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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
Sat, Apr 19, 2014
Race: SLC Half Marathon (13.109 Miles) 01:11:45, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.0013.100.0021.10

I was pretty disappointed with this race. I felt sluggish. I followed Steve and Matt through the first 2 hilly miles and then some fast downhill miles (3-6) that put me in early trouble. I let them go while heading down city creek. I passed Matt around mile 7, he was having a nasty GI day. I was at 5:15 avg through mile 9 but then the wheels really came off and I crawled in. Scott ran with me nearly the whole way, thanks Scott! He was hoping for a good workout but I think he was bored with how slow my last few miles were :(.

5 miles cool down with Steve, Ben and Scott on the bark chips around Liberty Park.

Fritz won the marathon in 2:28 on a hobby jogger's training load. He's a machine. 

 

Type A6 Miles: 21.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From RileyCook on Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 17:22:38 from 73.52.134.194

Nice race Mike. That course looked tougher in person than online in a course profile. Nice placing in a tough field.

From SpencerSimpson on Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 13:32:31 from 198.228.201.177

Nice work Smooth. Still a great effort. You gotta lot of great races in you this year. MIH

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