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Location:

South Jordan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Feb 04, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2010 Ogden Half Marathon 1st overall

2010 Bryce Canyon Half 2nd overall 1:12

2010 St. George Marathon 10th overall

2011 American Fork Half marathon 1st overall New PR 1:10:37

2012-Mt. Nebo Half 1:08:00

2009 St. George Marathon 11th overall 2:31:43

2009 Ogden Marathon 4th place overall

2008 St. George Marathon 2:40:46 18th overall

2008 Tou Half 1:14:35 7th overall

2008 Bear Lake Half marathon 1st place Win. Set Course record.

2008 Provo river Half PR 1:13:28

2008 Boston Marathon 2:49--Beat Lance Armstrong by 2 minutes.

2008 Ogden Marathon 10th overall.

Ragnar Relay Del Sol 2008--1st Place Team Overall. Set new course record! 17 hours 4 minutes 5.38 average pace per mile!

Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back 2008--2nd Place Team overall. 17 hours 54 minutes.

2007 Top of Utah 1/2 Marathon 1:14 4th overall

2007 Wasatch Back Relay 3rd team overall---Very Fun!

Boston, Rock & Roll Arizona, Carlsbad are my favorite marathons.

2007 St. George Marathon 2:40 with puking!39th overall

Short-Term Running Goals:

My short term goals are to stick to a good regime.

~~To bring my marathon pr down in mid 2:30's~~

World Championship Maters Marathon July 17, 2011

USATFLDR Competition Series: Stiders Half, Salt Lake Half, Hobblecreek Half, Heart of Holiday 5k, Running with Leopards 5k, Draper Days 5k, Minuteman 5k, Top of Utah Half.

Great Potato Half marathon--Boise

Running with Ed 41 mile relay. Team Probar

St. George Marathon 2011

Get Sponsors and make money in Masters.

Sponsors so far:

Probar, St. George Running Center

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~My long term goals are to beat sasha~~.

To get my marathon time to 2:20's

Personal:

I have three girls-Sarah, Brooke, and Bailey and a baby boy born in Jan. 2010 named Boston. I own a Concrete Construction company called Quality Footings and Foundations. If any of my fellow bloggers are in need of concrete work just drop me a line or call 801-381-7089 I'll give you the friendly runner discount. Its hard work thats why between work and running I maintain my girlish figure! I own the American Flyers Race Pacers which is on Facebook to join. www.americanflyersracepacers.com

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, May 06, 2008

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
9.50	1900.00	0.00

I swam 1 mile without stopping. It was very hard but I pushed myself and did it. then I did a 300 yard swim after that. Then I ran 2 miles very slow because my IT band will not give up! I am in some serious trouble here! Im going to take lots of Ibuprophen today and stretch. Thats all I got to say about that!

Ok I ran 7.5 easy slow miles in 52:18 I think thats about a 7 minute mile. The back of my knee has a dull ache in it so Im going to ice it and take more ibuprophen.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Scott Zincone on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 17:33:13

I have been swimming off and on for awhile and was wondering about your time in your mile swim today. I was just curious how I compare to others. I usually look at JOHN A on the blog for his times as well.

Did you swim 1600 yards or meters?

Keep up the great work !

From Walter on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 19:36:10

I did 1600 yards in 32 minutes. I seem to keep a 1 minute per lap time at a steady rate. A lap meaning 2 lengths or out and back. When I race my time comes down to about a 45 second per lap and Im probably average for swimming. There are swimmers that make me look weak as can be! But in a tri I can make up what they take in the swim from my run. What are your times?

From Scott Zincone on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 23:22:00

Walter - first off I wanted to say I first found your blog after your triathlon a month or so ago. I had been reading JohnA's as he was training for it. Then came upon your race report. I realized we have some similar training. Well except for you go further and faster than me by a lot.

Anyway, last year when I had a stress fracture in my femur I was swimming much more. I swam a mile PR in 30:01. And believe me if I had been paying attention I would have pressed to go under 30...bummer.

Actually I swam 1800 yards, which converts to 1.02 mile. I think 1600 is .994. Do you know which distance would be used in a certified race for a mile swim? That is why I wondered if you swam in meters versus yards.

Usually though, I swim a combo of free and breast most days. I have never done any type of strength training on my upper body. I think the breast has helped make me a little bulkier up top. But the free is what really gets my heart rate up.

And as I just mentioned to someone else, reading blogs like your has helped me become a better runner. Thanks.

From Walter on Wed, May 07, 2008 at 18:01:40

Thanks Scott. 30 minutes is a smoking great time! If I swim that in the vikingman on june 7th I know I could win. I feel like my swimming has helped my breathing in running. And Im pretty skinny so I could use a little upper body strength too. Keep up the good work.

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