| Location: Sandy,UT,USA Member Since: Oct 05, 2009 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: PRs (all aided)
- Marathon - Pocatello 2012 - 2:26:10 (1st overall); St. George 2012 - 2:24:08 (7th overall)
- Half Marathon - Timpanogos 2012 - 1:08:51 (2nd overall); Hobble Creek 2012 - 1:08:27 (3rd overall)
- 10K - Deseret News 2005 - 32:39
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- Ran track and cross country in high school
- Did not run in college
- Veteran of 14 marathons and numerous half marathons
- Ran the 2010 New York City Marathon as a charity runner with Team For Kids. Finished 2:33:51 (83rd overall). The entire experience from the fundraising to the race itself was absolutely incredible!
2014 TENTATIVE RACING SCHEDULE:
TBD Short-Term Running Goals: Run 6-days a week and maintain a decent base level of fitness. Upwards of 50-60 per week would be great. Adjust to my new work position, use time wisely, and keep negative stress at bay. Hopefully make a good run at Ogden this spring.
Balance family, work, running, and the other important things in my life. Long-Term Running Goals: Enjoy running and continue doing it consistently. Stay healthy and avoid injury as much as possible. Have fun!
Continue chasing PRs while I still can, particularly in the marathon and half marathon. Explore new races, improve training, build friendships, and learn from the wisdom and experience of the numerous great runners here in Utah. Run well into my old age.
Personal: I live in Sandy, UT with my wife (Lindsay) and 2 kids. I love running the roads through my neighborhood and near Little Cottonwood Canyon. I also do a fair amount of treadmill running at the Life Centre Athletic Club. Aside from running, I love road and moutain cycling.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 58.90 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 72.00 |
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 9.00 | Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 5.70 | Adidas Aegis 2 (Jun '12) Miles: 8.00 | Nike LunaRacer 3 (Jul '14) Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| ~2 mile walk from my place up to and around Granite Park and back.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| A.M. - 60 minutes on the gym TM. Was interested to see how today was going to feel after the big ride Saturday, but no running since Friday morning. A little residue fatigue, but the legs felt pretty solid:
5 minutes @ 9.5 mph, flat
5 mins @ 10.0, flat
20 mins @ 10.0 with progressive inclines; 3 mins each @ 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 5 mins @ 3.5 (felt on the better side of average on this section of the workout).
2.5 mins @ 10.0, flat
7.5 mins @ 10.5, flat
17 mins @ 11.0, flat
3 mins @ 11.5, flat
Slightly more intense than last week's go at this one. Felt pretty good which I guess is to be expected after not having done a normal long run on Saturday. Still want to work toward holding the 11.5 section longer.
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The next couple days are our big push for monthend close, so I'm not sure what to expect yet for riding this week.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 15.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.10 |
| A.M. - 15 miles. Lucky to get out this morning after a really late night.
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P.M. - ~40 mile ride to the firehouse halfway up Emigration Canyon. First half was pretty much dry. Coming home was real wet. I knew it would be. Needed to get the ride in though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 |
| A.M. - 60 minutes on the treadmill, all flat:
5 minutes @ 9.5 mph
5 mins @ 10.0
10 mins @ 10.5
25 mins @ 11.0
15 mins @ 11.5
Felt good. I'm sure that had I done a harder canyon ride last night, this effort would have been more difficult. The canyon rides, though good and I love them, tend to take their toll on my running the next morning. So I usually like to have my easy runs the mornings after I ride. I think the easy Emigration ride yesterday was just right given today's TM workout.
Easy runs on tap for tomorrow and Friday. Hopefully feel good for Hobble on Saturday.
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P.M. - Millcreek ride (~40 miles). Based on the weather forecasts, I was dreading this afternoon's riding fearing a repeat of Tuesday's rain ride. But it actually turned out to be an awesome afternoon for a ride: a little overcast at first, cool. Cycling legs didn't have a lot of spunk (maybe some lingering residual from Saturday), but still a good steady ride.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| A.M. - 9 easy miles. Looking forward to Hobble on Saturday.
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
| A.M. - Short easy treadmill run:
5 minutes @ 9.0 mph, flat
10 mins @ 9.5, flat
10 mins @ 10.0, flat
3.5 mins @ 10.5, flat
1.5 mins with 30 seconds each at 11.0, 11.5, and 12.0
5 mins @ 9.5, flat
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 5.70 |
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Hobble Creek Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:09:17, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.10 |
| Hobble Creek Half Marathon - 2014
Hopefully I will come back and reflect a little more on this later. In a nutshell, it was a pretty good race for me. Not terrific, but pretty good. I'm happy with it. My best half of the year which should be expected this late in the season after what I feel has been a pretty consistent block of summer training. I felt good, but not fantastic. Overall, I think its my third best half marathon time behind two faster performances in 2012. It was about 52 seconnds slower than my 2012 Hobble time (my PR). I guess its hard to be super excited about a race like this when in the back of your mind you think that a PR could have possibly been in the cards. Oh well.
Fun morning. Lots of solid races run, including Brett Hales (1:03!), Jason Holt (1:06), Matt Poulsen (1:08), Mike Nelson (1:08), and several others. I finished 7th overall. Felt good and was picking off people through about mile 10. Was closing the gap on Mike until about then, but just couldn't muster any pursuit speed to bridge the last 30 seconds.
Did about 3.5 miles of cooldown with Mike, Matt, Reed, Jason, and Jeff. Then ~4.5 more on my own.
Spent serveral hours boating with the family at a busy East Canyon Reservoir. Very fun time well spent. Because of everyone's schedules, I didn't have the time to bike up to the lake (as I would have preferred to), but was able to get 50 miles riding back home from the lake afterwards. It was the first time I had ridden up Big Mountain coming from the north. Good hill. Overall not as hard going that direction compared to coming from the south, but still a quality ride with a fair amount of climbing. The hours in the heat in the boat compensated for the easier course :)
Finished off the day with a quick trimming of the lawn and a good sports massage.
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| Adidas Aegis 2 (Jun '12) Miles: 8.00 | Nike LunaRacer 3 (Jul '14) Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 58.90 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 72.00 |
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| Brooks PureFlow 3 (Apr '14) Miles: 9.00 | Saucony Kinvara 4 (Apr '14) Miles: 5.70 | Adidas Aegis 2 (Jun '12) Miles: 8.00 | Nike LunaRacer 3 (Jul '14) Miles: 13.10 |
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