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Location:

North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 12, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1500m - 3:59.9h (2014)

5000m - 14:53.45 (Portland Track Festival 2014)

8k XC - 25:09 (Sundodger 2011)

10k XC - 31:31 (WWU Invite 2011)

HM - 1:10:19 (Houston 2018)

Marathon - 2:28:39 (Houston 2019)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Personal:

Married, working, training. While my wife has nixed all future attempts to grow glorious mustaches, she has been supportive of my crazy running dreams. Life is good.

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Miles:This week: 1.00 Month: 1.00 Year: 1.00
Mizuno Ekiden Lifetime Miles: 274.65
Flyknit Streaks Lifetime Miles: 419.25
Flyknit VFs Lifetime Miles: 80.50
Ride 14 Lifetime Miles: 652.85
Ride 15 Lifetime Miles: 275.80
Ride 15 X2 Lifetime Miles: 21.50
Race: UW Open (1 Miles) 00:04:27
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.002.007.00

I drove down to Seattle this morning to race the mile in the open meet. It's been awhile since I raced this distance, and I haven't exactly been banging out workouts on the track, so I've been a little uncertain what kind of mile shape I'm in. I did my usual warmup, and settled into a conservative pace at the gun. Maybe a little too conservative. I started at about 10k pace and immediately dropped to the back and had to remind myself it was a mile race. Reached the quarter in 66, jostled around a bit on the next lap or two, managed to get spiked pretty deep on my left shin, but reached the half in 2:13. 3:20-3:21 at 3/4s, and then managed to pick off a few runners in the last lap to finish in 4:27.

I'm pleased with the race. My official PR (though relatively weak) is 4:25, and I thought I might be able to dip under that. But the #1 goal was to get under 4:30 and see how things felt. The pace was shocking, although by the end I still felt strong and responsive, and kicking was easy. I think I ran very conservatively and could probably shave a few seconds off in my current fitness. This is good. My goal this season is to see how far I can get under 4:20, and this is a big step in that direction.

After the race, Pete and I headed out to the canal hill and banged out 6x48s hill repeats to add just a little more volume to the day.

LunaRacer 3 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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