| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 41.83 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 42.50 |
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| Altra Adam Miles: 21.50 | Hoka Conquest Miles: 7.00 | Baretrek Miles: 7.00 | Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Total time of 59:00 for approximately 7.5 miles.
I thought I saw some trails running by a nearby lake recently, so I ran out that way today to take a look. It ends up that there are trails there, and I got distracted looking around so I turned around later than planned (original plan was 7 miles). A look at maps after getting home makes it seem like the trails do not actually run completely around the lake, which is disappointing, as my rough estimate is that the trails only run 1.5 miles or less in either direction from where the road meets the trail. I'm still looking for a good place to run in Prescott. Hopefully I find one before I move again.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Total time of 54:53 for approximately 7 miles.
I think that I may have finally found a route that I am willing to run regularly, although I may adjust the start/end slightly once I measure the route using the blog course tool.
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| Hoka Conquest Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 miles in 54:18.
I ran the same route as yesterday, measuring the route using the blog course tool right before I left. I was glad that I did so, as the GPS cut out a few minutes after starting, and didn't start measuring distance again until I was almost two miles into the run. My watch ended up measuring the run over 1.4 miles shorter than the actual distance that I ran.
The measured route ended up being 6.9 miles in length, and I added approximately 0.1 miles onto the run to get to 7 miles. This was just a slight contrast to yesterday when my watch measured 6.73 miles for the same route and I added .17 miles extra, assuming that the watch was measuring short.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.33 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 miles in 53:11.
I decided to see how fast I could run up the massive hill (approx 250 ft elevation gain in 2/3 mile) that is on my running route today, and I made it up the hill in 4:51 (approx 7:15-7:20 pace). My breathing seemed to be more of a limitation than my legs, and at the sections where the hill flattened briefly I struggled to switch gears and speed up before the grade increased sharply once more. I estimate that the grade was between 10-12% during the steeper sections of the hill. I might try to run this hill hard again if I have time to do so before I move again.
About 2.5 miles into the run I ran into a dog outside it's house. Initially I couldn't see the leash preventing it from coming after me so I ended up stopping for a minute or so and slowly walked past on the other side of the street. My watch was stopped during this section, so my run was probably artificially fast by about 15-20 seconds or so (the time it would have taken to run the section that I walked).
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 miles in 52:29.
I ran easy, but not too easy as I wanted to get finished a little faster than normal.
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| Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Total time of 55:34 for approximately 7 miles.
I ran in the evening today. I ended up running pretty slowly. I'm not sure if this was because I am just fatigued or if I just happened to run slow today.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 41.83 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 42.50 |
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| Altra Adam Miles: 21.50 | Hoka Conquest Miles: 7.00 | Baretrek Miles: 7.00 | Asics Gel Ohana Racer Miles: 7.00 |
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