| 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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Tomir Miles: 44.75 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 29.00 | Brooks Glycerin 18 Miles: 8.75 | Books 2024 Miles: 19.00 | Altra Superior 5 Miles: 49.50 | ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 13.75 | Altra Torin 5 Miles: 25.00 | Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.00 | Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 16.00 | Kjerag Miles: 40.75 | BG 21 Miles: 209.25 | Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 14.00 | INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 27.75 | Nike TK Miles: 12.50 | Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 9.25 | Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | pm--4 Cholla and partway up the hill w/ Tom. Nice chat about life and his family.
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Tomir Miles: 4.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5 Heights w/ 5x hill sprints. Better turnout than the past few weeks.
I finished a book about teaching composition by Steven T. Nelson, Teaching the Way: Using the Principles of The Art of War to Teach Composition.
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Brooks Glycerin 18 Miles: 5.00 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5 Anasazi to the creosote. Learned about Tolstoy and realized that consistency is more important than starting off with a bang.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5.25 Halfway Wash w/ a good crew. I also finished Cultivating Communities of Practice by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder.
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ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 5.25 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--2 Lava Flow double w/ out the afternoon run because of a meeting.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | pm--3.75 Warmup and cooldown w/ the cool kids. I need to find some consistency in a few areas of my life.
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Brooks Glycerin 18 Miles: 3.75 |
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| | am--3 New morning loop w/ James and Tyler. Not quite as cold as yesterday.
pm--6 Measured the tempo loop and then ran through Dixie Downs w/ the dudes. Not bad after we got going.
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Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.00 | Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | pm--5 Anasazi to the creosote. I've missed the trails.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--7.5 Met up and ran w/ Maura in Green Valley. The intention was Zen, but the darkness led to a hybrid run. It was nice catching up.
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Kjerag Miles: 7.50 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ lower graveyard. Felt heavy after a weekend of chowing down. I also, finished Running Up the Mountain by Matt Baxter and Ron Mann. It was a great, quick read.
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Tomir Miles: 6.50 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--3 The usual morning route w/ Tyler and James. Felt good.
pm--6 Threshold Intervals 7x 2:00 w/ :60 jog recovery. Felt good but was hard towards the end. I was trying to hang w/ Aspen who is fitter than I am.
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| | am--3 Slow double this morning is all I got in today.
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| | am--3 Morning loop w/ James and Tyler. Felt decent.
pm--4.5 Easy Heights run w/ 5x hill sprints. Good vibes w/ the group.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 | BG 21 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | am--4 Sunbrook w/ my neighbor.
pm--5 Crosby Loops in the dark. I get the draw of turning off the mind and running. I also finished a book by Yukari Mitsuhashi called Ikigai. It's about the Japanese concept of everyday purpose.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 9.00 |
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| | pm--6 Paradise w/ a 10-minute push up the hill and 10-minutes uptempo when we got back to flat ground. Slower and harder than expected on the way up. Aspen rocked it.
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| | pm--5 Harmon's Trail w/ a few different groups. Got to hear Andee's opinions for a while. That was fun.
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| | pm--6 Threshold work--6x 3:00 w/ 1:00 recovery. Felt decent, so it was pretty fun. It's fun to see some of these kids really excelling.
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Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 5.00 |
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ Tyler and Aspen.
pm--4.5 Canyons and back w/ Aspen and Emmy. Fun chat on dead legs. Running was hard this afternoon.
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Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 4.50 | BG 21 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | pm--7 Anasazi w/ the Lower Graveyard lead and some Radiohead analysis in the air. Felt heavy at the beginning but lightened up as I went.
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Tomir Miles: 7.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--8.5 Anasazi and Chipmunk w/ Lower Graveyard intro and outro. More Radiohead analysis of In Rainbows. Really felt good today.
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INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 8.50 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--3 Usual morning loop w/ James and Tyler at a brisky pace.
pm--4.5 SC Drive and Sycamore Crossing. Maybe, a bit too close to dinner, but the pace was okay.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 5.00 | BG 21 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | am--5 Usual morning route w/ a jog to and from the school. Nice running w/ Raymond and James.
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| | am--6 Sunbrook in a light rain before my aunt's funeral. Nice day w/ family.
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| | am--6.75 Muddy trail run w/ Lower Graveyard on Anasazi. Learned about Lowell Bennion.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.75 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--7.5 Some tempo work on the tempo loop. It was windy, and I was sluggish. All ended well.
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| | am--3 Morning route w/ James and Emmy. Kind of struggled.
pm--5.25 Harmon's trail w/ mostly Aspen. Still struggling a bit. Aspen is in better shape than I am.
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ James.
pm--3 A leisurely run w/ my neighbor on the high school grounds.
I'll finish Anna Karenina in a few minutes. It's fun to live w/ big Russian tomes once in a while. This novel is interesting because every character has notable flaws but is presented in a way that paints them in a sympathetic light. Kudos, Tolstoy.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | pm--5.5 Anasazi in some weather. Mostly just overcast and dreary on the way out. It started to pour more consistently on the way back.
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Tomir Miles: 5.50 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard on the way out. Beautiful day after some dreary days. Lots of people hiking today.
I also finished 2 churchy books--Original Grace by Adam S. Miller and Not My Will, But Thine by Neal A. Maxwell. I'm often drawn to the spiritual.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.25 | Books 2024 Miles: 2.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--4.5 Tready run. I was late getting ready for practice and didn't run w/ the kids. They seemed to have a great time. I also finished Understanding the Scriptures by Lowell L. Bennion. Quick and insightful read. ThriftBooks.com is great for picking niche books at low prices. And often the books have thoughtful inscriptions in the inside cover or handwritten notes tucked in the pages.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | am--3 Morning loop w/ Austin, James, and Tyler. Good run. Good company.
pm--6 Vineyard w/ a mixed group. I was a little hyper and, also, need to get over being the pace police.
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| | am--3 Nice and easy recovery loop.
pm--7 Threshold ladder reps w/ Aspen, Katie, Emmy, April, and Andee. Lots of good stuff this afternoon.
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Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 5.00 | BG 21 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | am--3 Nice morning loop w/ James.
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| | pm--6.25 Anasazi and Lower Graveyard w/ Abigail. It was nice catching up even if we raised the ire of some biker because we just ran on the shoulder of the trail as we passed.
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Nike TK Miles: 6.25 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice to hear about his family and his sweat lodge experience.
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Tomir Miles: 5.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--10.75 Annual Suicidal Tendencies Prez Dayz run even though it ended up being only me and Aspen. I love that trail, but the climb is no joke. I also finished 2 books: On Mental Toughness from HBR's 10 Must Reads and The Things That Matter Most by Lowell L. Bennion.
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Kjerag Miles: 10.75 | Books 2024 Miles: 2.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5.25 Hills and strides w/ a warm and cool.
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ James. Didn't make it on the run this afternoon.
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| | am--3 James and the morning loop.
pm--4 New bridge run w/ my neighbor. Nice chat about PEDs.
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| | pm--7.25 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard and Chipmunk. Nice day but tired.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 7.25 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5.25 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard w/ my neighbor. Nice weather.
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Tomir Miles: 5.25 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--7 Paradise w/ some tempo and strides. Stetson and Boston rocked it.
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| | am--3 Usual morning w/ James, Jonathan, and Tyler. I also finished The Quality of Mercy by Eugene England. He pushes the reader to be bold in his application of mercy.
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ James. Rough week for running.
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| | pm--7 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard. I listened to an interesting podcast about dolorology, the study of pain.
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Kjerag Miles: 7.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--9 Run-a-thon. The miles came in 2 runs separated by about an hour. Nice catching up w/ some people.
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| | am--5 Heights at a decent clip.
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| | am--4 Serenity loop at a decent clip.
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| | am--6.5 Jacob Hamblin loop w/ 5x strides at the track. Beautiful morning. I also finished The Second Mountain by David Brooks. It's a good rumination on how to find greater purpose in life.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 6.50 |
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| | am--6 Threshold--20 minutes--in 3-minute intervals w/ :60 jog recovery and a 2 minute to finish.
pm--5 Double threshold--10x :60 w/ equal recovery and a barefoot cooldown. Kids looked good.
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Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 4.00 | BG 21 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | am--5 Recovery run that turned into a progression run thanks to Aspen. Feeling pretty beat.
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| | pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard out and back. Draggy but good. It's nice to be in the dirt again.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 7.50 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--6 Hill Circuits x 2. Felt hard. Must be getting old or weak or both. Still fun to get after it a bit.
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| | pm--7 Anasazi w/ LG and partial Chipmunk. Slow but nice.
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Kjerag Miles: 7.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ some LG. Tired but good.
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Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--3 Morning loop w/ James.
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| | pm--6 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out. Learned more about Andrew Hickey and finished The Finnish Way by Katja Pantzar. The Finns seem to have life figured out.
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Tomir Miles: 6.00 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--5 Golf course and Vineyard. Good run w/ a mixed group.
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| | am--6 To and from w/ the usual morning route. Also had some great things happen at the JV meet. I finished Jesus, The Master Teacher by Lowell L. Bennion. Quick, insightful read.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | am--3 Morning route w/ James and Raymond.
pm--5 Anasazi in a funky fatigue.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | pm--7 Anasazi w/ Lower Graveyard. Life and track meets are getting to me, zapping the will and fitness out of me.
On another note, I finished Lila by Marilynne Robinson. This is part of the group of Gilead books. I really enjoy Robinson's writing and perspective.
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INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 7.00 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out. I pushed it a bit today and felt okay.
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Nike TK Miles: 6.25 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--8.5 Anasazi and LG w/ Chipmunk. 'Twas good to cruise in the dirt. I also finished a wacky book called Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor. True southern gothic.
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Kjerag Miles: 8.50 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--3 Morning route w/ James. Now, all I hear about is how low his heart rate was on the run.
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ James and Raymond.
pm--5 Harmon's Trail w/ the boys until I flipped. Finished w/ Aspen and Emmy.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 | BG 21 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | am--5 Usual morning route w/ James and Raymond. Added a bit before w/ James.
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| | pm--6.25 Anasazi and LG w/ some 90's hip hop after suffering the chilly winds of Hurricane.
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INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.25 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--6 SC Parkway rhythm run w/ Renstrom and Neri. Felt good to do something progressive. I also finished Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | BG 21 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | am--3 Morning run.
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Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | am--4.25 Morning run w/ James.
pm--4 Sone running while kids did their workout.
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ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 4.00 | BG 21 Miles: 4.25 |
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| | am--3 Morning run.
pm--5 Heights run.
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Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | am--3 Morning run w/ James and Raymond.
pm--4.25 Warm and cool w/ some running while kids did pace work.
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Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 4.25 | Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 |
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| | pm--5.5 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out.
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Tomir Miles: 5.50 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--5.5 Ran to the school for the usual w/ James and Raymond. Good stuff at the JV meet.
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Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | am--6.75 Anasazi w/ LG. Stopped to chat w/ a retiree near the turnaround. Felt flat until I was nearly done.
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Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.75 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | pm--6 Anasazi w/ LG both ways. Got some nuggets from Leonard Cohen.
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INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--5.5 Usual morning w/ James w/ the to and from.
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Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 5.50 |
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| | pm--6 Anasazi w/ LG both ways while listening to Rick Rubin chat w/ Golden Harper.
I finished a book recommended by a colleague--The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom. More spiritual memoir than Holocaust book, but that's not a bad thing.
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Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--3 Usual morning route w/ James and Raymond.
pm--4.5 Towards Halfway Wash w/ a nice group. I also finished The Old Man and the Sea w/ my classes again.
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ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 4.50 | Altra Torin 5 Miles: 3.00 | Books 2024 Miles: 1.00 |
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| | am--5 Heights w/ a sluggish start. Ended up quicker than expected. I'm feeling pretty beat lately.
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Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 5.00 |
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Tomir Miles: 44.75 | Trail Runs 2024 Miles: 29.00 | Brooks Glycerin 18 Miles: 8.75 | Books 2024 Miles: 19.00 | Altra Superior 5 Miles: 49.50 | ASICS Cumulus 23 Miles: 13.75 | Altra Torin 5 Miles: 25.00 | Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.00 | Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 16.00 | Kjerag Miles: 40.75 | BG 21 Miles: 209.25 | Hoka Cielo Road Miles: 14.00 | INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 27.75 | Nike TK Miles: 12.50 | Adidas Boston 10 Miles: 9.25 | Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Miles: 5.50 |
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