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Location:

Santa Clara,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Swiss Days(5k)--19:47.5

Zion Centennial Fun Run (10k)--42:19 

St. George Half Marathon--1:36:45.4 

St. George Marathon--3:22:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to work on building up my base again and taking a crack at my 5k and 10k PRs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run to live. Live to run.

 

Personal:

I'm married with 3 cuties and a buddy. When I don't run, I'm ornery.  So for their sake--It's all for them--I run.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 77.00 Year: 346.50
NB 1400 Lifetime Miles: 275.75
Nike LunarEpic Lifetime Miles: 597.00
Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Lifetime Miles: 599.26
INOV8 F-Lite 195 Lifetime Miles: 544.25
Hoka Clifton 6 Lifetime Miles: 326.25
Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 88.50
Erg Ks Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Hoka Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 417.25
Nike LunarEpic 2 Lifetime Miles: 176.25
Brooks L5 Lifetime Miles: 277.25
Desert Canyons Lifetime Miles: 106.50
PV Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 212.00
Brooks Launch 5 Lifetime Miles: 241.25
ASICS Cumulus 23 Lifetime Miles: 379.00
Brooks Glycerin 18 Lifetime Miles: 224.50
Brooks G20 Lifetime Miles: 148.75
Books 2022 Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Trail Runs 2022 Lifetime Miles: 103.00
Adidas Boston 10 Lifetime Miles: 254.50
Brooks G21 Lifetime Miles: 184.75
G20 Lifetime Miles: 147.25
Books 2023 Lifetime Miles: 50.00
Trail Runs 2023 Lifetime Miles: 106.00
Nike TK Lifetime Miles: 95.00
Altra Escalante 3 Lifetime Miles: 149.50
Altra Superior 5 Lifetime Miles: 175.25
Altra Torin 5 Lifetime Miles: 160.50
Tomir Lifetime Miles: 126.50
Kjerag Lifetime Miles: 134.75
Hoka Cielo Road Lifetime Miles: 25.50
Books 2024 Lifetime Miles: 12.00
Trail Runs 2024 Lifetime Miles: 18.00
BG 21 Lifetime Miles: 169.00
Total Distance
141.75
Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 14.50INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 7.00Books 2023 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 14.00Tomir Miles: 18.25Altra Superior 5 Miles: 24.50Kjerag Miles: 29.00PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 5.50Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.75Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 13.25G20 Miles: 4.25Nike TK Miles: 6.25Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 4.00ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 6.00Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 5.50
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Total Distance
4.50

pm--4.5 Halfway Wash w/ Abigail and Aspen. Nice catching up w/ 2 great people.

Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 4.50
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7.00

pm--7 Rim Trails w/ Vanderslice. Good run after I got going. Met a neighbor and chatted for a moment on the mesa. Also, thought a bit about how unbelievable xc is in the SW. A team has to be basically college level to be top-tier anymore. Crazy. I also finished a short-story collection from one of my former professors, Caution: Men in Trees by Darrell Spencer.

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 7.00Books 2023 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00
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Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk. Nice weather today.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Tomir Miles: 6.25
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6.00

pm--6 Anasazi to the closed portion of the trail, just before the homestead, and back. Listened to an interview w/ Chuck Schwartz, the Air Academy coach, from August.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.00
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7.25

pm--7.25 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard w/ my favorite beardie Decker. It was nice catching up. The miles melted away.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Kjerag Miles: 7.25
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5.50

pm--5.5 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk lollipop. REM is great.

PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 5.50Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00
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6.00

am--6 Anasazi w/ Tom. Saw Maycee up top. This was my 5th time on the same trail this week. I love it.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.00
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3.75

pm--3.75 Vineyard for 1st day of track practice. Fun group.

Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.75
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4.50

pm--4.5 Harmon's Trail w/ Aspen and Andee. Feeling better.

Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 4.50
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4.25

pm--4.25 Tempo loop w/ 4x hill sprints and some running on the track.

G20 Miles: 4.25
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ the Chipmunk extension. Good to get out.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.25
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7.25

pm--7.25 Anasazi w/ Cholla and Chipmunk. Woke up feeling sick, so I was dragging at the beginning. Ended up gliding along by the end. Also, this was trail run 100 for the year. Always a goal of mine to get in the dirt.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Kjerag Miles: 7.25
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4.00

pm--4 Trot around the hood w/ my neighbor and a head cold. Felt okay. Win for getting out. 

Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 4.00
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7.00

pm--7 Rim trails w/ some sluggishness due to some sickness. I listened to an old interview w/ Nobby, a Lydiard disciple.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Tomir Miles: 7.00
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ the Chipmunk loop. Body responded like I was in a sauna. Still flushing out gamboo. Hopefully, I'll start feeling better soon. 
 

I've been doing some reading w/ a spiritual bent and finished Original Goodness by Eknath Easwaran. It's a bit of a reflection on the beatitudes filtered through mysticism.

Books 2023 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Nike TK Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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4.00

am--4 A little jaunt w/ my neighbor w/ a grass mule or two.

Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 4.00
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6.25

pm--6.25 Nice miles on the Anasazi w/ more of the gunk sweating out over the course of the run. Nice afternoon.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.25
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7.50

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ Cholla and Chipmunk. Started out struggling but felt better as I went.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Kjerag Miles: 7.50
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8.75

am--8.75 Nice negative split w/ Aspen and some chatting after w/ the boys. Then ran some miles at the PVXC Alumni Mile. It was a ton of fun catching up w/ great peeps. I think ended up running 7:40ish mile w/ a nice group.

Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 8.75
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11.00

am--6 Half w/ the team and half w/ Addi, Adri, Ellie, Jacey, and Josie. Awesome people. 
 

pm--5 Anasazi w/ Abigail. Lots of nice conversation. More running today than I was planning. Oh well.

Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 6.00Tomir Miles: 5.00
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6.00

am--6 Around Santa Clara backwards w/ Andee and Aspen. Felt better than expected. I also finished an interesting book on creativity, The Creative Act by Rick Rubin. I'm on a RR kick lately. His Tetragrammaton podcast is pretty great.

ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 6.00Books 2023 Miles: 1.00
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5.50

am--5.5 10x :60 of threshold on the track w/ :60 jog between. A couple of the uptempo sections we extended to 2:00. Felt accomplished after.

Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 5.50
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7.00

pm--7 Anasazi w/ Cholla in a draggy manner. No worries. Finished the year w/ my brother great mileage week. 
 

I also finished a book about movement and mobilizations to strengthen the running body. It's called Ready to Run by Dr. Kelly Starrett. Lots of great stuff.

Books 2023 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 1.00Kjerag Miles: 7.00
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I finished an interesting and playful book by Italo Calvino called If on a winter's night a traveler. It's a metafictional postmodern book full of pretty much everything. 

 

And here's the rundown for 2023:

Runs: 335

Hours: 263

Miles: 1,668

Monthly Average: 139 (Biggest month was 153, smallest was 125)

Elevation Gain: 104,990 (Biggest month was 11,654, smallest was 7,024)

Monthly Average: 8,749

Trail Runs: 106

Books Read: 50

80% of my runs were at an easy aerobic pace and 20% were at tempo or faster. Decent year w/ lots of dirt and some good conversations and learning. 
Happy New Year!

Books 2023 Miles: 1.00
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Total Distance
141.75
Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 14.50INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 7.00Books 2023 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2023 Miles: 14.00Tomir Miles: 18.25Altra Superior 5 Miles: 24.50Kjerag Miles: 29.00PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 5.50Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.75Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 13.25G20 Miles: 4.25Nike TK Miles: 6.25Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 4.00ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 6.00Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 5.50
Weight: 0.00
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