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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: 2724.68
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
64.050.0012.000.0076.05
Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 76.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Sun, Jan 23, 2022
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, Jan 24, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-24 08:19:16
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:34:45.30Pace7:53.78
12 total. Easy runs for everybody, usual distances for the ones who are healthy. Joseph and William are still on reduced mileage. Taking a break from tempo runs and doing deadlifts to strengthen the glutes and the hamstrings. Also icing the hamstring.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time1:02:56.90Pace7:52.11ZoneEasy Miles
With Jacob, part with Joseph.
Leg 2:
Distance4.000Time31:48.40Pace7:57.10ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, part with Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Jan 25, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-25 08:23:27
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:34:22.10Pace7:51.84
12 total. Repeat of yesterday. Joseph is doing 4 miles a day, William 3. Otherwise usual distances.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time1:02:51.10Pace7:51.39ZoneEasy Miles
With Jacob, part with Joseph.
Leg 2:
Distance4.000Time31:31.00Pace7:52.75ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, part with William and Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Jan 26, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.002.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-26 08:24:42
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:32:40.10Pace7:43.34
12 total. Back to the daily 2 mile tempo. Decided to do it completely by feel without looking at the watch except with 100 meters to go just to make sure I have an idea of the time in case the button press at the finish goes wrong. Got 12:19. Jacob did it just ahead of me in 12:14. For some reason he was scared to go too fast when he did not have intermediate splits.

The hamstring bothered me a little.

Joseph did 4 miles, William 3, everybody else their usual distances. Benjamin did 5 K on his course in 16:42. He got a quad spasm again at the end.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time1:00:53.40Pace7:36.68
With Jacob, part with Joseph.
Split 1:Distance4.050Time32:26.80Pace8:00.69ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance4.050Time32:26.80Pace8:00.69
Split 2:Distance2.000Time12:19.50Pace6:09.75ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance6.050Time44:46.30Pace7:24.02
Split 3:Distance1.950Time16:07.10Pace8:15.95ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance8.000Time1:00:53.40Pace7:36.68
 
Leg 2:
Distance4.000Time31:46.70Pace7:56.68ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, part with William and Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Jan 27, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.002.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-27 08:31:23
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:31:09.60Pace7:35.80
12 total. Repeat of yesterday, except both Jacob and I were faster on the tempo run. He got 11:32, and I got 12:05. The good news is I thought I was headed maybe for 12:15. Joseph moved up to 5 miles. William still at 3, but he was able to run 24:02, earlier he was averaging closer to 8:30.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time59:43.20Pace7:27.90
Split 1:Distance4.050Time32:12.20Pace7:57.09ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance4.050Time32:12.20Pace7:57.09
Split 2:Distance2.000Time12:05.40Pace6:02.70ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance6.050Time44:17.60Pace7:19.27
Split 3:Distance1.950Time15:25.60Pace7:54.67ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance8.000Time59:43.20Pace7:27.90
 
Leg 2:
Distance4.000Time31:26.40Pace7:51.60ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, part with William.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Jan 28, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.050.002.000.0012.05

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-28 08:30:26
Workout Totals: Distance12.050Time1:31:10.90Pace7:34.02
12 total. Repeat of yesterday. Did 12:12 on the tempo, Jacob got 11:41. Felt sluggish, somewhat. Starting to get used to the idea of running by feel.
Leg 1:
Distance8.050Time59:57.10Pace7:26.84
With Jacob, part with Joseph.
Split 1:Distance4.050Time32:28.60Pace8:01.14ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance4.050Time32:28.60Pace8:01.14
Split 2:Distance2.000Time12:12.10Pace6:06.05ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance6.050Time44:40.70Pace7:23.09
Split 3:Distance2.000Time15:16.40Pace7:38.20ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance8.050Time59:57.10Pace7:26.84
 
Leg 2:
Distance4.000Time31:13.80Pace7:48.45ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, part with William and Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Jan 29, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.006.000.0016.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-01-29 09:10:15
Workout Totals: Distance16.000Time2:00:34.30Pace7:32.14
16 total. Did a 6 mile tempo run with Chad. 4 down, 1 up, 1 back down. Ran the first 4 completely by feel. Was surprised to see 24:40, thought it would be maybe 25:20. However, the next mile was the time to pay our dues - uphill and into a headwind. We ran 7:05. Then turned around and did 6:05, but the first quarter was 96 as it was hard to recover from the 180 turn.

I was happy with how it went. Maybe the deadlifts did something for me.

Jacob had a good run as well. He had 22:51 at 4, then 6:40 for the uphill windy mile, then 5:40 coming back down with 35:11 total.

Benjamin struggled today with the spams again, but was able to do 7.5 K in 25:22 + 2.5 K in 8:16.

Joseph did 6, William 3, Stephen and Matthew 5, Mary 1, Bella 0.5, Leigha 200 meters.

Sarah did her usual 6 miles.
Leg 1:
Distance3.870Time31:55.70Pace8:15.01ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up with Chad and Jacob.
Leg 2:
Distance6.000Time37:50.90Pace6:18.48ZoneThreshold Miles
Tempo with Chad.
Leg 3:
Distance6.130Time50:47.70Pace8:17.18ZoneEasy Miles
Cool-down distance with Chad, part with Jacob, part with Tris.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
64.050.0012.000.0076.05
Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 76.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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