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Location:

Orem,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jan 27, 1986

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best marathon: 2:23:57 (2007, St. George). Won the Top of Utah Marathon twice (2003,2004). Won the USATF LDR circuit in Utah in 2006.

Draper Days 5 K 15:37 (2004)

Did not know this until June 2012, but it turned out that I've been running with spina bifida occulta in L-4 vertebra my entire life, which explains the odd looking form, struggles with the top end speed, and the poor running economy (cannot break 16:00 in 5 K without pushing the VO2 max past 75).  

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for the US Olympic Trials. With the standard of 2:19 on courses with the elevation drop not exceeding 450 feet this is impossible unless I find an uncanny way to compensate for the L-4 defect with my muscles. But I believe in miracles.

Long-Term Running Goals:

2:08 in the marathon. Become a world-class marathoner. This is impossible unless I find a way to fill the hole in L-4 and make it act healthy either by growing the bone or by inserting something artificial that is as good as the bone without breaking anything important around it. Science does not know how to do that yet, so it will take a miracle. But I believe in miracles.

Personal:

I was born in 1973. Grew up in Moscow, Russia. Started running in 1984 and so far have never missed more than 3 consecutive days. Joined the LDS Church in 1992, and came to Provo, Utah in 1993 to attend BYU. Served an LDS mission from 1994-96 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Got married soon after I got back. My wife Sarah and I are parents of eleven children: Benjamin, Jenny, Julia, Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, Matthew,  Mary,  Bella.  and Leigha. We home school our children.

I am a software engineer/computer programmer/hacker whatever you want to call it, and I am currently working for RedX. Aside from the Fast Running Blog, I have another project to create a device that is a good friend for a fast runner. I called it Fast Running Friend.

Favorite Quote:

...if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and live as they lived.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 3010.45
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 640.15
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 450.37
Nike Double Stroller Lifetime Miles: 124.59
Brown Crocs 4 Lifetime Miles: 1334.06
Amoji 1 Lifetime Miles: 732.60
Amoji 2 Lifetime Miles: 436.69
Amoji 3 Lifetime Miles: 380.67
Lopsie Sports Sandals Lifetime Miles: 818.02
Lopsie Sports Sandals 2 Lifetime Miles: 637.27
Iprome Garden Clogs Lifetime Miles: 346.18
Beslip Garden Clogs Lifetime Miles: 488.26
Joybees 1 Lifetime Miles: 1035.60
Madctoc Clogs Lifetime Miles: 698.29
Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1164.32
Kimisant Black Clogs Lifetime Miles: 720.62
Black Crocs 2023 Lifetime Miles: 1743.12
White Slip Resistant Crocs Lifetime Miles: 759.93
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
290.190.0029.1813.00332.37
Black Crocs 2 Miles: 341.36
Night Sleep Time: 77.50Nap Time: 6.50Total Sleep Time: 84.00
Mon, Feb 01, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-01 09:05:05
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:53:39.90Pace8:07.14
Usual run. 14 total. Kids ran their usual distances with the exception of Julia (2 miles), and Matthew (did not run) due to colds.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:19:23.00Pace7:56.30
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time34:16.90Pace8:34.23
With Joseph and Jacob. I think we had Jenny for part of it.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Tue, Feb 02, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-02 06:54:13
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:54:48.00Pace8:12.00
Usual run. Kids ran their usual distances. Matthew was back to normal today - in fact he ran one of his fastest times for 200 meters - 1:09, only 1 second off his record. However, Mary got a bad cough.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:19:16.00Pace7:55.60
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time35:32.00Pace8:53.00
With Joseph, Jacob, and Jenny.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Wed, Feb 03, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.340.000.000.0014.34

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-03 06:46:47
Workout Totals: Distance14.340Time1:56:09.80Pace8:06.04
Total of 14. It was slippery in a lot of places. Kids ran their usual distances except for William who did 3. Joseph and Jacob did a pickup for the last mile on the little boy course. Their target was 7:00, they ran 6:50.
Leg 1:Distance10.300Time1:20:53.50Pace7:51.21
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance1.000Time9:30.80Pace9:30.80
With Stephen.
Leg 3:Distance2.040Time18:54.90Pace9:16.32
With William.
Leg 4:Distance1.000Time6:50.60Pace6:50.60
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.34
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Feb 04, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.002.000.0010.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-04 06:49:28
Workout Totals: Distance10.000Time1:12:44.70Pace7:16.47
Total of 12 today. Benjamin and I did a short tempo run down the canyon trying to fight the ice. Joseph and Jacob had sore throats, I had them run only 2 miles today. I think Jenny did only 4. Otherwise usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance6.500Time50:08.90Pace7:42.91
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time11:24.50Pace5:42.25
Tempo run with Benjamin. He paced me. It was slippery, but not too bad. Enough traction for 5:40 pace.
Leg 3:Distance1.500Time11:11.30Pace7:27.53
Back to the house.
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-04 08:48:23
Workout Totals: Distance2.000Time17:20.40Pace8:40.20
 
Leg 1:Distance2.000Time17:20.40Pace8:40.20
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Feb 05, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-05 12:09:32
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:34:16.30Pace7:51.36
Benjamin slept in this morning and was feeling tired in general, so I ran with him 8 miles in the afternoon. Otherwise kids ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time32:06.00Pace8:01.50
With Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance8.000Time1:02:10.30Pace7:46.29
With Benjamin.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Feb 06, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.200.001.653.7518.60

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-06 09:41:28
Workout Totals: Distance18.595Time2:26:45.70Pace7:53.55
18 total. Usual Saturday distances for the kids except for Jenny who took the ACT today and ran only 3. Benjamin and I did 6x1000 with 200 recovery in the canyon - first 2 down, next 2 up, and last 2 down. There was some slippage on the roads. I hit my downhill ones in around 3:30 - 3:34, uphills were 3:49, 3:53. Benjamin did the downhill ones in around 3:06, last one 3:01, uphills were 3:25 and 3:35.
Leg 1:Distance1.000Time9:26.30Pace9:26.30
With Stephen.
Leg 2:Distance2.040Time18:04.90Pace8:51.81
With William.
Leg 3:Distance2.000Time12:59.30Pace6:29.65
A tempo run of sorts. Out to meet Benjamin, Joseph, and Jacob, a little further to make it an even distance, then back to catch up, and finished with them.
Split 1:Distance1.650Time10:15.80Pace6:13.21
Cumilative:Distance1.650Time10:15.80Pace6:13.21
Split 2:Distance0.350Time2:43.50Pace7:47.14
Cumilative:Distance2.000Time12:59.30Pace6:29.65
 
Leg 4:Distance3.900Time31:53.40Pace8:10.62
Warm-up with Benjamin.
Leg 5:Distance4.375Time29:21.90Pace6:42.72
6x100 workout.
Split 1:Distance0.625Time3:24.50Pace5:27.20
Cumilative:Distance0.625Time3:24.50Pace5:27.20
Split 2:Distance0.125Time1:15.80Pace10:06.40
Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:40.30Pace6:13.73
Split 3:Distance0.625Time3:32.90Pace5:40.64
Cumilative:Distance1.375Time8:13.20Pace5:58.69
Split 4:Distance0.125Time2:02.90Pace16:23.20
Cumilative:Distance1.500Time10:16.10Pace6:50.73
Split 5:Distance0.625Time3:49.30Pace6:06.88
Cumilative:Distance2.125Time14:05.40Pace6:37.84
Split 6:Distance0.125Time1:24.60Pace11:16.80
Cumilative:Distance2.250Time15:30.00Pace6:53.33
Split 7:Distance0.625Time3:53.30Pace6:13.28
Cumilative:Distance2.875Time19:23.30Pace6:44.63
Split 8:Distance0.125Time1:28.50Pace11:48.00
Cumilative:Distance3.000Time20:51.80Pace6:57.27
Split 9:Distance0.625Time3:31.60Pace5:38.56
Cumilative:Distance3.625Time24:23.40Pace6:43.70
Split 10:Distance0.125Time1:24.40Pace11:15.20
Cumilative:Distance3.750Time25:47.80Pace6:52.75
Split 11:Distance0.625Time3:34.10Pace5:42.56
Cumilative:Distance4.375Time29:21.90Pace6:42.72
 
Leg 6:Distance2.280Time20:15.20Pace8:52.98
Back to the house.
Leg 7:Distance3.000Time24:44.70Pace8:14.90
With Jenny.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 18.59
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sun, Feb 07, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Mon, Feb 08, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-08 06:52:54
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:43:48.20Pace7:24.87
Usual 14. Kids ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:12:43.00Pace7:16.30
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time31:05.20Pace7:46.30
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Feb 09, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.700.000.003.7514.45

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-09 06:44:29
Workout Totals: Distance14.455Time1:52:08.30Pace7:45.47
Did 6x1000 with Benjamin in the canyon. 2 down, 2 up, 2 down, 200 meter recovery jog in between. Kids ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance3.800Time31:21.10Pace8:15.03
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance4.375Time29:05.70Pace6:39.02
Workout.
Split 1:Distance0.625Time3:21.60Pace5:22.56
Cumilative:Distance0.625Time3:21.60Pace5:22.56
Split 2:Distance0.125Time1:38.10Pace13:04.80
Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:59.70Pace6:39.60
Split 3:Distance0.625Time3:22.40Pace5:23.84
Cumilative:Distance1.375Time8:22.10Pace6:05.16
Split 4:Distance0.125Time1:38.00Pace13:04.00
Cumilative:Distance1.500Time10:00.10Pace6:40.07
Split 5:Distance0.625Time3:43.00Pace5:56.80
Cumilative:Distance2.125Time13:43.10Pace6:27.34
Split 6:Distance0.125Time1:44.90Pace13:59.20
Cumilative:Distance2.250Time15:28.00Pace6:52.44
Split 7:Distance0.625Time3:48.50Pace6:05.60
Cumilative:Distance2.875Time19:16.50Pace6:42.26
Split 8:Distance0.125Time1:30.70Pace12:05.60
Cumilative:Distance3.000Time20:47.20Pace6:55.73
Split 9:Distance0.625Time3:26.20Pace5:29.92
Cumilative:Distance3.625Time24:13.40Pace6:40.94
Split 10:Distance0.125Time1:31.50Pace12:12.00
Cumilative:Distance3.750Time25:44.90Pace6:51.97
Split 11:Distance0.625Time3:20.80Pace5:21.28
Cumilative:Distance4.375Time29:05.70Pace6:39.02
 
Leg 3:Distance2.280Time18:58.20Pace8:19.21
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time32:43.30Pace8:10.82
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.45
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Feb 10, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-10 06:49:04
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:47:30.20Pace7:40.73
Usual 14. Kids ran their usual distances except for Julia who was sick and ran only 1 mile.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:16:49.40Pace7:40.94
With Benjamin
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time30:40.80Pace7:40.20
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Feb 11, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.160.002.000.0011.16

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-11 06:49:58
Workout Totals: Distance11.165Time1:26:55.00Pace7:47.08
Total of 11. We tapered for the 10 K. Benjamin did 8, Jenny, Joseph, and Jacob 2. Julia was still sick and ran only 1 mile. Otherwise usual distances.

Benjamin and I did a 2 mile tempo down the canyon in 11:24. The road was mostly clear, but we both for some reason had a hard time staying awake.
Leg 1:Distance4.500Time35:53.20Pace7:58.49
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time11:24.10Pace5:42.05
Tempo.
Leg 3:Distance1.500Time12:42.40Pace8:28.27
Cool-down.
Leg 4:Distance0.125Time1:11.80Pace9:34.40
With Matthew.
Leg 5:Distance2.040Time16:22.30Pace8:01.52
With Joseph, Jenny, and Jacob.
Leg 6:Distance1.000Time9:21.20Pace9:21.20
With Stephen.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 11.16
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Feb 12, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.060.000.000.008.06

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-12 07:23:27
Workout Totals: Distance6.060Time45:57.30Pace7:35.00
Total of 8. Tapering for the 10 K. Kids were on reduced mileage - Benjamin did 6, Joseph, Jacob, and Jenny 2. Julia felt good enough to run 2 miles today. Benjamin and I did a pickup for 0.75 down the canyon in 3:54, splits 76,78,80. It gave a cause for concern - I kept losing steam, and Benjamin said he was feeling the pace was hard. He did stay up a bit later than normal the night before doing his home work, though, so that might be the reason.
Leg 1:Distance3.030Time23:27.60Pace7:44.55
Leg 2:Distance0.750Time3:54.20Pace5:12.27
Leg 3:Distance2.280Time18:35.50Pace8:09.25
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-12 09:48:10
Workout Totals: Distance2.000Time17:51.10Pace8:55.55
 
Leg 1:Distance1.000Time9:45.90Pace9:45.90
With Stephen
Leg 2:Distance1.000Time8:05.20Pace8:05.20
With William.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 8.06
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Feb 13, 2016
Race: SLC Track Club 10 K (6.214 Miles) 00:36:25, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.570.006.210.0015.78

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-13 09:25:59
Workout Totals: Distance15.780Time1:56:20.80Pace7:22.38
Salt Lake Track Club 10 K, 36:25, 4th overall, first master. Benjamin ran 32:48, 3rd overall, new course/unaided 10 K PR.

The conditions were good. Well, not perfect, but much better than two weeks ago. Temperatures a little above freezing, mild wind, cloudy skies. Got some inversion, not sure how much of a factor it was. All in all today was the day of the Crocs' revenge.

We ran as a family. Joseph and Jacob had a close race with Jacob pulling away at the end. Jacob ran 41:14, Joseph 41:16. Jacob managed a negative split - 20:40/20:34. Joseph's I think was either even or slightly positive. Benjamin had a negative split 16:26/16:22. Mine was positive, but respectable - 18:05/18:20. Jenny ran 45:14, 5th woman overall. She made the mistake of starting too far in the back - her actual time was around 45:04.

Sarah found out she was pregnant a few days and took it easy today running 58:56, but she also started too far in the back. Julia was feeling better after the sickness last week, but still not 100% so she took it easy as well running the first 5 miles with Sarah, and then picking it up in the last mile. She ended up with 56:48.

Garek won in 31:24, Riley was second in 31:34. Benjamin ran with the for the first 2 miles at 5:10-5:15 pace, then they sped up to something around 5:05 and he did not have that gear. However, he held on alone quite well.

I ran alone the whole way. Garek, Riley, and Benjamin were too fast, everybody else was too slow - Rob Murphy was 5th with 38:36. This was definitely another lesson in the physics of friction. Comparative data between the races:

Crocs runners:
Joseph 21:34/41:16, improvement (+) of 56 s per 5 K
Jacob 21:48/41:14, +1:11
Benjamin 17:31/32:48, +1:07
Myself 19:21/36:25, +1:09

Traditional shoes:
Garek 15:21/31:24 -0:21
Riley 15:34/31:34 -0:13
Rob Murphy 19:34/38:34 +0:17
Jason Ruebush 19:01/38:47 -0:22
Steve Allen 19:16/40:00 -0:44

So based on that, runners in traditional shoes more or less doubled their snowy 5 K time in the dry 10 K, while the Croc runners were 1 minute per 5 K faster given the double distance on a dry road. That should answer Jesse Hornok's question from the previous race post.

My splits per kilometer: 3:26, 3:39, 3:41, 3:41, 3:40, 3:48, 3:39, 3:39, 3:39, 3:35. First 2.5 K was 8:54, last 9:00, so I was happy that I ran 17:54 5 K over the same course in the middle of a 10 K.
Leg 1:Distance1.372Time10:58.50Pace7:59.96
Warm-up with Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance0.125Time1:25.40Pace11:23.20
With Matthew.
Leg 3:Distance0.329Time2:37.70Pace7:59.33
More warmup.
Leg 4:Distance9.014Time58:56.50Pace6:32.33
The race, includes running back to help the kids and Sarah.
Split 1:Distance6.214Time36:25.70Pace5:51.74
Cumilative:Distance6.214Time36:25.70Pace5:51.74
My race.
Split 2:Distance0.700Time4:50.90Pace6:55.57
Cumilative:Distance6.914Time41:16.60Pace5:58.20
Back to meet Joseph and Jacob, then finished with them.
Split 3:Distance2.100Time17:39.90Pace8:24.71
Cumilative:Distance9.014Time58:56.50Pace6:32.33
Back to meet Sarah, then finished with her.
 
Leg 5:Distance1.900Time15:03.60Pace7:55.58
More distance with Benjamin.
Leg 6:Distance1.000Time9:27.00Pace9:27.00
With William and Stephen.
Leg 7:Distance2.040Time17:52.10Pace8:45.54
With William.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 15.78
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Sun, Feb 14, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Mon, Feb 15, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-15 08:36:34
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:35:07.10Pace7:55.59
12 total. Kids ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time32:20.40Pace8:05.10
With Benjamin, Joseph, and Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance1.000Time7:24.60Pace7:24.60
With Benjamin.
Leg 3:Distance5.000Time39:50.40Pace7:58.08
With Benjamin and Jenny.
Leg 4:Distance1.000Time6:34.00Pace6:34.00
Alone.
Leg 5:Distance1.000Time8:57.70Pace8:57.70
With Stephen.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Feb 16, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-16 06:46:40
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:49:55.50Pace7:51.11
14 total. Usual distances for the kids.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:18:13.30Pace7:49.33
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time31:42.20Pace7:55.55
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Feb 17, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.700.000.003.7514.45

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-17 06:55:19
Workout Totals: Distance14.455Time1:50:00.60Pace7:36.63
6x1 K workout with Benjamin. 2 down, 2 up, 2 down. He did the first 4 with me, then ran his pace for the last 2 - 3:00 and 2:58. I went too fast with him in the first 4, and it showed in the last two - had no juice. Part of the problem may have been the lack of sleep as well. Kids otherwise ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance3.800Time31:28.70Pace8:17.03
Leg 2:Distance4.375Time28:58.60Pace6:37.39
Split 1:Distance0.625Time3:17.70Pace5:16.32
Cumilative:Distance0.625Time3:17.70Pace5:16.32
Split 2:Distance0.125Time1:34.10Pace12:32.80
Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:51.80Pace6:29.07
Split 3:Distance0.625Time3:19.60Pace5:19.36
Cumilative:Distance1.375Time8:11.40Pace5:57.38
Split 4:Distance0.125Time1:37.00Pace12:56.00
Cumilative:Distance1.500Time9:48.40Pace6:32.27
Split 5:Distance0.625Time3:45.40Pace6:00.64
Cumilative:Distance2.125Time13:33.80Pace6:22.96
Split 6:Distance0.125Time1:37.90Pace13:03.20
Cumilative:Distance2.250Time15:11.70Pace6:45.20
Split 7:Distance0.625Time3:41.90Pace5:55.04
Cumilative:Distance2.875Time18:53.60Pace6:34.30
Split 8:Distance0.125Time1:30.10Pace12:00.80
Cumilative:Distance3.000Time20:23.70Pace6:47.90
Split 9:Distance0.625Time3:25.80Pace5:29.28
Cumilative:Distance3.625Time23:49.50Pace6:34.34
Split 10:Distance0.125Time1:39.90Pace13:19.20
Cumilative:Distance3.750Time25:29.40Pace6:47.84
Split 11:Distance0.625Time3:29.20Pace5:34.72
Cumilative:Distance4.375Time28:58.60Pace6:37.39
 
Leg 3:Distance2.280Time18:32.80Pace8:08.07
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time31:00.50Pace7:45.12
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.46
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Feb 18, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-18 08:19:58
Workout Totals: Distance10.000Time1:15:56.50Pace7:35.65
10 total. Kids ran their usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time30:37.90Pace7:39.48
With Benjamin, Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance6.000Time45:18.60Pace7:33.10
With Benjamin.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Feb 19, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-19 06:48:56
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:48:37.30Pace7:45.52
14 total. Usual distances for the kids.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:18:40.80Pace7:52.08
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time29:56.50Pace7:29.12
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Feb 20, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.540.004.000.0017.54

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-20 08:20:43
Workout Totals: Distance17.540Time2:10:24.00Pace7:26.07
Did a workout with Benjamin. 2x2 miles with 2 mile recovery down the canyon. Got 11:22 and 11:15. Benjamin did 10:20 and 10:07. Joseph and Jacob did 5, Jenny 6, William 3, otherwise usual distances for the kids.
Leg 1:Distance3.900Time30:31.20Pace7:49.54
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time11:22.60Pace5:41.30
Leg 3:Distance2.000Time16:37.40Pace8:18.70
Leg 4:Distance2.000Time11:15.90Pace5:37.95
Leg 5:Distance1.640Time14:41.20Pace8:57.32
Leg 6:Distance1.000Time8:49.20Pace8:49.20
Leg 7:Distance5.000Time37:06.50Pace7:25.30

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 17.54
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sun, Feb 21, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 2.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00
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Mon, Feb 22, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-22 09:06:59
Workout Totals: Distance3.000Time23:54.10Pace7:58.03
 
Leg 1:Distance3.000Time23:54.10Pace7:58.03
With Joseph and Jacob.
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-22 06:52:17
Workout Totals: Distance10.000Time1:15:27.80Pace7:32.78
13 total. Had Joseph and Jacob run only 3 as they were feeling tired.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:15:27.80Pace7:32.78

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Feb 23, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.002.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-23 06:53:43
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:43:49.30Pace7:24.95
Total of 14. Did 2 mile tempo down the canyon with Benjamin. He paced me through the first mile in 5:26, then ran the last in 5:00. I was able to close in 5:31 alone. Happy to be under 11:00 - I think this was the first time this year. Joseph and Jacob looked like they had some energy so I gave them a challenge to average sub-7:00 over their 4 mile course. They were able to do it - 27:14 for Joseph, 27:23 for Jacob.
Leg 1:Distance5.720Time46:25.70Pace8:07.01
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time10:57.50Pace5:28.75
Tempo run.
Leg 3:Distance2.280Time19:02.20Pace8:20.96
Cool-down.
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time27:23.90Pace6:50.98
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Feb 24, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-24 07:10:49
Workout Totals: Distance13.000Time1:38:11.70Pace7:33.21
Total of 13. Slept in this morning, by the time I got up Benjamin had already run one mile. Usual distances for the kids.
Leg 1:Distance9.000Time1:08:16.90Pace7:35.21
With Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time29:54.80Pace7:28.70
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Feb 25, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.002.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-25 06:57:21
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:32:21.60Pace7:41.80
Total of 12. Tapering for the 15 K - somewhat. Benjamin and I did a 2 mile tempo down the canyon. He paced me through the first mile in 5:24, then sped up to 4:53. I closed in 5:30 and got 10:54 - 3 seconds faster than on Tuesday. The inversion bothered me a bit while jogging, and a lot in the workout. I think it bothered Benjamin somewhat as well - he got a side ache when he sped up, but was able to run through it.

My solution to the inversion problem is convert most of the office work to be remote. It is really a better way to do things - I have been doing it for the last 16 years. It is like exercise and eating healthy - you get better results when you do it, but it requires some organization and overcoming inertia, and it is something you will think you cannot do if you follow the short-circuit thought patterns. Thousands of people drive to the office every day for the sole reason that either they do not know how to use remote communication tools effectively, or their employer does not, and not willing to learn the new patterns.

I am a registered Republican, and I tend to vote Republican although in 2008 I could not bring myself to vote for McCain, and of course I would not vote for Obama, so I voted for Chuck Baldwin. And in 2016 if Trump gets the nomination, I will be voting for a non-major-party candidate again. I favor reduced taxes and deregulation in general. But I would support a bill with both hands that would impose an environmental pollution tax on businesses that made their employees drive to work when they were willing to do their work from home and a reasonable case could be made that they could be at least equally productive. Or maybe calculate the business tax based on the number of office employees that drive to work, and let the free market figure out how to reduce that number productively.
Leg 1:Distance4.360Time35:30.20Pace8:08.58
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time10:54.10Pace5:27.05
Leg 3:Distance1.640Time14:20.00Pace8:44.39
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time31:37.30Pace7:54.32

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Fri, Feb 26, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.310.000.000.7510.06

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-26 07:31:23
Workout Totals: Distance10.060Time1:16:49.70Pace7:38.22
10 total. Kids ran their usual distances expect for Benjamin who did only 6 - tapering for the 15 K tomorrow. We did a 0.75 interval down the canyon in 3:48 with the splits of 76,75,77. Much better than two weeks ago (76,78,80). Hopefully this will translate into a better race tomorrow.
Leg 1:Distance3.030Time24:12.20Pace7:59.27
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance0.750Time3:48.40Pace5:04.53
Interval.
Leg 3:Distance2.280Time18:12.70Pace7:59.25
Cool-down.
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time30:36.40Pace7:39.10
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 10.06
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Sat, Feb 27, 2016
Race: Salt Lake Track Club 15 K (9.321 Miles) 00:56:54, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.610.009.320.0013.93

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-27 09:30:56
Workout Totals: Distance13.924Time1:34:44.10Pace6:48.22
SLC Track Club 15 K, 56:54 (officially 56:57, but I am pretty sure that was off), 9th overall, 1st master.

Not a good race for either myself or Benjamin. The conditions were near perfect, but neither one of us could taken advantage of them. Something was terribly wrong today for both of us.

I felt a little weak at the start, but did not think it would result in this kind of a disaster. I opened with 3:28 1 K, felt decent, 5:40 at the mile, 7:06 at 2 K. So far so good, then boom, cannot even break 6:00 in the mile. Made it to the 5 K in 18:24, rallied a bit with 6 K in 22:06, and then boom. I longed for those 6:02 miles, because even that was not happening. 27:58 at the turnaround, 37:34 at the 10 K (19:10 5 K), and then the last 5 K in 19:20.

Benjamin ran 53:20. He went out in 5:14 for the mile, then 5:23, and then he could barely run 5:50 the rest of the way.

I am suspecting the chronic lack of sleep finally caught up to us. He has been busy with school. I have been busy with work and trying to teach the kids at the same time. So we got sloppy about going to bed on time. This race is a wake up call. Time to get strict about bed time.

Kids ran their usual distances at home today.
Leg 1:Distance1.500Time11:59.50Pace7:59.67
Warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance0.107Time0:31.60Pace4:55.33
A stride.
Leg 3:Distance0.107Time0:56.70Pace8:49.91
Jogging back.
Leg 4:Distance9.310Time56:54.10Pace6:06.71
The race.
Leg 5:Distance2.900Time24:22.20Pace8:24.21
Cool-down.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 13.92
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Sun, Feb 28, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 11.50
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Mon, Feb 29, 2016
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.001.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2016-02-29 06:57:00
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:48:39.90Pace7:45.71
Finally got good sleep. A nap on Saturday, 10 hours Sat-Sun night with only one Mary-wants-to-watch-a-Russian-cartoon midnight interruption, then then 1.5 hour nap on Sunday, and 8 hours Sun-Mon. I was amazed. My body happily took all of that sleep. It was almost like in the Soviet prisoner song "Comrade Stalin" : "We are falling down on the prison bunks like the trees we have been chopping and we have no knowledge of the insomnia of our leaders."

Total of 14. Usual distances for the kids. Did a pickup with Benjamin for 1 mile down the canyon in 5:14. Felt very good.

I am still in shock over how I have been able to trick myself into this long term sleep deprivation. I am thankful for the fiasco at the race on Saturday to give me a wake up call to take care of the matter.
Leg 1:Distance10.000Time1:16:34.60Pace7:39.46
With Benjamin.
Split 1:Distance6.720Time52:40.50Pace7:50.31
Cumilative:Distance6.720Time52:40.50Pace7:50.31
Split 2:Distance1.000Time5:14.10Pace5:14.10
Cumilative:Distance7.720Time57:54.60Pace7:30.08
Split 3:Distance2.280Time18:40.00Pace8:11.23
Cumilative:Distance10.000Time1:16:34.60Pace7:39.46
 
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time32:05.30Pace8:01.32
With Joseph and Jacob.

Black Crocs 2 Miles: 14.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
290.190.0029.1813.00332.37
Black Crocs 2 Miles: 341.36
Night Sleep Time: 77.50Nap Time: 6.50Total Sleep Time: 84.00
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