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Striders 5K

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Location:

Clinton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Ran Cross Country in high school for a small school and qualified for state all four years.  My Senior year placing 10th.

In high school 3 mile time was consistently in the low 17 minutes 

Top of Utah Half Marathon 1:23:46 (Aug 27, 2011)

Ran Ragnar relay Leg 34 in 47:01 (2008)

Perry 5K   19:41 (July 4, 2011)

Member of the Fast Running Blog Relay team for the Northwest Passage took 2nd place over all

Brigham Peach Days 10K 39:52 (Sept 10. 2011)

St George Marathon 2:56:21 (Oct 1, 2011) 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

Run a 5K in Under 19 minutes

Stay in shape during the winter time

 

2013 Race schedule

Striders 5K

Striders 10K

Striders 10 Miler

Striders Half Marathon

Striders 30K

Ogden Marathon

Utah Valley Marathon

Clinton 5K

Park City Marathon

St George Marathon 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Time qualify for Boston

Run a 10K in under 40 minutes

Run a 10K in under 38 minutes

Personal:

I am a 37 year old Male.  I have been married now for over 15 years.  I have three kids, all boys.  My boys ages are 14, 11 and 7.  I have always enjoyed running and my wife is slowly being converted.   While I was going through college I didn't do much running so I am having to teach my leg how to run fast again. 

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Run Forest Run's Lifetime Miles: 2.00
Brook Adrenaline GTS 10 #2 Lifetime Miles: 505.59
Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Lifetime Miles: 795.65
Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Lifetime Miles: 784.07
Fast Switch Lifetime Miles: 151.62
Brook Adenaline GTS 12 Blue/White Lifetime Miles: 504.81
Brook Adenaline GTS 12 Blue #2 Lifetime Miles: 139.15
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
196.485.009.500.00210.98
Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 66.38Fast Switch Miles: 18.20Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 126.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.040.000.000.004.04

4.0 mile in 35:20 a 8:44 average.  This was just an easy shake out run.  I am just trying to losen up for tomorrow.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 4.04
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Race: Striders 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:20:56, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.900.003.100.0010.00

My time today was 20:57.  I was hoping to run a little faster but it is 19 seconds faster than I ran 3 years ago.   I started out, warming up running two miles.  A mile up the first part of the course and back. 

I don't know what to say about the race 5Ks hurt so much.  The first mile of the course is tough and then the second mile is worst.  I think I did a pretty good job of pacing, because my place didn't change much after the first mile.  Today was pretty cold the hardest part was the slick corners.  Turning into the Dee Event Center I had to walk to keep from falling on my can.  When I made the last turn and see the clock I see 20 I push as hard as I can to make sure I break 21 minutes.

Splits

6:43, 7:15, 6:20, 0:41.22 for the last 0.11 a 6:03

Split from 2010

6:32, 7:31, 6:37 and 37 seconds for the last .1 miles

 

After the race, AngieB congratulated me and I asked if she was planning on doing some more running.  AngieB was planning on running with a few friends.  They were nice enough to let me come along.  We ran another 4.8 miles.

Fast Switch Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.001.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 1:32:24 a 7:42 average.  The first 6 miles I averaged a 8:08 mile.  The last 6 miles the slowest mile was a 7:36.  I even ran a 6:20 mile.  I ran to the Golf course lodge and back.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

I am going to call this workout 10 miles.  It was another stair master, treadmill workout.  I was on the stair master for 60 minutes then the treadmill for 20.  I ran little more than 2.5 miles on the treadmill.  On the stair master I was doing 111 steps a minutes.   Level 13 for 60 minutes.  When is the smog ever going to leave????

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Ran around the indoor track for 80 minutes.  I think I am dizzy.  I need help standing up.  The track is 13.4 laps for a 1.5 miles.  most of my laps were 49 to 50 seconds.  I ran a minimum of 10 miles.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.100.000.200.0010.30

10.3 miles in 1:20:00 on the treadmill.  I set the treadmill to all train.  For the first 30 minutes I ran at 7.7 miles an hour going up about 500 feet in elevation.  I wimp out and set the elevation to 0 percent and just run.  The last 1:30 I turn the treadmill up to 10 miles an hour to finish the run.  I hope this is the last treadmill workout and the smog will clear out.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles on the treadmill. 

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

16 miles in 2:00:00 on the treadmill.  I got up thinking I had a basket ball game at 8:00 and went to the game; however, it was at 9:00am.  It was snowing.  I went back home and ran on the treadmill for 40 minutes at 8 miles an hour.  I then went and played a game of basketball.  We only had 5 players.  After the game I went back home and spent the next 1:20:00 on the treadmill at 8 miles an hour. 

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.001.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 1:33:06 a 7:45 average.  I ran to the Golf course lodge and back.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.001.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 1:30:47 a 7:33 average.  Ran the same course as Monday, to the golf course lodge and back.   

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles in about 1:22:?? a 8:20 average.  I just ran easy today.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy miles in 1:26:??

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.340.000.000.008.34

8.34 miles in 1:08:51.  I just ran easy.  I wanted to shake out the legs for tomorrow.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 8.34
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Race: Striders 10K (6.214 Miles) 00:43:42, Place overall: 23, Place in age division: 5
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.006.200.008.20

This is a tough race and I am not sure what to think of this race.  My time is 9 seconds slower than I ran 3 years ago.  I feel like I am in better shape but today when it came time to power up the hill I didn't have it today.  After the race I was planning on doing some extra miles, I just couldn't get myself to do it.  The first part of the day I ran two mile warm up with AngieB and friends, the 8 minute miles felt hard.  During the race the pace felt OK and I tried to take advantage of the down hills.  The mile long hill chewed me up and spit me out I lost about 6 positions.  

Splits

6:28, 5:58, 6:42, 6:52, 8:08, 8:12, 1:22 for the last .2 a 5:54 average.

2010 splits

6:27, 6:00, 6:44, 7:06, 8:06, 8:00, 1:10 for the last .2

Fast Switch Miles: 8.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.700.000.000.0016.70

16.7 miles in 2:21:?? a 8:40 average.  I was averaging a 8 min mile until I met up with a running training for a 100 miler.  I ran with him for the last 3 miles.  It was interesting hearing how he was training.  He was 16 miles into a 45 mile run.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 16.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.700.000.000.0010.70

10.7 miles in 1:28:02 a 8:13 average.  The run might of been a little longer than that but when I went to turn on the GPS watch it would peep and die.  I hope the battery is just died.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.700.000.000.0010.70

10.7 miles in 1:24:29 a 7:53 average.  I ran the base loop.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 10.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 1:34:05 a 7:50 average.  I ran to the Golf club house and back again.  The first six I averaged a 8:07 mile the last six I averaged a 7:33 mile. 

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.000.000.008.00

I ran on the treadmill for an hour I ran at 7.6 miles an hour for 45 minutes then 15 minutes at 9.0 miles an hour.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles.  I struggled a little with this run.  I have been dealling with a sinus infection.  Today was the first day in about a week that I felt like I could breath some what.

Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
196.485.009.500.00210.98
Brook Adenaline GTS 11 White/Red Miles: 66.38Fast Switch Miles: 18.20Brook Adenaline GTS 11 Black Miles: 126.40
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