| Location: Taylorsville,UT, Member Since: Nov 20, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: Eden 10-miler 65:47
Half Marathon 1:26:17
5K 18:01
I rank somewhere between the competitive recreational runner and the competitive highschool runner. Here's the scale:
10 - World record holder; 9 - Olympic Athlete; 8 - National elite; 7 - Professional runner; 6 - College All-american; 5 - College runner; 4 - Local elite; 3 - Competitive runner; 2 - Recreational runner; 1 - Jogger
It's a tough scale. Short-Term Running Goals:
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Run for fun and health, be fit in my 40s
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Run a strong half marathon, under 1:25, good, under 1:20, great.
Long-Term Running Goals:
- Be a disciplined runner, to be competitive in my age category, and feel strong while racing.
- Somehow actually put together a full year of running: increased discipline and decreased distraction and injuries
- Be a 17/36 guy for 5K/10K (not realistic now)
- Be a competitive Master's runner
Personal: Spoken for, Christian, piano player, soli deo gloria, at least that's the ideal. Living for Triune God, beautiful wife, cute sons, self; hopefully in that order but Adam's nature and my own choices, not to mention worldly temptations like to play with the ideal.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 31.50 | 12.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Tempo run Sun. N around neighborhoods, loop 3M. Tues Softball, good game, tweaked my knee coming short up on home plate after my infield homer. Played b-ball, 2 quick games--had babysat Dominic. Felt pretty good but knee really hurt W/Th so small jog on Th then rollerbladed to parents, registered for ICS race, maybe 6 miles rollerblading. | | Add Comment |
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Intermountain Christian Sprint 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:20:34, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Nice race in the rain. After 1/4 mile it was just me and Frank Mylar. He had 30 seconds on me in the 1st loop, I was catching him the beginning of the 2nd, felt like I was pushing it, but the wheels came off 1/3 of the way around. Just don't have the training, he probably got at least a minute on me, not really sure of the official time but I was glad that I pushed it. I'm staying even, I just need to get the miles in. Some soreness that day but ready to go on. Small race so didn't get anything, best part was the hot shower at home after a cold wet race. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| - Let's track the laziness. Still doing softball & b-ball but running is a bust. Went out last Sunday and did far canal to Bangerter, late nite 2.5M
- Then no running for a week. Didn't get up for Breast Cancer 5K, lack of care is showing. Sun from Jen & Mike's house with Tyler on a bike, around newer neighborhoods. Nice but not running for a week feel's like not running at all. 3M
- Tues found a great course on lower canal thru neighborhoods to Taylorsville park. I shouldn't have an excuse over not having good courses to run. Shot the b-ball with an hispanic before looping around park, felt really hot, acclimating to summer. 3.5M Afterward went to Spagh factory with in-laws.
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Brain Injury 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:20:49, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| 2 laps around Liberty Park. They had a small pad at the start but it wasn't really a runner's race, it was a fundraiser. Ran some to warm-up, had a good warm-up. When the race started one runner tried to stay with Nate and lasted til the first turn. I knew it was a race for 3rd. One young runner was ahead and he jumped up to slap a sign. I was running with another younger peer and I told him that we'd do the first loop easy and then try to catch the guy. We ran together nicely, I was taking it super easy and we started passing all the joggers and doing some weaving. On the 2nd loop a HSr came up and went with me to catch the guy. We ran together and I told him the guy would try to go with us but we had to stay strong. We caught him just after the 2nd semi-circle turn and then the HSr asked how much further, I told him 1/2 lap and I knew I had the psychological advantage of knowing where the finish was. We had increased the pace on the 2nd lap but when we hit the last straight before the turn in I stretched it out and then sprinted home. A good pacer for the day and good motivation to keep getting into shape. There were a lot of drawings, it was probably a better idea to buy a lot of raffle tickets instead of registering.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Was a little sore from the race so no Sunday running. Ran Mon nite and ran to the end of lower canal. Loved running my childhood course, was hurting on the way back, last 2 miles gutted it out. Was out for about 1hr 15, 7.5 M Tues - B-ball with HSrs fr/ SL Jr Academy, then softball game, 8-4 loss, then 1.5 M with Matt around grass, slow pace, then pretty good b-ball 3 on 3 where I was with Kurt, Andy and Baldy and we couldn't beat Ryan, Nate and Lefty until the last game. Wed - City Creek hike with Matt and H in the morning, lots of complaining and more flat walking than hiking, but a good time, then in the evening late I went to Kearns Jr. on the gravel track and did a fast mile in 400s, 1:27, 1:18, 4:08 (1:18), 1:19 - 5:27 m.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 2.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
| B-ball Thursday couldn't hit a shot. Played with black guy and street baller. Right hip flexor aches. Probably should run through the pain but played it cool Fri/Sat. Sun - morning run down canal road, me and the baby ducks, found a fixed wrench stuck in asphalt. 3M Mon - Memorial day, running with Nate and Mark at Liberty Park; w/u then once around tempo with Nate 6:50 pace, break/stretch and once again until saw Mark, once with Mark, then hypotenuse to B-ball court, beat a guy at 21 then back. 5M, 2.6 fast Tues - Softball, close win 8-7, then B-ball at Applegate Stake, knees sore the next day
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 31.50 | 12.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 44.20 |
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