| 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.
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...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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.37 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 74.37 |
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| Nike Double Stroller Miles: 2.20 | White Crocs 1 Miles: 38.08 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 27.00 | Nap Time: 3.50 | Total Sleep Time: 30.50 | |
| | 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.
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 2.50 | Total Sleep Time: 10.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Total of 12. Kids ran their usual distances. My Motoactv watch that I had for a couple of years has a problem - the the frame with the buttons disconnected from the motherboard. Probably easy to fix for a handy guy, and there might be a chance I could fix it, but I do not have the time. It still boots, so I could get today's workout from it, but I decided not to bother since it was an easy run. Pushed the stroller for 2.2, then had Benjamin push it for another little less than 2 miles. Replacing Motoactv with a Chinese SVP phone watch for now, it can also run Fast Running Friend, we'll see how long it lasts. I know it does not like water, it got retired when Benjamin took a shower with it a couple of years ago and the touch screen stopped working. But then it dried out and started to work again.
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| Nike Double Stroller Miles: 2.20 | White Crocs 1 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 12.12 |
| Total of 12. Usual distances for the kids. Did a workout with Benjamin, 8x300 uphill - 3-6% grade with a 500 meter recovery jog. I did all of mine in 58-59 range. Benjamin varied between 49 and 53, with most of them being around 50. Then we did an 800 on a rolling downhill which breaks the rhythm enough that I have never been able to run faster on that stretch than I do on the track/flat road. I got 2:32.6, Benjamin got 2:18. My Motoactv broke in after the first repetition, so I borrowed Jenny's watch to time the rest of the workout. Considered replacing the Motoactv with another, but then remembered that I had an SVP phone watch, so will use it for as long as it lasts.
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| White Crocs 1 Miles: 12.08 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.04 |
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| Fast Running Friend Workout - 2015-06-03 07:22:31 |
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| Workout Totals: Distance12.040Time1:35:20.20Pace7:55.10 |
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| Leg 1:Distance4.850Time38:21.10Pace7:54.45 |
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| Leg 2:Distance1.150Time9:05.20Pace7:54.09 |
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| Leg 3:Distance4.000Time32:16.90Pace8:04.23 |
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| Leg 4:Distance2.040Time15:37.00Pace7:39.31 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.04 |
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| Fast Running Friend Workout - 2015-06-04 07:26:26 |
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| Workout Totals: Distance12.040Time1:33:28.70Pace7:45.84 |
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| Leg 1:Distance4.000Time32:10.30Pace8:02.57 |
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| Leg 2:Distance6.000Time46:29.80Pace7:44.97 |
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| Leg 3:Distance2.040Time14:48.60Pace7:15.59 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.17 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 12.17 |
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| Fast Running Friend Workout - 2015-06-05 07:39:04 |
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| Workout Totals: Distance12.170Time1:26:31.60Pace7:06.59 |
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| Leg 1:Distance2.040Time15:57.10Pace7:49.17 |
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| Leg 2:Distance5.130Time41:44.20Pace8:08.15 |
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| Leg 3:Distance5.000Time28:50.30Pace5:46.06 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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| Fast Running Friend Workout - 2015-06-06 17:31:04 |
| Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:45:46.10Pace7:33.29 |
| Leg 1:Distance8.000Time1:00:18.00Pace7:32.25 |
| Leg 2:Distance1.000Time8:48.60Pace8:48.60 |
| Leg 3:Distance5.000Time36:39.50Pace7:19.90 |
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| White Crocs 1 Miles: 14.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 67.37 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 2.00 | 74.37 |
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| Nike Double Stroller Miles: 2.20 | White Crocs 1 Miles: 38.08 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 27.00 | Nap Time: 3.50 | Total Sleep Time: 30.50 | |
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