| 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 | | 56.30 | 0.25 | 8.49 | 0.00 | 65.04 |
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| Day of rest. Went to church.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Easy run. Usual distances for the kids, I think.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.80 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 11.80 |
| Total of 11.3. Did a tempo run up and down the canyon, 5 miles in 30:16 (6:18,6:20,6:08,5:48,5:42). Usual runs for the kids.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Easy run. Usual distances for the kids.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 12.25 |
| Jacob attempted a mile PR the day before turning 11, but could only managed 5:41.9. I ran 5:37.7 pulling away from him in the last 600 so he would have a moving target. James Leblow helped me pace. William, however, ran a PR in the 800 - 2:53.7, and Stephen ran 90.2 in the 400 - a small PR as well. Otherwise usual runs.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 2.49 | 0.00 | 10.49 |
| Paced Joseph over 2000 in 6:59. This predicts 3000 in 10:28 at sea level in good conditions. Then paced Jacob over the same distance in 7:12. This predicts 10:48. Both of those times are 2000 PRs for them. Then did the rest of the distance. Usual runs for everybody otherwise. Ran 0.5 with Matthew at night.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Paced Sarah through 2 miles down the canyon in 15:00. That is her new record. Then ran home, and ran 5 back to the car with Joseph and Jacob. Jenny and Julia ran with William and Stephen - usual Saturday distances for everybody. 0.5 with Matthew in the evening. Total of 10.5. Took it easy to be fresh for the Deseret News 10 K.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 56.30 | 0.25 | 8.49 | 0.00 | 65.04 |
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