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Location:

Alpine,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

3K: 8:58 Pocatello, ID 2003 (indoors at Idaho State)

5K: 14:55 Salt Lake City, UT 2010 (Law Day 5k)

10K: 29:33 Salt Lake City, UT 2010 (Des News 10k)

1/2 marathon: 1:06:59 Provo, UT 2010 (Utah Valley Half)

marathon: 2:21:59 St. George, UT 2009 (St. George Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

To get running higher mileage more consistently without getting injured

Sub 2:19:00 marathon

Personal:

I used to run competitively, and maybe I will do so again someday.  Right now I am primarily running to try and get in better shape, and to maintain both physical and emotional health, but also for the simple joy that comes when I run.

I am also the proud daddy of five little ones.  I love the opportunity that I have to be a daddy, and my challenge is to balance my family responsibilities with work and running.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Speedstar Lifetime Miles: 2020.05
Asics Gel Ohana Racer Lifetime Miles: 2332.20
Adidas Adizero Lifetime Miles: 1375.45
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 183.10
Nike Free 5.0 Lifetime Miles: 2221.85
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 795.92
Puma Faas 200 Lifetime Miles: 381.50
Puma Faas 250 Lifetime Miles: 466.10
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 1836.85
Baretrek Lifetime Miles: 290.15
Hoka Conquest Lifetime Miles: 41.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.002.501.500.0015.00

I ran to school this morning with a total time of 58:36.  I was in the mood to run a little quicker, so I just cruised a little under 7:00 pace for most of the run (although the first mile was more like a 7:45).  Total of 8.6 miles.

I ran at school for my second run today.  I ran over to the track, and after a brief warm-up I ran a 400-800-1200-1600-1200-800-400 ladder with 60 seconds rest (just over 100m running on average) between repeats.  The goal was to try and relax as much as possible while hitting splits right around marathon OTQ pace (5:18/mile).  It was somewhat windy and temps were in the 80's so the effort was harder than what my effort will be when running my next marathon on November 12th, but that was fine.

Splits were 1:16, 2:34, 3:52, 5:15, 3:54, 2:33, 1:10.  The wind was not very strong during the first three repeats, but it picked up a bit during the 1600 and the following 1200 before dying back down again.  I was surprised at how easy the final 400 felt.  My general feeling while running was that a 36 second 200 did not feel much different than a 40 second 200.  I will need to make sure to not press too hard early on in the next marathon, which may be difficult when differing efforts do not feel too different.  I guess that is what the HR monitor is for, but I can not become too dependent on that either.

Total of 6.4 miles for the run, with 4 miles of total speed work. 

Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 8.60Nike Free 5.0 Miles: 6.40
Comments
From Andrea on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 22:01:48 from 67.177.21.60

Nice workout!! You planning a taper soon?

From jeffmc on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 22:16:36 from 131.216.80.154

I will kind of start a taper about two weeks out, but I won't really start tapering until 8 or 9 days out. I personally think that too much of a taper is a bad thing, so I don't want to back off too much.

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