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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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Race: Running of the Leopards (3.1 Miles) 00:16:47
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
23.603.100.000.0026.70

This morning I woke up nice and early to test my knee out.  It was a little stiff and sore, but nothing bad.  So to get to the Running of the Leopards 5k, I jogged up to East High School then up to the Hogle Zoo.  Arriving a good twenty minutes ahead of the 8:30 am start, I decided--for old times sake--to run up Crestview Drive and a little ways down Wasatch Drive.  It seemed like my right knee and stride became more normal with each mile.  However, on the way to the This-Is-The-Place-State-Park starting line, I realized that my right knee was not too fond of running downhill (i.e., my stride just became choppy and short).  After my 8.5-mile warm-up run, considering the Running of the Leopards is a downhill race, I was a little bit nervous.  However, this 5k is for a good cause and just for fun, so before the starting gun went off, I began to relax. 

I started off a little bit conservative, but after the first half of a mile I started to gain my range of motion with my right leg, which started to feel a lot more comfortable with running downhill.  At the one-mile mark, the best part of the race, at least for me, happened.  A runner that was on my six yelled out “LOUDER!” at the volunteer reading off the split times.  I have no idea why, but these types of remarks (even just a single word) from passionate, vocal, and slightly stressed out runners just crack me up.  For some reason, I just find them way too funny.  So my mind began to race about why doesn’t this runner wear a watch and this is just the front half of the main pack of a Saturday morning 5k.  As a result, while leaving Research Park I was just trying to keep my composure.  Seriously, these runners and their level of passion just make running fun and entertaining.  The good news was that my mind was not continuously thinking about my sore right knee and I eventually refocused on picking up the pace the rest of the way.  I finished with an official time of 16:47 with the following splits: 5:28, 5:23, 5:16, and 0:40.  Also, the first place woman just dusted me on the track; it was a pretty awesome closing kick!

By the way, Fast Running Blog was well represented with Allie, James, Rob, and Steve who all ran solid races.  It was great to finally meet and talk to Steve and I just have a feeling that the D-News Marathon is going to be extra fast this year with so many strong runners participating.  I cannot wait!

Finally, it was totally my day because I won a raffle prize at the race (this never happens).  The prizes seemed to be all Utah Jazz related (needless to say, my favorite team) and of course, I did not win the Jazz t-shirt, but a huge Jazz blanket that was folded up and compacted into a plastic package that was the size of a kid’s backpack.  Hugging the blanket with my right arm and with the red tote backpack of race goodies slung over my left shoulder, I jogged down to the City Library to pick up a few books before jogging back to home for a total of 9.1 miles.  I dropped off everything then went out for a 6.0 mile errand run up to the Holladay Library to pick up a few more books then I stopped by Great Harvest to cash in my free bread punch card before returning home and calling it day running wise.

My non-running workout consisted of 300 sit-ups and a 100-second wall sit.

Five-Minute Plank Challenge:  2:00

Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge:  a serving of mixed fruit

Night Sleep Time: 7.67Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.67
Comments
From allie on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 17:41:56 from 161.38.218.168

nice job, rossy! thanks for saying hi -- sorry i couldn't give much of a response :)

monster mileage today and a nice ending to the week. i too am excited for desnews this year. it's going to be painfully fun.

From Bill on Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 18:08:01 from 71.219.143.176

Good Job in the race today. That was Susannah who is also on the fastrunningblog that came past you on the track. And it was me who yelled LOUDER in the race at the one mile split, only because as a race director you try to teach your volunteers what to do before hand and get frustrated if things go wrong.We want it to be a good experience for all the runners not just the front guys. Many don't have watches and like to hear a split not someone mumbling. We try to make it better each year based on runners comments and splits being called was brought up from the last two years. It was cold again at the start so we hope to have tents and heaters in the starting area next year. Happy to hear you won something, my son lucked out to and won Skull Candy ear buds, he has not taken them out. Hope to see you next year. And at Des News anyway. Des News has dropped all races this year from the USATF circuit.

From Walter on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 02:05:34 from 24.10.169.110

Nice job out there today you guys are awesome! I have my work cut out for me for sure!

From steve ash on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:19:17 from 76.23.2.151

John, Sorry about the knee issues. Keep going and good luck with the D-news training. You definitely have some potential to run to the top in the marathon.

From I Just Run on Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 22:57:30 from 71.41.149.142

Wow...when I first looked I thought you had run a marathon...with all those miles! Nice race and speed...Nice milage! Maybe that knee just needed a challange to feel better :) Hope it's ok tomorrow!

From Rossy on Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:33:10 from 167.138.234.16

Allie, thanks and no worries and I hope your shin is feeling better! Without a doubt, the Des News is going to painfully fun!

Bill, I cannot believe that was you and that totally makes sense; that is, the volunteer was pretty soft-spoken and you absolutely want to make it the best experience. There goes my theory that this faceless runner had to be one of my good friends who seems to always be screaming for "WATER!" when he approaches any aid station. Any way, you made it great experience for me Bill; that is, I sure needed something to distract my mind from my creaky knee and hopefully you get little if any feedback on split times this year. Also, I hope you took no offense to my race report remarks (if so, my apologies; that is, I just find the strangest things funny and most of the time I'm completely ignorant to why they happen) because you really do a tremendous job putting on this race and it's one of the best organized races that I have participated in. This year was the best; that is, This-Is-The-Place starting line was a plus and made it even faster! Tents and heaters would be nice (i.e., it's early enough in the year that you miss out on some causal 5k runners--two of my friends did a no-show because of weather concerns). Also, the main reason I started running this race is because one of my friends said you were the race director along with one of my colleagues (I believe he knows your parents) said you were an awesome runner (exemplified by the number of times you have dropped me in marathons) and a good guy, so I figured why not run this 5k. Needless to say, I'll totally be back next year and hopefully get that sub-16:00 (or a least sub-16:20). Lastly, interesting to hear about the Des News and I'll see you on the 25th of July!

Walter, thanks and again congratulations on the Riverton Half Marathon; what a neat trophy!

Steve and Preston, I was hoping the knee just needed a challenge, but I'm certainly no doctor and today its feeling like it will be a week on the elliptical and treadmill in order to gain back some strength and range of motion. However, comebacks are what running is all about!

Happy Running bloggers!

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