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Location:

Lehi,UT,United States

Member Since:

Dec 03, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

5 K Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

Aided

  • 5k - 14:58 (Big Cottonwood 5k 2013)
  • 10k - 32:14 (Deseret News 10k 2013)
  • Half - 1:09:07 (AF Canyon Half 2013)
  • Marathon - 2:25:22 (St. George Marathon 2013)

Unaided

  • 400m - 48s
  • 800m - 1:52.1s
  • 5k - 15:59 (Solo Track Race 2013)
  • 4M - 20:06 (Earn your turkey race 2013)
  • Half - 1:14:11 (St. George Half 2013)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my limits

Personal:

Married to Ashley and we have 6 children.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Universe Lifetime Miles: 118.80
Bare Foot Lifetime Miles: 8.80
Minimus Green Lifetime Miles: 67.80
Hoka Lifetime Miles: 521.60
Type A6 Lifetime Miles: 98.00
Lunar Racer 3 Lifetime Miles: 247.30
Kinvara 4 - Blue Lifetime Miles: 344.90
Provision 2 - Green Lifetime Miles: 426.15
NB 1400v2 Lifetime Miles: 130.00
Hoka Contact 2 Lifetime Miles: 243.46
Asics Clod Hoppers Lifetime Miles: 157.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
217.8013.0037.603.00271.40
Hoka Miles: 133.00Lunar Racer 3 Miles: 30.10Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 58.30Paradigm - Black Miles: 10.20Kinvara 4 - White Miles: 17.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy run on the murdock in a windless, light rain. Very pleasant.

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Treadmill

Hoka Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.005.500.0010.00

Treadmill LT workout. 2.5 up.

3m @ 5:30 - 3min jogging rest
1.5m @ 5:20 - 3min jogging rest
1m @5:00

Cooldown. Felt pretty good today.

Lunar Racer 3 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Sunny run on the Murdock, on the phone almost the whole time :p

1 mile walk on the treadmill watching the kids play legos. 

Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Hoka Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Warm + sun + dirt road = happy

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.006.000.000.0017.00

Met up with Fritz, 2xNate, Scott and Chris for a long run on the parkway.

6 out. 6 back tempo: 6:00, 5:35, 5:35, 5:30, 5:30, 5:45.

Steady head wind made this a bit of a battle.

5 more for a cool down.

Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 17.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Mother loop. Warm sun @ 11:00 am.

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.003.0010.00

Track workout. Met Reed at the Lehi track at 5:30. 3 up. Strides.

3x1600m w/400m jogging recovery (5:08, 5:08, 5:08).

A few more for the cooldown. Consistent, if nothing else! Felt pretty good.

Hoka Miles: 3.00Lunar Racer 3 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.200.000.000.0010.20

Tried the paradigm shoes...one last time. Ankle flared up again. Just the right one. Cursed shoes.

Paradigm - Black Miles: 10.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.006.000.0011.00

Met Reed and Toni at the soccer park in Orem for a run up Provo canyon. 55 degrees at 5am! Slight breeze down canyon. 

1.5 warm up
3 miles up (5:50, 5:50, 5:45) 5:48 avg
1 mile easy
3 miles down (5:14, 5:14, 5:06) 5:11 avg
2.5 cool down

Reed looked great and was right behind me. I felt pretty good today. I'm experimenting with 3 workouts/week...we'll see how I hold up.

Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Fun in the sun on the Murdock.

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.007.000.000.0021.00

LONG RUN with Reed. We ran from Reeds house in AF to the Murdock trail and headed south until we hit 10m and then headed back. No wind! I reluctantly decided to throw in some marathon pace effort. Reed and I did the first mile together and I eased into my pace. Ended up with 7 miles on very gentle rollers coming north on Murdock. I then, Ran a half mile back to catch up with Reed and then finished it out to his house. 

Splits: 5:44, 5:32, 5:33, 5:32, 5:34, 5:35, 5:31 (5:35 avg)

I felt surprisingly good. Highlight of the run was the fresh maple bar from Daylight Donuts that Reed's wife kindly offered after we got back.

Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Easy run on the Jordan River Trail with Kyle. The Jordan River stinks, but it was a good run anyway.

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.000.000.0010.30

Murdock easy with Ty and Kyle. I was going to do 3 tempo but I was feeling kind of beat so I bagged it.

Kinvara 4 - White Miles: 10.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.300.003.000.0012.30

Windy day. Tried to do 3 tempo but the wind made it hard! 3 up.

3m temp (5:18, 5:27, 5:40). 

Jog home.

Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 9.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Hoka Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Off. Worked in the yard all day moving grass.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.008.000.0018.00

Long run with Fritz, John, Scott, Jon K, Taylor, Toni and Bryce. 4 out into a steady head wind. 8 mile tempo in 5:20 avg, a good tailwind for some of it. 6 cooldown. Good stuff!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Scott's loop with Scott, Reed and Kyle.

 

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

Chilly morning with Ty and Nate around Alpine.

Hoka Miles: 9.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.002.000.007.50

Blasting wind! 2 up, 2 windy tempo miles (some of it to my advantage!) in 5:20, 5:18, 3 down.

 

Kinvara 4 - White Miles: 7.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Hoka Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Easy run around Lehi

Hoka Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Race: Striders Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:11:04, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.0013.100.0020.10

First race of the season and my first in 5 months. It was a good indicator. 

Got up at 3:45 to meet Fritz at 4:40 in Sugarhouse. We got our numbers and got to the starting line by 6:30. ~2 mile warm up with Fritz, Riley and Dave. It was around 35 degrees at the start. Chilly but we knew it would get warm when the sun hit. 

I ran the first 2 miles with Riley, trailing Fritz and an unknown (5:20, 5:24). After 2 Riley picked it up a bit and I followed for a couple miles (5:11, 5:14). We passed Fritz and the other guy around 2. I expected Fritz to join the party but found out later he wasn't feeling well. The next 4 miles were uneventful. I slowly watched Riley pull away but I was feeling fine and didn't want to push it knowing the last 5 would be rolling hills (5:19, 5:15, 5:18, 5:26).  

After 8 miles they made us get off the road and onto a paved trail. It was constant rolling hills, short and steep, for the next 4 miles. The rollers chewed me up and spit me out. (5:30, 5:30, 5:40, 5:33). Last 1/2 mile was flat and I was able to get back to pace but I was pretty beat (5:34, :41)

I Cooled down for 3 with Riley, Fritz and Dave on some trails around the lake and then another 3 with just Fritz and I.  

Riley and Dave had good come back races. On a good day, Fritz could have run the race twice at the pace I ran it once...he'll be deadly with a good taper come Boston.

Hoka Miles: 7.00Lunar Racer 3 Miles: 13.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Slow, sunny miles around Lehi and Alpine.

Hoka Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

More easy miles, on the dirt this time. I'm recovering slower than I anticipated.

Hoka Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
217.8013.0037.603.00271.40
Hoka Miles: 133.00Lunar Racer 3 Miles: 30.10Bare Foot Miles: 1.00Kinvara 4 - Blue Miles: 58.30Paradigm - Black Miles: 10.20Kinvara 4 - White Miles: 17.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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