Breaking the Wall

Haunted Half Provo

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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:	2724.68
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
51.87	3.00	16.04	0.00	70.91

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 70.91

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

Sun, Oct 20, 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, Oct 21, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-21 08:19:40
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:27:05.90Pace7:15.49
Total of 12. Paced Jenny through a tempo 3 miles in 19:06 (6:19, 6:27, 6:20). Jacob ran the first 2 with us, and then sped up to 5:32 in the last mile. Usual distances for the kids otherwise, easy pace.
Leg 1:Distance1.980Time16:21.10Pace8:15.51
Warm-up with Jenny and Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance3.000Time19:06.60Pace6:22.20
Tempo run with Jenny, Jacob did the first 2, then sped up.
Leg 3:Distance4.020Time28:58.20Pace7:12.39
Part with Jacob and Jenny, part alone.
Leg 4:Distance3.000Time22:40.00Pace7:33.33
With Joseph.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.00

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

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Tue, Oct 22, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.25

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-22 07:59:33
Workout Totals: Distance12.250Time1:31:06.60Pace7:26.25
Total of 12. Paced Amy in a time trial for the mile, she got 7:14, much better than I was expecting.
Leg 1:Distance0.250Time2:19.10Pace9:16.40
Warm-up with Stephen, William, and Amy.
Leg 2:Distance1.000Time7:14.50Pace7:14.50
Paced Amy with William and Stephen through a mile time trial. Her splits were 1:55, 1:56, 1:47, 1:36, so she could have gone faster, but we did not know it at the start.
Leg 3:Distance8.000Time57:50.30Pace7:13.79
Alone for most of it.
Leg 4:Distance3.000Time23:42.70Pace7:54.23
With Joseph and Jacob.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.25

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

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Wed, Oct 23, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.67	0.00	3.00	0.00	12.67

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-23 09:32:18
Workout Totals: Distance12.670Time1:32:46.00Pace7:19.31
Total of about 12. Progression 3 mile tempo in 17:15 down the canyon with Jacob starting at target 92 and speeding up by 1 second per quarter every quarter. Did most of it on target. Need to work on being more steady in the last mile. William and Stephen were not having a good day, could not keep up in the early parts, so I told them to just run easy for the rest of it.
Leg 1:Distance0.980Time7:57.80Pace8:07.55
Warm-up with Jacob.
Leg 2:Distance3.000Time17:15.40Pace5:45.13
Progression 3 mile tempo with Jacob, and most of it with Benjamin.
Leg 3:Distance5.690Time44:31.80Pace7:49.56
Part with Jacob and Benjamin, part alone.
Leg 4:Distance3.000Time23:01.00Pace7:40.33
With Joseph.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.67

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

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Thu, Oct 24, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-24 08:41:20
Workout Totals: Distance9.000Time1:03:37.80Pace7:04.20
Did 9 mostly alone in the morning, then measured the Haunted Half Course on a bike for certification, rode the full marathon + some extra calibration.
Leg 1:Distance9.000Time1:03:37.80Pace7:04.20
Part with Jacob, William, and Stephen, part alone.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 9.00

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

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Fri, Oct 25, 2019

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-25 09:19:02
Workout Totals: Distance8.000Time59:35.40Pace7:26.93
A bit of a taper before the Haunted Half. Total of 8.
Leg 1:Distance2.000Time15:30.00Pace7:45.00
With Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, and Matthew.
Leg 2:Distance6.000Time44:05.40Pace7:20.90
Part with the kids, part alone.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 8.00

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

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Sat, Oct 26, 2019

Race: Haunted Half Provo (13.04 Miles) 01:18:52, Place overall: 10, Place in age division: 3

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.95	0.00	13.04	0.00	16.99

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2019-10-26 08:10:22
Workout Totals: Distance16.990Time1:51:24.80Pace6:33.45
Provo Haunted Half, 1:18:52, 10th overall, 3rd master. Benjamin did a training run at his target marathon pace in 1:12:24, which was good enough for 2nd. Jenny ran 1:31:21, 5th woman. I did a course ride on Thursday to get it certified and got the location of the turnaround figured out, but unfortunately in the commotion of the race organization the turnaround was misplaced making the course about 30 seconds shorter. No worries, though, I made a bathroom stop for about 30 seconds to compensate :-) I felt not quite right in the race, I think the heart was tired. Part of the reason I think was just getting old, part that I missed some sleep over the last two weeks - which, on top of getting old, weakened the heart resulting in running about 2 minutes slower than what my Top of Utah Half would predict for this course, and feeling quite miserable in the last 5 miles of the race. Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen ran in the 5 K. Jacob got second overall with 18:25. William was 10th with 20:05. Joseph paced Matthew, and they ran 22:36, a big PR for Matthew, assuming the course was the right length, which I think it was judging by Jacob and William's times. Top 10 in the half: 1 2436 Dylan Shawhan M 1:07:24.4 5:09 29 1 M Open 2 2227 Benjamin Pachev M 1:12:24.8 5:32 20 2 M Open 3 2228 David Taylor M 1:15:33.2 5:46 51 3 M Open 4 2525 Dallin Rummler M 1:16:51.1 5:52 18 1 M 15-19 5 2425 Caleb Bradshaw M 1:16:59.6 5:53 18 2 M 15-19 6 2371 Cal Nielson M 1:17:11.8 5:54 18 3 M 15-19 7 2577 Bradley Shawen M 1:18:18.5 5:59 23 1 M 20-24 8 2808 Isaiah Smith M 1:18:26.5 5:59 19 4 M 15-19 9 2527 Nelson Davis M 1:18:42.2 6:00 45 1 M 45-49 10 2225 Alexander Pachev M 1:18:52.8 6:01 46 2 M 45-49 1 3050 Ashton Jensen M 17:21.9 5:36 22 1 M Open 2 3835 Jacob Pachev M 18:25.1 5:56 13 2 M Open 3 3737 Corbin Webster M 18:37.5 6:00 17 3 M Open 4 3473 Melody Jenson F 18:44.6 6:03 40 1 F Open 5 3093 Tyler Dinkel M 19:03.7 6:09 17 1 M 15-19 6 3581 Cj McKinney M 19:07.9 6:10 31 1 M 30-34 7 3580 S. Clayton M 19:25.0 6:16 12 1 M 11-14 8 3289 Austin Westfall M 19:53.0 6:25 13 2 M 11-14 9 3763 Jaron Casper M 19:56.5 6:26 15 2 M 15-19 10 3836 W. Pachev M 20:06.5 6:29 11 3 M 11-14 Top 10 in the 5 K: 1 3050 Ashton Jensen M 17:21.9 5:36 22 1 M Open 2 3835 Jacob Pachev M 18:25.1 5:56 13 2 M Open 3 3737 Corbin Webster M 18:37.5 6:00 17 3 M Open 4 3473 Melody Jenson F 18:44.6 6:03 40 1 F Open 5 3093 Tyler Dinkel M 19:03.7 6:09 17 1 M 15-19 6 3581 Cj McKinney M 19:07.9 6:10 31 1 M 30-34 7 3580 S. Clayton M 19:25.0 6:16 12 1 M 11-14 8 3289 Austin Westfall M 19:53.0 6:25 13 2 M 11-14 9 3763 Jaron Casper M 19:56.5 6:26 15 2 M 15-19 10 3836 W. Pachev M 20:06.5 6:29 11 3 M 11-14
Leg 1:Distance1.100Time8:06.30Pace7:22.09
Warm-up with Benjamin.
Leg 2:Distance14.390Time1:31:21.30Pace6:20.91
The race.
Split 1:Distance1.000Time5:30.40Pace5:30.40 Cumilative:Distance1.000Time5:30.40Pace5:30.40
Split 2:Distance2.000Time11:28.50Pace5:44.25 Cumilative:Distance3.000Time16:58.90Pace5:39.63
Split 3:Distance1.000Time5:46.00Pace5:46.00 Cumilative:Distance4.000Time22:44.90Pace5:41.23
Split 4:Distance1.000Time5:53.80Pace5:53.80 Cumilative:Distance5.000Time28:38.70Pace5:43.74
Split 5:Distance8.040Time50:14.20Pace6:14.90 Cumilative:Distance13.040Time1:18:52.90Pace6:02.95
My finish.
Split 6:Distance0.000Time1:49.60Pace0:00.00 Cumilative:Distance13.040Time1:20:42.50Pace6:11.36
Rest.
Split 7:Distance1.350Time10:38.80Pace7:53.19 Cumilative:Distance14.390Time1:31:21.30Pace6:20.91
Ran back to meet Jenny and finished with her.

Leg 3:Distance1.500Time11:57.20Pace7:58.13
To the house from the race finish.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 16.99

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
51.87	3.00	16.04	0.00	70.91

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 70.91

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

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