| 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
Other
- 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 | | 58.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.15 |
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| Mizuno Wave Precision 12 (Jun '12) Miles: 9.75 | Brooks PureFlow (Feb '12) Miles: 18.80 | Mizuno Elixir 6 (June '11) Miles: 20.00 | Brooks PureFlow (Blue - Jun '12) Miles: 9.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.75 |
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A.M. - Treadmill run at the Life Centre:
10 minutes @ 9.0 mph, flat
10 mins @ 9.5, flat
10 mins @ 10.0, flat
30 mins @ 10.0, progressive inclines, 5 mins each at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0
I'm off to Dallas for work. |
| Mizuno Wave Precision 12 (Jun '12) Miles: 9.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.40 |
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In Dallas
A.M. - I'm staying at the hotel Palomar in Dallas. One of the hotel receptionists showed me where a nice little trail starts which is just across the street from my hotel called the Katy trail. How convenient that its so close because I'm in the middle of an urban jungle with no vehicle. It's nice and wide and paved and sections of it have two parelling paths; one cement and the other asphalt. It goes through urban and suburban areas and leads into the city. There were tons of folks using the path, but certainly not overcrowded. Lots of pretty tree cover along the way. Its about 4 miles long and ends at the American Airlines arena. I did a loop around the arena and came back. Made for a very nice and easy 8+ mile run. I'll probably hit it up again Thursday. |
| Brooks PureFlow (Feb '12) Miles: 8.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.70 |
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A.M. - 60 minute hotel treadmill run. The hotel has a decent little gym with some good Life Fitness treadmills, all flat:
5 minutes @ 8.5 mph
5 mins @ 9.0
5 mins @ 9.5
45 mins @ 10.0
Despite the lower elevation and yesterday's relatively easy run, this worked me more than I like to admit. Effort felt about as hard as Monday's eventhough Monday involved incline. Everytime I run on different treadmills from the ones at my gym, I feel like they work me harder. I swear my gym's treadmills must be slow by at least 0.5 mph. |
| Mizuno Elixir 6 (June '11) Miles: 9.70 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 |
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A.M. - Katy trail to American Airlines arena and back. Awesome little route. The whole trail out-and-back is only a little over 8 miles. I wanted to get 10 today, so when I got to 8 I turned back and ran a mile. Then I turned around and headed back to the hotel (essentially I covered a one mile section of the trail 4 times).
Today, someone on my team mentioned that Troy Aikman often frequents the Katy trail during the morning. If he was there this morning or Tuesday, I didn't notice him.
Today was my birthday. My team and I went to a nice dinner and had some of the best red velvet cake I've ever tasted. See my Facebook for a pic. I've got to admit though, I'm getting real sick of all the eating that comes with the traveling. Yuck. Much harder to control what you eat when you're on the road and eating with groups of co-workers all the time. |
| Brooks PureFlow (Feb '12) Miles: 10.40 |
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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. - Last morning in Dallas. 60-minute hotel treadmill run. Felt better than Wednesday's TM run. Must have been the extra iron from that 10 oz filet mignon last night :) All flat: 5 minutes @ 9.0 mph 5 mins @ 9.5 15 mins @ 10.0 20 mins @ 10.5 15 mins @ 11.0 |
| Mizuno Elixir 6 (June '11) Miles: 10.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.60 |
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A.M. - Okay. Today my wussiness was on full display. Got home from Dallas last night. My wife was itching to get in a good run (since she can't go when I'm away (young kids)) and also wanted to go to the gym. She's been nice to adapt her Saturday mornings to enable me to go do the group runs the last couple weeks, so this Saturday was for her. My plan was to sleep in and start my run around 8:30. Wanted to do between 16-20 miles on some variation of my standard routes. My wife woke me up around 6:30 right after her run and told me there was a bunch of snow and that she wasn't going to head down to the gym. I was half asleep and my brain wasn't functioning properly, but it should have registered to me that I could have made it to group run at 8 AM. Instead, I went back to sleep and didn't get up 'til after 8. All the snow outside made me chicken-out and abandon my outside running plans and I just decided to go the gym and hit the treadmill again. Made it down there a little before 9. I didn't have a ton of time because we had family pictures scheduled and I needed to try and squeeze in a hair-cut before then. All flat run went as follows: 5 minutes @ 9.0 mph 5 mins @ 9.5 5 mins @ 10.0 15 mins @ 10.0 20 mins @ 11.0 5 mins 11.5 My tummy was malfunctioning at that point, so I pulled the plug at 55 mins and called it a day. Wanted to make it at least another 5 minutes. Could of if I really wanted to, but I'm just a wuss today and don't have a lot of mental toughness lately.
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| Brooks PureFlow (Blue - Jun '12) Miles: 9.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 58.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58.15 |
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| Mizuno Wave Precision 12 (Jun '12) Miles: 9.75 | Brooks PureFlow (Feb '12) Miles: 18.80 | Mizuno Elixir 6 (June '11) Miles: 20.00 | Brooks PureFlow (Blue - Jun '12) Miles: 9.60 |
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