Breaking the Wall

Week starting May 12, 2019

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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:	40.31	Year:	3073.12
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 Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
69.68	0.00	6.00	3.86	79.54

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 79.54

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Sun, May 12, 2019

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

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Mon, May 13, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-13 08:41:46
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:32:42.40Pace7:43.53
Total of 12. Usual distances for the kids. Laura Bluth (maiden name Young), a 15:51 5000 runner, caught up to us and we picked it up and ran with her for a bit over a mile until it was time for us to turn around. She was going around 7:20 up the canyon. I encouraged her to race in the UVM half. Then we turned around and for some time kept the effort, which gave us a sub-7:30 average for 6 miles.
Leg 1:Distance6.000Time44:46.90Pace7:27.82
With Jacob - part with William.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time15:57.00Pace7:58.50
With Matthew, Joseph, William and Stephen.
Leg 3:Distance4.000Time31:58.50Pace7:59.62
With Joseph - part with William and Stephen.

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Tue, May 14, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.31	0.00	1.00	1.86	12.17

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-14 08:44:41
Workout Totals: Distance12.174Time1:28:12.20Pace7:14.71
Paced Sarah in the morning, met Steve Ward on the trail and did a mile with him down the canyon in 5:28, then raced 3000 with the kids in the evening at Mountain View track in Orem. 3000 was a death march in 85 F at 4:30 pm. Results: Joseph 10:41.48, myself 10:44.57, Jacob 11:05.96, Bonnie 12:03.10 PR, William 12:16.43, Julia 14:47.56. In the 800, which was in cooler conditions, but after some wait, Stephen ran 3:00.06 and Matthew 3:15.71. This is Matthew's official PR, but he split 3:11 in the 1500 a few days earlier. Then Jenny ran 1500 in 5:33.8 (they still have not fixed her automatic time, so this is my hand time). Her side was bothering her a lot, and we seriously considered not having her race. Then she said a prayer, and we had a thought - try a stride at 6:00 mile pace. She did it, and it did not hurt - yet. Then I said - why don't you start the race, and see what happens? She was able to run a 1500 PR.
Leg 1:Distance0.980Time6:58.30Pace7:06.84
Alone.
Leg 2:Distance1.500Time11:30.10Pace7:40.07
Paced Sarah.
Leg 3:Distance5.230Time37:53.50Pace7:14.70
With Steven Ward.
Split 1:Distance3.750Time28:15.90Pace7:32.24 Cumilative:Distance3.750Time28:15.90Pace7:32.24
Split 2:Distance1.000Time5:28.70Pace5:28.70 Cumilative:Distance4.750Time33:44.60Pace7:06.23
Pickup down the canyon.
Split 3:Distance0.480Time4:08.90Pace8:38.54 Cumilative:Distance5.230Time37:53.50Pace7:14.70

Leg 4:Distance1.100Time8:34.10Pace7:47.36
Warm-up for the track meet.
Leg 5:Distance1.864Time10:44.30Pace5:45.65
3000 at Mountain View.
Leg 6:Distance1.500Time12:31.90Pace8:21.27
Cool-down with the kids.

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 12.17

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Wed, May 15, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.06	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.06

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-15 09:01:00
Workout Totals: Distance14.064Time1:49:40.40Pace7:47.89
Easy runs, usual distances, except for Julia - paced her through a 3000 time trial on the track at Orem High with a better result - 14:00.5, but still a lot of work left to get her recovered from the slump that she has been in.
Leg 1:Distance0.930Time8:02.70Pace8:39.03
Warm-up with Jenny and Julia.
Leg 2:Distance1.864Time14:00.50Pace7:30.91
3000 pacing Julia with Jenny helping.
Leg 3:Distance1.270Time11:41.40Pace9:12.28
Cool-down with Jenny and Julia.
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time29:14.30Pace7:18.57
Alone.
Leg 5:Distance2.000Time15:45.10Pace7:52.55
With Matthew, Joseph, Jacob, and Bonnie.
Leg 6:Distance4.000Time30:56.40Pace7:44.10
With Joseph, Jacob, Bonnie, William, and Stephen.

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 14.06

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Thu, May 16, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.15	0.00	2.00	0.00	12.15

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-16 08:41:33
Workout Totals: Distance12.150Time1:34:00.10Pace7:44.21
Easy runs, usual distances, total of 12. Julia did not run due to having her wisdom teeth taken out. Matthew ran a PR for the big boy 2 mile course - 15:41.
Leg 1:Distance0.980Time8:01.20Pace8:11.02
With Joseph, Jacob, and William - warm-up.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time11:50.10Pace5:55.05
Paced William for 2 miles down the canyon.
Leg 3:Distance3.170Time26:00.80Pace8:12.37
Cool-down with Joseph, Jacob, and William.
Leg 4:Distance2.000Time15:41.80Pace7:50.90
With Matthew.
Leg 5:Distance4.000Time32:26.20Pace8:06.55
With Stephen and Jenny.
Leg 6:Distance0.000Time0:00.00Pace0:00.00
Leg 7:Distance0.000Time0:00.00Pace0:00.00

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 12.15

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Fri, May 17, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-17 11:35:00
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:29:39.40Pace7:28.28
Easy runs, total of 12, usual distances for everybody except Julia - still recovering from the wisdom teeth removal.
Leg 1:Distance2.000Time15:49.00Pace7:54.50
With Matthew, Joseph, and Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time30:15.00Pace7:33.75
With William, Stephen, Joseph, and Jacob.
Leg 3:Distance1.100Time7:55.10Pace7:11.91
Alone.
Leg 4:Distance1.250Time9:48.30Pace7:50.64
With Sarah.
Leg 5:Distance3.650Time25:52.00Pace7:05.21
Alone - except for a little bit with the BYU team.

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Sat, May 18, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.16	0.00	3.00	2.00	17.16

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-05-18 08:55:11
Workout Totals: Distance17.160Time2:07:31.10Pace7:25.87
Total of 16 in two runs. Chad came today, so we did a 2 mile race down the canyon. Chad got 10:40, Jacob 10:54 (PR), myself 10:57 (fastest time of the year), Joseph DNF after the first mile in 5:20. The first quarter was in 73 high, then we all suffered. Chad did 5:13/5:27, Jacob and I had 5:20 at the mile, he pulled away from me in the last quarter (81 vs 84). Matthew ran 23:56 3 miles on the big boy course (with hills). Mary ran a PR for 0.5 in 4:31 (no hand, no stopping) - splits 2:19, 2:12.
Leg 1:Distance0.980Time7:45.80Pace7:55.31
Warm-up with Chad, Joseph, Jacob, and William.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time10:57.50Pace5:28.75
2 miles down the canyon.
Leg 3:Distance1.000Time7:54.60Pace7:54.60
Recovery jog.
Leg 4:Distance2.000Time11:53.80Pace5:56.90
Tempo with Chad and Joseph - Bonnie ran the first mile with us in 6:02.
Leg 5:Distance4.620Time35:45.70Pace7:44.44
Cool-down with Chad, part with Joseph.
Split 1:Distance3.500Time28:59.70Pace8:17.06 Cumilative:Distance3.500Time28:59.70Pace8:17.06
Split 2:Distance1.000Time5:50.00Pace5:50.00 Cumilative:Distance4.500Time34:49.70Pace7:44.38
Mile pickup down the canyon with Chad.
Split 3:Distance0.120Time0:56.00Pace7:46.67 Cumilative:Distance4.620Time35:45.70Pace7:44.44

Leg 6:Distance0.060Time0:31.10Pace8:38.33
Mary's false start.
Leg 7:Distance0.500Time4:31.60Pace9:03.20
Mary running for real - new 0.5 record.
Leg 8:Distance3.000Time24:14.80Pace8:04.93
With Jenny.
Leg 9:Distance3.000Time23:56.20Pace7:58.73
With Jenny and Matthew.

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 17.16

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
69.68	0.00	6.00	3.86	79.54

Neon Crocs 2 Miles: 79.54

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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