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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: 6.25 Month: 24.25 Year: 312.50
NB 1400 Lifetime Miles: 322.25
Nike LunarEpic Lifetime Miles: 610.50
Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Lifetime Miles: 619.76
INOV8 F-Lite 195 Lifetime Miles: 610.25
Hoka Clifton 6 Lifetime Miles: 331.25
Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 111.00
Erg Ks Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Hoka Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 434.50
Nike LunarEpic 2 Lifetime Miles: 176.25
Desert Canyons Lifetime Miles: 111.50
PV Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 235.00
ASICS Cumulus 23 Lifetime Miles: 499.25
Brooks Glycerin 18 Lifetime Miles: 287.00
Adidas Boston 10 Lifetime Miles: 313.75
Nike TK Lifetime Miles: 248.50
Altra Escalante 3 Lifetime Miles: 250.25
Altra Superior 5 Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Altra Torin 5 Lifetime Miles: 241.00
Tomir Lifetime Miles: 288.25
Kjerag Lifetime Miles: 255.75
Hoka Cielo Road Lifetime Miles: 41.25
ASICS Cumulus 26 Lifetime Miles: 19.50
Books 2025 Lifetime Miles: 13.00
Trail Runs 2025 Lifetime Miles: 46.00
ASICS Nimbus 26 Lifetime Miles: 21.25
Total Distance
312.50
ASICS Cumulus 26 Miles: 14.50Nike TK Miles: 65.75Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 46.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 71.00Kjerag Miles: 34.75Books 2025 Miles: 13.00NB 1400 Miles: 33.00Tomir Miles: 53.50ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 21.25Bike Miles Miles: 10.50Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.50PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 8.75Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.25

pm--4.25 Figure 8s around my neighborhood because my wife wasn't feeling well, and I wanted to be close if needed. Added 7x :60 @ threshold w/ :60 jog between and 4x strides. 

ASICS Cumulus 26 Miles: 4.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

am--5 Anasazi w/ Abigail. Nice to catch up. She's a fascinating person.

Nike TK Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi after the 1st work day of the year. I love the dirt.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

pm--6 More Anasazi w/ some exploration. I also finished A Guide to Christian Living by Lowell L. Bennion. 

Kjerag Miles: 6.00Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Anasazi after dark w/ a dim headlamp.

NB 1400 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Anasazi to the creosote. 

Nike TK Miles: 6.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG out and all of Chipmunk. I also finished an alternate history/fantasy book called She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.

Tomir Miles: 7.50Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Anasazi w/ my neighbor under the Wolf Moon. 

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.75

pm--5.75 Variation of Barrel Roll after finally breaking the inertia of the week. 

Nike TK Miles: 5.75Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

am--5.25 Laps around Nielsen Grove Park in the snow.

ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 5.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.50

am--8.5 Anasazi to the homestead w/ LG both ways. I also finished a nice poetry collection, Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara.

Tomir Miles: 8.50Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

am--5 Green Valley Loop in the cold morning. Felt pretty good most of the run. I was glad to get out after a couple busy days. I also finished The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura. Simple and quick read.

Books 2025 Miles: 1.00ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

pm--7 Anasazi w/ the Chipmunk lollipop. Was dragging a bit.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 7.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG both ways. Listened to some interesting music talk. 

Kjerag Miles: 7.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi w/ some music chatter.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

am--6 Orem/Provo loop w/ Lover's Lane at the end. I also finished a great writing book, 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost.

Books 2025 Miles: 1.00ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

am--5 Lover's Lane out and back. Felt better today than yesterday. It's funny how when you let it come to you things often work out.

ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
4.00

am--4 Anasazi w/ Tom. Great to catch up. 

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 4.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG on the way out. I'm wondering if it was too beautiful for February, and then I remember the wind. I finished a book that's got me discarding things that don't spark joy: The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.

Nike TK Miles: 6.50Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Same route as yesterday w/ 200 fewer feet of gain. Not sure why my watched wigged yesterday. I'm feeling a little sluggish. 

Tomir Miles: 6.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

pm--6 Barrel Roll w/ Elusion x2. Nice weather except it's February.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 6.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Decent finish to the week. 

Kjerag Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--Anasazi w/ LG. I'm on a Radiohead kick lately. Also wishing I understood Kendrick's appeal a bit more. 

Nike TK Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.75

pm--5.75 Anasazi. Not much else to say.

Tomir Miles: 5.75Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

am--5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Nice chat about many things.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

am--Biked 10.5 while James ran. Nice to catch up.

Bike Miles Miles: 10.50
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG out. 

Tomir Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. I finished a great book by Twyla Tharp called The Creative Habit.

NB 1400 Miles: 6.25Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.50

am--5.5 Anasazi w/ Tom. Good chat.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.75

pm--5.75 Barrel Roll w/ a pod. I finished a book about a Mormon-adjacent writer, Vardis Fisher: A Mormon Novelist, by Michael Austin.

Nike TK Miles: 5.75Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Feel a bit sluggish, and it was above 80 degrees today, but it's good to get out.

Tomir Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.25

pm--3.25 Truncated Anasazi on a busy day.

NB 1400 Miles: 3.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

pm--7 Anasazi w/ LG and Chipmunk loop. Decent run once I got going. I'm learning to let the run come to me more and more.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 7.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

am--5 Heights Loop w/ my neighbor. It's fun to run in the roads and feel like I can still run sub-9 pace fairly comfortably. I also finished another install on Mormon thought by Kristine L. Haglund called Eugene England: Mormon Liberal. He was an interesting man that I relate to quite a bit. I wonder how he would feel about things if he were still alive.

ASICS Cumulus 26 Miles: 5.00Books 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Anasazi w/ LG. When I get out, I'm happy, but it takes more effort these days.

Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Sane Anasazi route as yesterday.

NB 1400 Miles: 6.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi after helping a bit at the track meet.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
8.00

pm--8 Fooled around on Barrel Roll and Sidewinder on a beautiful day.

Kjerag Miles: 8.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Truncated Anasazi after a day of finishing up some grading.

NB 1400 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

pm--7 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk and LG in the overcast afternoon. Watched a pretty good movie called Weathering with You tonight.

Kjerag Miles: 7.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

pm--6 Barrel Roll w/ Elusion x2. Kind of dragging on an overcast afternoon.

Nike TK Miles: 6.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.50

am--3.5 Short Anasazi run/hike w/ a buddy visiting from Oregon.

PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 3.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.50

pm--6.5 Anasazi again on purty day. My legs are a bit beat, and my back is tight. Otherwise, life's great.

Nike TK Miles: 6.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Anasazi to get 4K of climbing this week. Good week. I also finished the source book for my favorite anime, Run with the Wind by Shion Miura.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Books 2025 Miles: 1.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Anasazi after a slow start to the week.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.00

pm--6 Barrel Roll after school.

Nike TK Miles: 6.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

am--5.25 Truncated Anasazi before a funeral and the VGk game.

Tomir Miles: 5.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

pm--5.25 Truncated Anasazi w/ LG. Finally getting out this week. My legs and body feel a little beat.

PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 5.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.00

pm--7 Anasazi w/ backward Chipmunk loop. Felt good after a crawling start. 

NB 1400 Miles: 7.00Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

pm--5.25 Anasazi like Wednesday in the middle of 2 wedding celebrations for kids I've coached. Such joy.

Nike TK Miles: 5.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.50

pm--3.5 Slow burn in the tready. I also finished a great book in poetry by Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook.

Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 3.50Books 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

pm--5.25 Canyons and back. Somehow my watch saved the run at my midway pit stop.

ASICS Cumulus 26 Miles: 5.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.25

pm--5.25 Anasazi to the top before the GooBlurs reunion. Fun day and night.

Altra Superior 5 Miles: 5.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
7.50

pm--7.5 Anasazi w/ LG both ways. Sore but good.

Tomir Miles: 7.50Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
0.00

I finished a great book about poetry called The Triggering Town by Richard Hugo. It's one a person should read every few years. I also finished A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger.

Books 2025 Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi w/ LG. Dragging in the warm weather.

Nike TK Miles: 6.25Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
312.50
ASICS Cumulus 26 Miles: 14.50Nike TK Miles: 65.75Trail Runs 2025 Miles: 46.00Altra Superior 5 Miles: 71.00Kjerag Miles: 34.75Books 2025 Miles: 13.00NB 1400 Miles: 33.00Tomir Miles: 53.50ASICS Nimbus 26 Miles: 21.25Bike Miles Miles: 10.50Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.50PV Speedgoat 4 Miles: 8.75Altra Escalante 3 Miles: 3.50
Weight: 0.00
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