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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:	5.10	Month:	25.80	Year:	26.80
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:						47.30

Tue, Nov 04, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.50	0.00	2.50	0.00	12.00

AM - Ran at Sasha's house - Derek paced us for 2.5 miles of 5:30 pace. I felt rusty through the first mile (5:28), then okay for the second, and started to fade a little in the last half. I managed to keep pace, but it was tempting to fall off. 13:41 final time, it feels good to get some faster paces in.

I spoke with Coach Eyestone this morning to get an idea of what I need to do to make the track team. They have the first tryout on December 11, I believe, so he recommended starting some track workouts now. That gives me 5 weeks. If I bump up the mileage to 65-70, get a few good tempos, some good mile repeat sessions, and maybe a few quarter sessions, I should be in pretty decent shape. The goal will be to run 8:50 for the 3k.

8:50 would set me up for low 8:40s in January, and with any luck that would be enough to get myself on the team.

PM - Added an easy 4 later tonight.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Matt on Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 14:00:03

keep up the amazing effort. You can do it. What part of Washington are you from? My wife and I both grew up there. Kent for me and Olympia for her.

From tyler on Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 02:45:58

Thanks, Matt. My wife and I are from the Tri-cities, the ugly part of the state. ;) The Olympic peninsula is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been - living in that part of the state would be very enjoyable.

From The Howling Commando on Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 08:33:55

Man, how hard is it to get on your track team? Sheesh. With 1600 and 5k speed like yours you would have had a full scholarship at my Div II school. Haha. They gave some kid 20k a year and his 5k PR is only 16:10!

From tyler on Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 11:53:40

No kidding, 20k? I graduate in April, so I have a little less leverage than a freshman would. I wonder how the clock works in D2.... I've got 3 semesters of eligibility in D1, does the clock run different in other divisions?

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