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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
218.0013.102.501.00234.60
Brook Glide 4 Miles: 144.76Asics GT 2150 Miles: 64.19Brook Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 18.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.150.000.000.006.15

6.15 miles in 48:08 a 7:49 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 6.15
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

15 miles in 2:16:30 a 9:05 mile

Asics GT 2150 Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles in 1:28:56 a 8:52 average. 

Asics GT 2150 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.680.000.000.0010.68

10.68 miles in 1:19:08 a 7:24 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.68
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.680.000.000.0010.68

10.68 miles in 1:30:29 a 8:28 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.68
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.080.000.000.009.08

9.08 miles in 1:12:17 a 7:57 mile

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 9.08
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.660.000.000.0010.66

10.66 miles in 1:24:54 a 7:57 average.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.66
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.070.000.000.009.07

9.07 in 1:10:29 a 7:46 average.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 9.07
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.050.000.000.0020.05

20.05 miles in 2:39:32 a 7:57 mile

Asics GT 2150 Miles: 20.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.700.000.000.0010.70

10.7 miles in 1:24:52 a 7:55 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.660.000.000.0010.66

10.66 miles in 1:29:36 a 8:24 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.66
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.002.500.008.00

8.05 miles in 1:07:09 a 8:20 average. Tryed to run Yassor 800 and failed

Splits

1:26,1:27

1:26,1:27

1:29,1:32

1:31,1:38

1:31 and stopped the workout. Not hitting splits. jogged 3.3 miles and called it a day. My legs were spent.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.140.000.000.0010.14

10.14 miles in 1:26:18 a 8:30 pace.

Asics GT 2150 Miles: 10.14
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.060.000.000.0010.06

10.06 miles in 1:20:26 a 7:59 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.06
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.630.000.000.0010.63

10.63 miles in 1:28:36 a 8:20 average.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.63
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.030.000.000.008.03

8.03 miles in 1:08:56 a 8:35 average.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 8.03
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.410.000.000.005.41

5.41 miles in 45:19 a 8:22 average

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 5.41
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Race: Top of Utah Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:26:02, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.0013.100.000.0018.10

1:26:02

Today I wasn't sure what to expect.  My training has been OK but I wasn't feeling very fast.   Since last year, that I ran one of the best races of my life.  A lot of things have happened.  I had to deal with an injury.  Started a new Job OK 3 new jobs.  Two of the jobs were short term jobs.  I have moved from Brigham City to Clinton Utah.  I was hoping to use this race ase a yard stick race.  I didn't messure up very well.

I started out by getting up at 3:00 am and driving to Logan.  I didn't feel that great driving or riding the bus up.  I use the port a potties then relax a little.  I warm up by running a mile.  The mile felt hard.  I find the hiden port a potties and then go to the starting line. 

Running down the canyon the pace felt hard, I might of started a little to fast.  I was not able t run fast during the part with the tail wind.  On Hollow road my legs when to jello I am almost ashamed how slow the last 4 miles were.  When I finished I couldn't hardly breath.  I had the wirst cough.  It hurt my chest when I coughed.  I couldn't stop, I sounded like a smoker.

After I recovered I went back out and ran my wife and three sister in laws in.  I ran the last mile to half mile 4 times.

 

This years splits

Splits   6:04, 6:18, 6:24, 6:22, 6:16, 6:16, 6:20, 6:31, 6:43, 6:46, 6:54, 7:20, 6:49, 0:52 for the last 0.15 a 6:00 mile

Last years splits

Splits: 6:07, 6:24, 6:18, 6:26, 6:08, 5:56, 6:10, 6:17, 6:28, 6:31, 6:42, 6:56, 6:23, 0:55 for the last .16 a 5:47 average.

Brook Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 18.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.650.000.000.0010.65

10.65 miles in 1:28 a 8:13 average.  Legs sore from top of utah half.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.65
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.650.000.000.0010.65

10.65 miles in 1:24:13 a 7:54 mile.  Loop around base

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.65
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.650.000.000.0010.65

10.65 miles in 1:23:13 a 7:48 average

Ran the loop around the base.

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 10.65
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.001.001.00

1.0 miles or 1600m in 5:38.

Today I ran what at work is called the mile challange.  Its a small group of people at work that get together the last thursday of each month.  We all perdict a time.  If one person perdicts a 7:00 mile and someone else a 8:00.  The person declaring the 8:00 starts a minute before the person that perdicts a 7:00.  The first person to cross the finishline wins.  I perdicted a 5:40 which I though was a huge stretch goal after running the top of utah half on saturday then running over 30 miles this week already.  Today, when I got to the track I found out three people had perdicked a 5:40.   We where the last three runners to start.  The first lap I was behind the other two runners, but the pace was way to fast.  At the end of the second lap I over take the other two and then run trying to catch the other runners a head of us.  My pace dropped off a little but I felt stronger then I figured I would.  I ended up coming in 2 seconds ahead of my perdiction and three seconds behind the winner.

Lap times

1:20, 1:24, 1:26, 1:27

Brook Glide 4 Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.550.000.000.008.55

8.55 miles in 1:07:46 a 7:56 average.  Ran on the Rail to trail, trail.  When I got to the turn around spot it started to rain.  The whole way back I had to deal with a head wind and a little rain.  The wind was strong enough that it drove the rain drop into me.  They hurt.

Asics GT 2150 Miles: 8.55
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
218.0013.102.501.00234.60
Brook Glide 4 Miles: 144.76Asics GT 2150 Miles: 64.19Brook Adrenaline GTS 10 Miles: 18.10
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