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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: 0.00 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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
177.300.008.756.25192.30
Ride 14 Miles: 118.60Ride 15 Miles: 35.20Mizuno Ekiden Miles: 11.00Flyknit Streaks Miles: 11.50Ride 15 X2 Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

AM - 4 easy

PM - 4 easy

I'm in Idaho for a moose hunt. Running is taking a little bit of a back seat for the moment.

Ride 14 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy

Ride 14 Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 in Liberty Lake. Down to the river trail for a couple miles. 7:32 avg.

Moose down! First run since getting everything taken care of.

Ride 14 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 in 7:16 back home in NSL.

Ride 15 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.002.500.5010.00

15 x 1:00 on/off + 4 x 30s sprints.

5:29 avg on fartlek, 4:50 on the sprints. Since the last couple weeks weren't super awesome for running, I shortened the "ons." Everything felt good, so I'll probably go back to normal from here.

Ride 15 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

Easy Sunday loop. 7:28 avg.

Ride 14 Miles: 4.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 easy - 7:42 avg

Ride 14 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.500.000.001.509.00

12 x 30s hill sprints. Still got some speed in these aging legs.

Mizuno Ekiden Miles: 3.00Ride 15 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 easy -- 7:30ish.

Ride 14 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 easy, 7:31 avg

Ride 14 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.002.500.5010.00

5 x 3 min @ T (1:00 rests) + 4 x 30s sprints. 

T segments in 5:51 avg. Still a long ways to go.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 5.50Ride 14 Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

13 in 7:13

Ride 14 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.004.20

4.2 very easy in 8:26 avg

Ride 15 Miles: 4.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.001.7510.00

In the Tricities. Went to the Desert Hills track and did 4x200, 4x300, 4x200. This was incredibly difficult for me. Fitness is still inching along.

33, 34, 34, 34

53, 53, 53, 54

35, 34, 34, 34

I saw my HS coach's van in the parking lot (same van after 20 years!) and texted him. He came out and reminisced for a few minutes. He's the reason I'm still obsessed with running after all this time.

Mizuno Ekiden Miles: 5.00Ride 14 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.500.000.000.009.50

Badger Mt loop from my parents' house.

Ride 14 Miles: 9.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

New shoes. 6 very easy from my parents' house (8:15 avg).

Ride 15 X2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.003.750.2511.00

T pace day. I was hoping to hop in the local Turkey Trot, but fatherly duties intervened. I got up early to hit the track near my in-laws'. 

6 x 1k @ T + 2 x 200m (I prefer to tack on 4 x 200m to these, but I was feeling beat up)

3:29, 3:30, 3:30, 3:29, 3:29, 3:28; 34, 34

Very controlled. No issues holding pace. Being on the track really helps me to keep on pace vs trying to do these on a trail at this point. Still need some time to get paces trained in my legs.

T days have increased from 4 min total work to 8 to 12 to 15 and now to 21. Not bad. Still have a really long ways to go.

Flyknit Streaks Miles: 6.00Ride 14 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Recovery 10. Met up with one of the HS guys I ran with more than a decade ago. Had a great time seeing some new trails in the area and catching up. Man, time flies.

Ride 15 X2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.400.000.000.0014.40

Long run -- extended Richland loop. 7:35 avg. 65 for the week, a couple of a workouts, and a long run. That's a good week for being on vacation. Now I'm tired and need some recovery.

Ride 14 Miles: 14.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Back home. Easy 8 in 7:40ish.

Ride 14 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.250.000.001.758.00

Hill sprints: 4 x 30s; 4 x 45s; 4 x 30s

I'm getting sick and these did not feel great. Not as strong of an effort as a result, but there's still benefit in getting it done.

Mizuno Ekiden Miles: 3.00Ride 15 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 easy

Ride 14 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
177.300.008.756.25192.30
Ride 14 Miles: 118.60Ride 15 Miles: 35.20Mizuno Ekiden Miles: 11.00Flyknit Streaks Miles: 11.50Ride 15 X2 Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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