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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
22.750.501.750.3025.30
Barefoot Miles: 4.65Puma Faas 200 Miles: 3.60Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 3.55Puma Faas 250 Miles: 3.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.750.250.000.005.00

I ran 5 miles, running the last 5 laps plus a little extra with no shoes.  The last 3.5 miles were on the track.  After running a mile without shoes, I decided to see how my feet would handle running faster.  I ran a 78 second quarter, and my feet were not happy.  I could feel hot spots pop up on the bottoms of my feet almost immediately, and I think that when I run on the track I subconsciously extend my outside leg a little more, which led to my heel contacting the track more directly on the turns, and some mild pain.

Barefoot Miles: 1.40Puma Faas 200 Miles: 3.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.001.000.005.00

I ran 5 miles today, running most of it on the track again (I alternate miles in different directions on the track).  I wanted to see how out of shape I am as I lost a fair amount of weight while sick and it seemed like it was mostly muscle mass.  Lately I have weighed anywhere from 116-119 depending on the time of day whereas before I would range from about 122-126.  My first indicator of shape was not good, as my HR was around 150 at 7:40 pace.  I also ran a hard mile at the end of the run to get a better idea of where I am at, and I finished in 5:14 (full mile, not a 1600) with splits of 78, 78, 79, 77 (+2 seconds to the finish).  The mile was not encouraging.  I felt almost immediately like the effort was hard, and to be honest the 5:14 was not that taxing, but it was pretty much all I could do.  I guess I can't get much slower, so hopefully it just gets better from here.

Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.500.305.30

I ran 5 miles, running most of it on the track again.  This distance seems pretty good for me until I start feeling like I am getting more back to normal.  I decided to run a few strides as I was running, while also throwing in a couple hard 200's with the wind mostly at my back (the wind was really strong today).  The wind was in my face for about 50m on the first 200, and then at my back for the last 150, and I ran a 29.  On the second 200 the wind was in my face for about 75m, and at my back for about 125 (the tailwind was partially blocked by the man made hill which comprises the seating, so it was not as strong as before) and I finished in 30s.  I then started to run barefoot again.  Some other guys at the track started running 800's while I was running barefoot.  I wanted to see if my feet would get ripped up again, so I joined them on one of their repeats, running splits of 80s and 77s (2:37 total).  Even with the wind being as bad as it was I felt very relaxed, and I was much happier than I was yesterday.  Today I felt like I had another gear which is a positive.

Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 3.55Barefoot Miles: 1.75
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.250.250.005.00

Today my run was kind of broken up as I ran from school to the car, and after driving home Kimia and I ran with the kids to the track so that she could run a mile time trial.  As the track was closed due to lacrosse games on the field I ran back to the house, got the car, and we drove out to a different track so that Kimia could run her time trial.  My plan was to run while Kimia was running, but she wanted me to time her while she ran alone.

Kimia had already run 2 miles in the morning, plus her warm up, so she may have been a little more tired than normal (2 miles for Kimia is still a lot).  We wanted her to run the time trial because she has never broken a 10:00 mile (her pr was 10:16 I think) and she has really been trying to run more recently so we thought she could best that mark by a fair amount.  It was dark by the time she started, so I could not really see her, but it seemed like she started off fairly quick.  The first lap was a 2:09, followed by a 2:18.  After the second lap I told her that she had slowed down, and she immediately sped up some.  The third lap was a 2:14, followed by another 2:09 plus 3 seconds to finish off the mile in 8:53.  I think that if Kimia just gets some more practice she will be able to cut 10 seconds off of her mile time without improving her fitness.  We are both in the process of thinking up significant bribes to motivate Kimia to break 8:00 and 7:00 for the mile as she has told me she wants to shoot for that.

After Kimia finished, I finished up my run, running the last 1.5 miles barefoot.  I finished the last 4000m in 16:31, the last 800m in 2:37, and the last 400m in 1:14.  I was happy with how I felt, as I never felt like I was running all out.  I just progressively got faster over the last 2 miles as I was trying to finish quick so that Kimia would not have to wait for me any longer than needful.  Even the 1:14 felt very relaxed, which is a plus, especially since I was running barefoot.  I did get some more hot spots on my feet.  I guess that my feet are not yet ready to run barefoot 2 days in a row.

Barefoot Miles: 1.50Puma Faas 250 Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

I ran 5 miles today.  The first 2 miles I ran with Kimia in about 19:00.  It was actually harder than the time would indicate, because I was pushing both kids in the stroller (and its not a running stroller, as our running stroller only holds one kid) and the whole thing with both kids weighs somewhere in the vicinity of 80 lbs.  Toss in the curbs and bumps where I had to slow down or stop, and the uphill first mile, and I think it makes the effort worth about 1:30 faster per mile than it really was.  After we finished, I ran 3 miles alone in 23:24.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.750.501.750.3025.30
Barefoot Miles: 4.65Puma Faas 200 Miles: 3.60Adidas Adizero Miles: 5.00Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 3.55Puma Faas 250 Miles: 3.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.00
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