loosened up and started feeling really good, when we got to the park I asked how far he wanted to run, he said 3, well we had already gone 1 just getting there.  I looked at the map and saw a 3K loop, so we did that and back to the hotel for a total of 4 for him 7 for me.

Really nice run, I'm hoping to do the 10K loop tomorrow.

Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 7.00
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Best morning for a run since I got to China, perfect temperature, no smog and my leg felt relatively good.  I had done the 5K loop twice the 3K loop once and wanted to do the 10K loop today at Mountain Park.  I ran 2 miles waiting for the Park to open at 6, and then started.  There was a guy running pretty fast in front of me that I tried to keep with, he was running about 6:45 pace, I kept with him until the 10K path left the 5K at about 2, then I slowed way down.  This park has the trails marked extremely well, and has .5 K markers for all 3 loops.   The 10K took me across a freeway to a place I'd never seen before, the fact that there is a full 10K loop means that this park is at least as big as Central Park and I think a much better running route.  Not as many hills, but there are some.  

Very happy I found this place, now the thought of coming back here every year is not as depressing.  I doubt I will run tomorrow since we need to head to the airport at 6:00am, then I get to go run my 2nd favorite running trail.  Saywer Camp trail in San Mateo.

Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 10.00
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Pretty depressed today, I'm Jetlaged first of all, but I'm in San Mateo and close to my favorite running trail but this morning when I woke got up I was very tired and my Hip was hurting pretty bad from the long flight yesterday.  So I just went down and did the elliptical trainer.  

Maybe next year I'll be flying to Boston today.

Elliptical Trainer 2012 Miles: 8.00
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Elliptical Trainer 2012 Miles: 16.50Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 17.00
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