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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Oct 20, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.20

Since I had some deliverables due for work, I unfortunately missed out on my sub-6:00-am run. Also, after I go home from a busy day at work, I did not want to go out for a run at all. Feeling sort of sluggish, I was trying real hard to convince myself not to run today because I was too tired, it was too late, and I was hungry. However, I finally put these negative thoughts aside and just headed out the door. It took me a few miles to warm up, but I finally got into rhythm and my 7.2-mile easy-pace run over to the Cottonwood Country Club and back felt great.

Since I did not have time to hit the gym at work, my non-running workout was short and sweet in that I got in just 220 sit-ups and 30 push-ups.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.17	Total Sleep Time: 6.17

Comments

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 13:29:34 from 71.219.97.106

Last night was perfect for a run, though, don;t ya think?? (Not that I ran, just that I THOUGHT it was perfect. Wait, I ran around the corner to my neighbors, that counts.)

Nice work. How do you like running in the 5 fingers? Do your feet feel good?

From Rossy on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 13:14:36 from 151.151.7.55

Perfect night, but I really need to start getting my run on in the morning or afternoon; that is, it's difficult to wind down after a late-evening run. Consequently, I'm losing out on my sleep/recovery (Sasha would not be happy).

Running outside with the 5 Fingers takes a good two weeks to get use to (i.e., it's amazing how hard the ground feels and you realize there is a lot of gravel out there). My feet and calves are absolutely feeling stronger plus I'm much more conscious of my foot placements when I run. For example, I use to run up curbs by extending my leg out just to get enough foot on top of the curb; however, when I first tried taking a curb while wearing my 5 Fingers, I felt like I almost broke my arch in half. Of course, in my well-designed and highly-supported running shoes, I never noticed this. Anyways, keep up the running and blogging!

From Kelli on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 16:38:08 from 71.219.97.106

Very true about the night time running. It does make me VERY awake, plus I have to shower which is a pain!

Good luck with the 5 fingers, it sounds painful!!!

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