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December 2011

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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal bests since 2009:

  • 5K - 18:31 (Freedom Run, 2021)
  • 10K - 38:52 (Dana Point, 2009)
  • Half marathon - 1:25:54 (SLC, 2012)
  • Marathon - 3:02:40 (St. George, 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Break 3:00 in a marathon
  • Run at least 5 days a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Lifetime fitness
  • Run the Boston Marathon
  • Do an Ironman triathlon (someday)

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Air Pegasus 25 Lifetime Miles: 1220.37
Asics Equation 2 Lifetime Miles: 1198.81
Asics Blue And Silver Lifetime Miles: 930.43
Pearl Izumi Orange Streaks Lifetime Miles: 194.77
Treadmill Lifetime Miles: 2381.47
New Balance 690 Lifetime Miles: 313.68
New Balance 310 Lifetime Miles: 1120.96
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
76.700.000.000.000.0076.70
Treadmill Miles: 59.80New Balance 310 Miles: 43.75Asics Equation 2 Miles: 7.55New Balance 690 Miles: 9.15Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 8.90Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.35
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.250.000.000.000.004.25

Tempo workout again. This time for 30 minutes. I bumped up the pace slightly on some of the intervals. It was a good challenge.

Treadmill Miles: 4.25New Balance 310 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.300.000.000.000.004.30

4.32 miles in 30 minutes. Was challenging, maybe because I ran hard last night. Feels good to run a little more than I have been.

Asics Equation 2 Miles: 4.30Treadmill Miles: 4.30
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.050.000.000.000.004.05

This turned out to be a pretty good run. I did my interval workout for 30 minutes and was able to complete all steps of it. That's pretty good for me. Even though I cover less ground in these interval workouts than the tempo runs, they are often more challenging because they get my heart rate up there.

This week actually turned out really good for running. I enjoyed it and had several good runs. I missed Tuesday, which meant I couldn't miss any more days the rest of the week. But perhaps because of that, I enjoyed my runs more because I was consigned to the fact that I needed to run each of those days. Sounds confusing, so don't worry about trying to understand, but it makes sense to me.

Treadmill Miles: 4.05New Balance 690 Miles: 4.05
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.750.000.000.000.004.75

I had to stop after 5 minutes to answer the phone, so I just decided to start over and run 5 minutes longer than normal. So I got a little bump in mileage. 4.75 miles in 35 minutes.

Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 4.75Treadmill Miles: 4.75
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.200.000.000.000.004.20

Treadmill Miles: 4.20New Balance 310 Miles: 4.20
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.250.000.000.000.003.25

Asics Equation 2 Miles: 3.25Treadmill Miles: 3.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.250.000.000.000.003.25

I was running pretty well at sub 7:00 pace, but then it got hard, so I stopped at 3.25 miles and went back to work.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 3.25Treadmill Miles: 3.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.100.000.000.000.005.10

I had my best run in a good while tonight. I felt like I was running in the zone. I ran for 36 minutes and averaged 7 minute pace. And I got over 20 miles for the week! I'm planning to do the same next week, but it will be hard if I don't get up early.

Treadmill Miles: 5.10New Balance 690 Miles: 5.10
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.150.000.000.000.004.15

I tried to do my tempo run for 30 minutes but only made 20 before slowing down. I wasn't in the zone this time.

Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 4.15Treadmill Miles: 4.15
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.050.000.000.000.004.05

Interval workout for 30 minutes. Made it all the way through, even on the 11.5 mph interval (for 75 seconds).

Treadmill Miles: 4.05New Balance 310 Miles: 4.05
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Busy day today so have to settle for a token mile.

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Looks like my daughter brought another virus home from preschool that got us all sick.

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Treadmill Miles: 1.00New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.250.000.000.000.004.25

I've been sick and busy with other things and eating a little too much, so I thought I wouldn't be able to complete this tempo run, but I did. I'm excited about that.

Treadmill Miles: 4.25New Balance 310 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.100.000.000.000.004.10

I had a day off from work, so I ran in the afternoon. It was 4.2 miles in 30 minutes. I didn't feel as strong today as yesterday. But that is my fifth run for the week, so I'm happy to have finished running earlier in the week than usual. Now I can just chow down on lots of sweets to celebrate Christmas, eh? Merry Christmas to all!

Treadmill Miles: 4.10New Balance 310 Miles: 4.10
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.100.000.000.000.004.10

4.1 miles in 30 minutes. I felt the aftereffects of eating too much for Christmas.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 4.10Treadmill Miles: 4.10
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.900.000.000.000.004.90

Nice hard effort in Ladera Ranch. 4.9 miles in 34 minutes. That is about 6:54 per mile on hilly terrain but with low elevation. Felt great.

New Balance 310 Miles: 4.90
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

5.5 miles around Ladera Ranch. Weather couldn't have been more perfect. 7:30 pace, which was faster than I planned. Ran great on the uphills surprisingly.

New Balance 310 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

New Balance 310 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

Finished off the week and the year with 400 m repeats on the streets. It was good. My fastest was 69 seconds (downhill).

I made my weekly goal of 20 miles.

And I am super proud of the accomplishment of completing my third straight calendar year in which I ran 5 days per week, every week. That makes me happier than any race I've run during that time. My mileage has dropped this year, but I have kept my commitment to myself and will continue with it.

I have no predictions for next year. I know for sure that I'm running UV half marathon in June. Besides that, I'm not sure. 

New Balance 310 Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
76.700.000.000.000.0076.70
Treadmill Miles: 59.80New Balance 310 Miles: 43.75Asics Equation 2 Miles: 7.55New Balance 690 Miles: 9.15Asics Blue And Silver Miles: 8.90Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.35
Weight: 0.00
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