| Member Since: Oct 19, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 7, 2017
Arkansas Traveller 100: 1st Place; October 1, 2016
Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:36:33, 1st Place (Course Record); October 3, 2015
Arkansas Traveller 100: 15:59:12, 1st Place; October 4, 2014
War Eagle Tail Twister 50K: 4:07:12, 2nd Place; June 3, 2017
2017 New York City Marathon: 2:53:59; November 5, 2017
2013 Boston Marathon: 2:59:11; April 1, 2013
PR, Sleeping Bear Marathon: 2:45:41, 1st Place; October 7, 2012
PR, Soaring Wings Half Marathon: 1:20:33, 8th Place; October 29, 2011 Personal: Pride necessarily sprouts and grows; a pride that can only come from relentless kneading of unwilling flesh, painful months of grinding and burning away all that is heavy, all that is strength-sapping and useless to the body as a projectile. --John L. Parker, Jr., runner/author Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 417.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 425.00 |
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 133.00 | HOKA Clifton 8 Miles: 8.00 | HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 56.00 | Saucony Endorphin Speed 2 Miles: 9.00 | HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 49.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 196.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 196.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 miles easy - on very sore quads - on my 9.5 Hwy. 300-Roland Cut-Off loop plus a little extra. It was a sweat fest, close to 90 degrees with humidity at 70%+, and I managed it without any fluid. I also managed 8X200m surges, 2 each at the end of Mike 6, 8, 10, and 11.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 8 miles in just over an hour in a steady rain shower.
11 Total Miles, including 3 miles walking.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
| AM: 13 miles midday to Pinnacle Mt. State Park. Made a couple loops around Kingfisher Trail and headed back home, with two short detour climbs up the Pinnacle Mt. maintenance road (gravel) and Waterview Estates entrance (pavement). Relaxed 8:37/mile pace, still with not-insignificant soreness in quads.
PM: 4 miles at 8:28/mile before Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame banquet, during which one of my runners was honored as a member of the All Arkansas Academic Team!
Total: 17 Miles. I'm not sure what I'll have heft tomorrow, but I'm on target for my third 100+ mile week in a row.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 17.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 29.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 30.00 |
| AM: 25 miles in 3:40 and change this morning. Because I happened to be running Miles 12-17 at the track, I popped off 4X400m repeats in 89, 84, 81, and 79.
PM: 5 miles at River Trail.
Total: 30 miles.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 30.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 4-mile walk after church, 4 miles REALLY easy this afternoon, and 2+ miles (nearly 2 hours) of late afternoon push-mowing.
10 Total Miles.
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
| 21 Miles in 3:11:45 (9:08) on rolling Forrest Service Roads in the Ouachita National Forest.
Beautiful afternoon and strong effort!
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| 20 miles on OT and Hwy. 300. First ~8 miles in steady rain on muddy, rocky, and technical OT, followed by 8 on Hwy. 300, then back on OT for ~2 miles to car; did 2 miles (OB) on 300 for an even 20 in 3:15 (9:45).
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| 20 miles in just over 3 hours (9:02) in Ouachita National Forest. This was quiet an adventure in the pouring rain with flooded FSRs and unplanned reroutes (including a ride from a nice local couple!).
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| 20 miles in 2:52:45 (8:38) from Pinnacle Mt. State Park Pond parking lot to NLR side of Big Dam Bridge and back, along Pinnacle Valley Rd. and the Arkansas River Trail (paved). One bottle of water only despite temp approaching 88 degrees with 60% humidity.
Most positive was my back half split (84 mins), which was 4:45 faster than outbound 10!
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 20.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
| 20 miles in 2:58:40 (8:56) in the Ouachita National Forest. From Lake Sylvia, I made a clockwise loop on FSR 152, 132, 96, 804, and then Hwy. 324 (paved) for final 2.5.
21 Total Miles, including 1 mile walking.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 20.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 23.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.00 |
| 20 more moderately paced miles with friends this morning in the Ouachita National Forest. Really enjoyed the company and conversation after a high-volume week. One of my buddies, Stan, will be pacing me for the final 38 miles of the Weatern States Endurande Run, which is two weeks from today.
23 Total Miles, including 3 miles walking.
Six 20s in a row this week, rounding out a 130+ mile week heading into a two-week taper.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 20.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 7 miles easy on Hwy. 171 with Henry and Luke.
8 Total, including one-mile walk.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 8 miles easy; 108 heat index.
10 Total, including 2 miles walking.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 6 miles on River Trail in 44:46 during Sophia's circuit training class.
9 Total including a brisk, three-mile walk with a few breaks for pull-ups during Sophia's soccer practice.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| AM: 6 miles with Max on River Trail; 4 walking with purpose and last 2 running.
PM: 5 miles in 39 mins on Hwy. 300.
Total: 11 Miles.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 5-mile tempo in 108 heat index at JTR track. I shot for 6:20/mile, but ended up around 6:30 (32:41), but relatively happy with effort.
9 Total Miles, including warm-up, cool-down, and 2 miles walking.
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| Saucony Endorphin Speed 2 Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 11 miles on another Arkansas summer day (108 heat index). Did one of my favorites...South on 300 to Pinnacle, up East Summit, down West, and back home.
12 Total Miles, including 1 mile walking.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 1.00 | HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 Mile, 100 jumping jacks, lots of push-ups.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 1.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 9 miles smooth and easy on Hwy. 171.
11 Total, including 2 miles walking.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 11.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 7.00 |
| 6 miles, including 8X200m at JTR track.
7 Total, including one-mile walk.
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 4.25 easy miles in OKC.
3.75 easy miles in Tucumcari, NM.
8 Total Miles and 10 minutes of light swimming in hotel pool.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 5 miles walking in Gallup, NM while Goodyear put new tires on my car.
1 Mile across the Mike O' Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge to take in the Hoover Dam.
6 Total Miles.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 7 miles with Luke on a beautiful trail overlooking Lake Tahoe.
8 Total Miles.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 miles walking around Olympic Valley, enjoying pre-race festivities with my brother and nephews, who ran well in the HOKA-sponsored crew and family races!
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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Western States Endurance Run (100.3 Miles) 23:38:32, Place overall: 88, Place in age division: 68 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 101.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 101.00 |
| Not satisfied, but grateful for the experience. I'm particularly thankful for the support of my family, including my crew, Luke and Henry. Along with my pacer, Stan, they brought me back to life at Mile 80 and helped me believe that sub-24 hours - and the sterling silver buckle - were still within reach.
Lots of mixed emotions, here, with a heavy dose of perspective and humility given the collective events and circumstances surrounding the race itself.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 20.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 mile walking.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 1.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 2.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| 1 mile walking.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 1.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4-mile hike with family in Zion National Park.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 9-mile hike with family at Zion.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles walking in Marble Canyon, Arizona.
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| HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 417.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 2.00 | 425.00 |
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| HOKA Clifton 8 (Orange) Miles: 133.00 | HOKA Clifton 8 Miles: 8.00 | HOKA Speedgoat 5 Miles: 56.00 | Saucony Endorphin Speed 2 Miles: 9.00 | HOKA Speedgoat 5 (Orange) Miles: 49.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 196.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 196.00 | |
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