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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
29.658.250.000.0022.1060.00
Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 60.00
Weight: 168.60
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.000.000.009.009.00

Went and ran on the trails behind the U of U. 9 miles out and back. Beautiful morning. No rain. Trail seems to have been groomed. Average pace: 8:42 (9:19 on way up). That might be faster than before. I think it is.

P.S. I got stung by a wasp in the arm. Stupid wasp! 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

Ran from my building at the U over to City Creek canyon for the first. Went to mile marker 2. Gorgeous canyon. Beautiful morning. Great for running. But got yelled at by a biker because didn't know I was supposed to run on right side.

Felt good so went 12 miles total. Average pace was 7:57.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 169.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.758.250.000.000.0010.00

Tempo run on the treadmill. First mile in 8:30. Next 3 miles at 7:00 pace. Next 3 miles at 6:35 pace. Next 2.25 miles at progressively faster pace with the last 1/2 mile at 6:00 pace. Then a 0.75 mile cooldown. This was about the same intensity as last week's tempo run, but I didn't feel as strong. The goal is to feel more comfortable at faster pace, so I'll call it good.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles on the treadmill in 55 minutes. Didn't feel great but felt better toward the end. I would call these junk miles, but hopefully they have some purpose in the end.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 168.20
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles around Green River, WY. 6100-6300 ft elevation. Looped around to the water treatment plant and came back. 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
1.900.000.000.0013.1015.00

Had wanted to do a half marathon in preparation for St. George, but it didn't work out. So I decided to do a simulated race this morning. My wife was kind enough to drop me off up by Flaming Gorge (the very north edge of it), and I ran back to her parents' house.

The starting elevation was 6200 ft. The first mile of the race was downhill to about 6050 ft elevation. The next 8 miles were uphill. This was longer than I expected. But it was a great challenge. Some parts were fairly steep, but mostly it was a long, gradual hill.I was able to keep the pace better than I expected, especially at the higher elevation. The slowest mile was 9:05. But some of them were under 8:00, so I'm happy with that.

There was about 4 miles of hard-core downhill. This was to simulate St. George. It was pretty steep at places. Average pace here was about 7:00-7:05.

My overall time was just under 1:43. I'll take it. This course would actually make an excellent and fair course for a half marathon.

60 miles for the week. That's my 3rd time to get that high this year. Not sure what I'll do next week.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
29.658.250.000.0022.1060.00
Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 60.00
Weight: 168.60
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