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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Hood to Coast 2011 (31:32:39)

Wasatch Back 2011 (31:08:54)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZeUjUmr-o

Wasatch Back 2010 (30:21:29)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaoleQmhjoA

Wasatch Back 2009 (31:01:17)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBm5Bz2sp8

Wasatch Back 2008 (29:14:47)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErvZKrPxGQ

Boston Marthon 2008 (3:07:55)

Deseret News Marathon 2011 (2:39:50)

Deseret News Marathon 2010 (2:40:14)

Salt Lake City Marathon 2010 (2:49:28)

Philadelphia Marathon 2009 (2:50:58)

Fight for Air Climb 2011: 31 climbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7VrGf8oUU

Short-Term Running Goals:

To run as a member of Shoulda Bought Puts: Team of Sams for the 2011 Wasatch Back!

 

To have fun running three marathons (Salt Lake, D-News, and NYC Marathon) and a trail race (probably the XTERRA Trail Running National Championship) in 2011

 

To improve my agility/balance

 

To take constructive steps to eat healthier

 

To get more quality sleep

Long-Term Running Goals:

To increase my overall strength and conditioning

To return to Hopkinton for the Boston Marathon

To freshen up on my French to run the Paris Marathon

Personal:

Hobbies are studying for the CFA exam and recycling

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In order to catch up on my sleep (my weak excuse for sleeping in), I saved my running workout until the evening.  As a result, after I got home from work I put on my Vibram Five Fingers and headed out for an easy-pace run down to Granite High School.  Once at the school, a completed two laps around the track.  By the way, the contrast between the tack and the road is pretty sharp when you are wearing Five Fingers; that is, the rigidity of the payment is amazing.  Following my short track workout, I headed back home by way of Big Cottonwood Park.  I covered a total of 6.2 miles during my run, which happens to be my longest run to date in Five Fingers!  My aim is to eventually get my Five-Finger mileage up to where my feet are strong enough to run a marathon in a pair of racing flats.  I have my work cut out for me with this objective, but hopefully I can get to this point by April 17th (i.e., the day of the Salt Lake City Marathon).

For my non-running workout, it was sort of a recovery day in that I was only able to get in 320 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.33Total Sleep Time: 7.33
Comments
From The Howling Commando on Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 06:40:59 from 72.224.31.85

320 situps? Abs of steel! Phew! My goal is to get more runs in the FF as well. I notice that I run stronger and my feet are less likely to fatigue during longer races if I've put some time in with them.

If only we could figure out a way to all get 10 hrs of sleep every night without losing time for other things. I'm dragging by the end of the week! Haha. Hope everything goes well. I'll let you know how my race goes on Sunday. You think I should try any type of jogging before the race? i.e. tonight?

From Rossy on Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 23:32:59 from 67.150.122.230

Sorry for the delayed response (i.e., another busy week at work). However, from your last posting, it sounds like your ankle is holding up relatively well; that is, way to decrease your miles per minute from 9-8 over five miles. Anyways, good luck with tomorrow's race!

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