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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: 72.31 Year: 3105.12
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
71.380.000.164.9176.45
Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 76.44
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to our ward and the Russian branch. Fasted for Ukraine.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Mon, Feb 28, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.120.000.000.0012.12

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-02-28 08:41:02
Workout Totals: Distance12.125Time1:36:28.60Pace7:57.41
12 total. Usual distances. Bella ran a mile record on the little girl course - 8:17. Splits - 2:05, 2:09, 2:03, 1:59. Otherwise, easy runs, usual distances.
Leg 1:
Distance6.000Time47:29.10Pace7:54.85ZoneEasy Miles
With Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:
Distance0.125Time1:21.80Pace10:54.40ZoneEasy Miles
With Leigha
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time8:17.10Pace8:17.10ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella, William, Stephen and Matthew.
Leg 4:
Distance2.000Time15:59.40Pace7:59.70ZoneEasy Miles
With William, Stephen, and Mary.
Leg 5:
Distance3.000Time23:21.20Pace7:47.07ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.12
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Mar 01, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-03-01 08:37:10
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:31:24.70Pace7:37.06
12 total. Easy runs for the kids except Mary and Bella. Bella almost beat her record from yesterday with 8:22. Mary ran a PR of 7:27 breaking 7:30 for the first time.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time59:54.00Pace7:29.25ZoneEasy Miles
With Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time8:22.00Pace8:22.00ZoneEasy Miles
With William, Stephen, Matthew, Mary, and Bella.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time7:27.40Pace7:27.40ZoneEasy Miles
With William, Stephen, Matthew, and Mary.
Leg 4:
Distance2.000Time15:41.30Pace7:50.65ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen and Matthew.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Mar 02, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-03-02 08:34:31
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:32:25.40Pace7:42.12
12 total. Easy pace, usual distances. Mary moved to 2 miles a day, Bella 1 mile a day.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time59:43.60Pace7:27.95ZoneEasy Miles
With Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time7:36.70Pace7:36.70ZoneEasy Miles
With William, Stephen, and Matthew.
Leg 3:
Distance2.000Time16:17.20Pace8:08.60ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, William, and Stephen.
Leg 4:
Distance1.000Time8:47.90Pace8:47.90ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella, Stephen, and Matthew.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Mar 03, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.850.000.001.1612.01

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-03-03 08:38:21
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:32:44.10Pace7:43.68
12 total. Did some pickups - a mile in 5:51 down, and the uphill sprint in 56.1. Jacob did the mile in 5:08. William had a sore throat and a fever, ran only 1 mile.
Leg 1:
Distance8.000Time1:00:00.10Pace7:30.01
With Jacob, part with Joseph.
Split 1:Distance4.730Time37:07.60Pace7:50.95ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance4.730Time37:07.60Pace7:50.95
Split 2:Distance1.000Time5:51.60Pace5:51.60ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance5.730Time42:59.20Pace7:30.12
Split 3:Distance2.115Time16:04.80Pace7:36.17ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance7.845Time59:04.00Pace7:31.75
Split 4:Distance0.155Time0:56.10Pace6:01.94ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance8.000Time1:00:00.10Pace7:30.01
 
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time8:41.70Pace8:41.70ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella, Stephen, William, and Matthew.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time8:08.60Pace8:08.60ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen, Matthew, and Mary.
Leg 4:
Distance2.000Time15:53.70Pace7:56.85ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew. Do not remember if we had Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Mar 04, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.160.000.160.0013.32

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-03-04 08:34:02
Workout Totals: Distance13.320Time1:52:08.30Pace8:25.13
13+ total. Stephen's redemption 15 K. He had his fear of distance panic attack almost all the way, but I told him he could run as slow as he wanted as long as he was still running. Then with 1.25 to go I told him that if he broke 1:20 I would give him $3. He sped up to 7:22 for the last mile and got the goal. Otherwise usual distances.
Leg 1:
Distance9.320Time1:19:48.40Pace8:33.78ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time8:47.70Pace8:47.70ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, William, and Bella.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time7:40.80Pace7:40.80ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew and Mary.
Leg 4:
Distance2.000Time15:51.40Pace7:55.70
With Matthew.
Split 1:Distance1.845Time14:47.20Pace8:00.87ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.845Time14:47.20Pace8:00.87
Split 2:Distance0.155Time1:04.20Pace6:54.19ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance2.000Time15:51.40Pace7:55.70
 

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 13.32
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Mar 05, 2022
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.250.000.003.7515.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2022-03-05 10:15:49
Workout Totals: Distance15.000Time1:59:01.70Pace7:56.11
15 total. Did a workout 3x1.25 down 7:28, up 8:10, down 7:27. 0.5 mile jog recovery. Was happy with how it went, though I was hoping for sub-8:00 on the uphill.

Joseph did the first and the last with me. On the last one, he kicked with about 600 meters to go, and got 7:14 for the last interval.

Jacob did the same workout - 6:38, 7:20, 6:38. Everything was great except forth quarter in 95 in the second interval.

Matthew did 6, Stephen 5, Bella 1. Mary asked to run 5 miles uphill to get the car. She had never run more than a 5K before. She did very well finishing in 44:56.

Benjamin did 5x1 mile all sub-5:00 with 1:30 rest.
Leg 1:
Distance1.980Time15:25.50Pace7:47.42ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up with Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 2:
Distance4.750Time32:14.30Pace6:47.22
Workout.
Split 1:Distance1.250Time7:28.90Pace5:59.12ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.250Time7:28.90Pace5:59.12
Split 2:Distance0.500Time4:20.40Pace8:40.80ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.750Time11:49.30Pace6:45.31
Split 3:Distance1.250Time8:10.70Pace6:32.56ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance3.000Time20:00.00Pace6:40.00
Split 4:Distance0.500Time4:46.80Pace9:33.60ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance3.500Time24:46.80Pace7:04.80
Split 5:Distance1.250Time7:27.50Pace5:58.00ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance4.750Time32:14.30Pace6:47.22
 
Leg 3:
Distance2.270Time17:21.80Pace7:38.94ZoneEasy Miles
To the house with Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 4:
Distance1.000Time9:03.80Pace9:03.80ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella and Matthew.
Leg 5:
Distance5.000Time44:56.30Pace8:59.26ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Matthew and Stephen.

Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 15.00
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
71.380.000.164.9176.45
Lopsie Sports Sandals Miles: 76.44
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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