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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: L&C Invitational (3.1 Miles) 00:15:29, Place overall: 7
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.003.108.10

I've let my mileage slip a little and it really showed today. I felt awesome at 15:00 5k pace but my endurance at that speed wasn't there and I died a little. Time to get back on the horse and hammer out the miles again.

This was the most aesthetically pleasing race I've ever been to. I love Portland, the college was located in a great place... it was awesome. The race started and I went through the first lap in 72 seconds... right where I wanted. The next lap went by in 70, which really surprised me. Didn't feel like I sped up that much. Tucked in behind a group of 4 that pulled me through 1600m in 4:49. Perfect.

After that, our pace slowed. I stuck with the pack through 3200m in 9:46 (4:57) and then the wheels fell off. Totally a result of being lazy in my training, but I fell to about 5:10 pace. Managed to kick a 71 sec last lap to dip under 15:30.

I'm not upset with my race effort at all, it's the preparation I feel bad about. I lost my focus a little and this was a major wake-up call for me. On a positive note, I know that 72s will be manageable once I get that endurance back.

Brooks Switch Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Paul on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 14:58:02 from 174.27.225.89

Ummmm...did we just have the same race? Weird. Good job though. I feel your pain.

From Little Bad Legs on Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 16:23:40 from 67.170.153.203

Great race Tyler! Looks like I missed you again although I was at the meet for the first couple hours. I watched the steeplechase through the 1500m and then left (about 2:30) as I hadn't had lunch yet and was getting hungry. I wish I would have known you were racing--I'd have hung around and cheered you on.

Lewis and Clark is a great campus, eh? I live about 10 minutes south of there.

When's your next race in Oregon? I'm thinking of heading to Eugene in 2 weeks for their twilight meet which is the same weekend as the Eugene marathon.

From Tyler on Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 23:09:20 from 71.115.211.157

Paul, ha I had the same thought. Except mine was at sea level, so it was slightly less cool.

LBL, I'm sorry man, I guess I'd have felt like a schmuck being like "Hey come watch me race." I had no idea you'd show up anyway. I got there around 2pm so perhaps our paths crossed :) The campus is awesome!!! I was also pleasantly surprised with the quality of competition. I was lined up next to Trevor Dunbar at the start... kinda cool.

I'm headed to Spokane the weekend of the Twilight for Bloomsday. The week after I'm going to Seattle for a track meet and beyond that, I haven't made plans. What races would be worth coming to? I've been meaning to look for some good 10ks or half-marathons.

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