Breaking the Wall

USATF Development Meet at Skyridge

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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 Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
83.20	0.00	0.00	2.43	85.63

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 85.63

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

Sun, May 27, 2018

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 28, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-05-28 09:58:52
Workout Totals: Distance15.000Time1:55:05.10Pace7:40.34
Easy runs, usual distances. Jenny split her run in two - 4 + 4.
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time31:40.10Pace7:55.02
With Jenny, Jacob, and Bonnie.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time15:59.90Pace7:59.95
With Stephen.
Leg 3:Distance5.000Time36:11.80Pace7:14.36
First 2 with Julia, the rest alone up the canyon to get the car.
Leg 4:Distance1.000Time7:41.10Pace7:41.10
With William, Jenny and Matthew - I think we had others.
Leg 5:Distance1.000Time7:59.70Pace7:59.70
William was here, not sure who else.
Leg 6:Distance2.000Time15:32.50Pace7:46.25
With Jenny and William.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 15.00

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

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Tue, May 29, 2018

Race: USATF Development Meet at Skyridge (0.496 Miles) 00:02:24, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.70	0.00	0.00	0.50	12.20

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-05-29 09:22:22
Workout Totals: Distance12.196Time1:44:28.40Pace8:33.97
Did some easy running the morning, raced 800 with the kids in the afternoon at the Skyridge USATF track meet. Results: Dad 2:24.71 (34, 36, 36, 38) fastest time in the last two years Jacob 2:27.23 (71, 76) race PR Joseph 2:30.89 (70, 80) - crash both physical and mental William 2:48.46 (81, 87) - ran alone, relaxed too much in the second lap Jenny 2:51.64 (85, 86) - hamstrings not 100%, got boxed in at the start Stephen 2:59.82 (87, 92) race PR Julia 3:02.79 (88, 94) - on her way to recovery Matthew 3:41.86 (1:50, 1:51) - ran in the first lane and was afraid to move out to pass the slow people.
Leg 1:Distance5.000Time39:45.60Pace7:57.12
With Jenny up the canyon to get the car.
Leg 2:Distance2.200Time16:37.20Pace7:33.27
With Joseph and Jacob taking Bonnie to school.
Leg 3:Distance1.000Time8:41.90Pace8:41.90
With Joseph, Jacob, William, and Stephen pacing cousin Clara. She was headed for a solid sub-9:00, but then decided to DNF with about 150 meters left and was quite stubborn about it. So we finished without her.
Leg 4:Distance1.700Time14:43.20Pace8:39.53
Track meet warm-up.
Leg 5:Distance0.000Time3:41.70Pace0:00.00
Timing Matthew's, William's, and Stephen's races.
Split 1:Distance0.000Time2:48.40Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time2:48.40Pace0:00.00
William.
Split 2:Distance0.000Time0:11.30Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time2:59.70Pace0:00.00
Stephen.
Split 3:Distance0.000Time0:42.00Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time3:41.70Pace0:00.00
Matthew.

Leg 6:Distance0.000Time3:02.70Pace0:00.00
Timing Jenny and Julia's races.
Split 1:Distance0.000Time2:51.50Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time2:51.50Pace0:00.00
Jenny.
Split 2:Distance0.000Time0:11.20Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time3:02.70Pace0:00.00
Julia.

Leg 7:Distance0.496Time2:24.40Pace4:51.13
My race.
Leg 8:Distance1.800Time15:31.70Pace8:37.61
Cool-down.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 12.20

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

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Wed, May 30, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.20

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-05-30 09:08:54
Workout Totals: Distance14.200Time1:51:54.80Pace7:52.87
Easy runs, usual distances.
Leg 1:Distance8.000Time1:03:16.10Pace7:54.51
With Jenny.
Leg 2:Distance2.200Time17:11.90Pace7:49.05
With Joseph, Jacob, and Stephen taking Bonnie to school.
Leg 3:Distance1.000Time7:57.90Pace7:57.90
With Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, and Matthew. We might have had Bonnie.
Leg 4:Distance3.000Time23:28.90Pace7:49.63
With Joseph, Jacob, and William. I think we might have had Bonnie.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 14.20

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

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Thu, May 31, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.65	0.00	0.00	1.00	13.65

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-05-31 08:56:48
Workout Totals: Distance13.650Time1:49:33.90Pace8:01.60
Did 4x0.25 down the canyon in the morning with Joseph and Jacob with 0.25 jogging recovery - 73.6, 72.8, 74.5, 74.7. Felt good. Ran more distance at night. Usual distances for the kids.
Leg 1:Distance2.980Time24:26.30Pace8:12.05
Warm-up with Joseph and Jacob, part with Jenny.
Leg 2:Distance1.750Time11:37.40Pace6:38.51
4x0.25 down the canyon workout with Joseph and Jacob.
Split 1:Distance0.250Time1:13.60Pace4:54.40 Cumilative:Distance0.250Time1:13.60Pace4:54.40
Split 2:Distance0.250Time2:11.40Pace8:45.60 Cumilative:Distance0.500Time3:25.00Pace6:50.00
Split 3:Distance0.250Time1:12.80Pace4:51.20 Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:37.80Pace6:10.40
Split 4:Distance0.250Time2:14.70Pace8:58.80 Cumilative:Distance1.000Time6:52.50Pace6:52.50
Split 5:Distance0.250Time1:14.50Pace4:58.00 Cumilative:Distance1.250Time8:07.00Pace6:29.60
Split 6:Distance0.250Time2:15.70Pace9:02.80 Cumilative:Distance1.500Time10:22.70Pace6:55.13
Split 7:Distance0.250Time1:14.70Pace4:58.80 Cumilative:Distance1.750Time11:37.40Pace6:38.51

Leg 3:Distance1.920Time16:24.40Pace8:32.71
Cool-down with Joseph and Jacob.
Leg 4:Distance3.000Time23:55.30Pace7:58.43
With Stephen.
Leg 5:Distance1.000Time8:11.00Pace8:11.00
With William, Matthew, and Bonnie.
Leg 6:Distance3.000Time24:59.50Pace8:19.83
With William and Bonnie.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 13.65

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

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Fri, Jun 01, 2018

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-06-01 08:53:11
Workout Totals: Distance15.000Time1:50:35.40Pace7:22.36
Easy runs.
Leg 1:Distance8.000Time1:03:34.40Pace7:56.80
With Jenny.
Leg 2:Distance2.000Time15:15.60Pace7:37.80
Do not remember who this was with. Probably Joseph, Jacob,a and Stephen.
Leg 3:Distance1.000Time8:14.30Pace8:14.30
With Matthew, William, Joseph, Jacob, and Bonnie.
Leg 4:Distance4.000Time23:31.10Pace5:52.77
With Joseph, Jacob, William, and Bonnie.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 15.00

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

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Sat, Jun 02, 2018

Race: USATF Development Meet at Timpangos (0.932 Miles) 00:04:46, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
14.65	0.00	0.00	0.93	15.58

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2018-06-02 08:39:29
Workout Totals: Distance15.582Time2:15:10.40Pace8:40.50
Ran 1500 in the same meet with the kids at Timpanogos High. Raced Matt Wolpert who by some miracle happened to be there. It was very fortunate because they put the open/masters with 15-16 and older, so I was not able to be with Joseph/Jacob/McKay/Rajid. But I was able to run with Matt the entire way, and ended up with 4:46.54. He was a bit ahead with 4:46.12. The splits were 74, 76, 78, and 58 for the last 300. This converts to 5:09.38 mile, which is the fastest I've run (either the actual mile or 1500) since becoming a master. Kids: Joseph 4:54.61 (72, 80, 81, 61) - good race off a fast start, official 1500 PR Jacob 4:57.78 (73,79,82,63) - official 1500 PR, good race off a fast start William 5:21.47 (83,84,87,66) - 1500 PR, equivalent of 5:47 mile, ran with courage at his limit Stephen 6:23.64 - (90, 1:40, ?, ?) - learned it is a bad idea to eat late and a lot before a race Matthew 6:50.39 (1:37, 1:52, 1:53, 1:28) - was running great up until the last 300, then instead of kicking took his foot off the gas and coasted for some reason. Bonnie ran 5:48.63 (83, 92, ?, ?)
Leg 1:Distance5.000Time37:21.80Pace7:28.36
Miles in the morning.
Leg 2:Distance1.400Time11:06.10Pace7:55.79
Warm-up before the track meet.
Leg 3:Distance0.000Time6:50.50Pace0:00.00
Timing Stephen and Matthew.
Split 1:Distance0.000Time6:24.30Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time6:24.30Pace0:00.00
Split 2:Distance0.000Time0:26.20Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time6:50.50Pace0:00.00

Leg 4:Distance0.000Time5:21.20Pace0:00.00
Timing William.
Leg 5:Distance0.000Time4:57.60Pace0:00.00
Timing Joseph and Jacob.
Split 1:Distance0.000Time4:54.50Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time4:54.50Pace0:00.00
Split 2:Distance0.000Time0:03.10Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance0.000Time4:57.60Pace0:00.00

Leg 6:Distance0.932Time4:46.30Pace5:07.19
My 1500 race.
Leg 7:Distance5.250Time40:59.80Pace7:48.53
Ran home.
Leg 8:Distance1.000Time8:05.60Pace8:05.60
With Joseph, Jacob, William, Bonnie, and Stephen in the evening.
Leg 9:Distance2.000Time15:41.50Pace7:50.75
Same group minus Stephen.

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 15.58

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
83.20	0.00	0.00	2.43	85.63

Brown Crocs 1 Miles: 85.63

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

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