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Location:

Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K - 17:11 (Cougar Run)

10K - 34:35 (Deseret News)

15K - 57:33 (Utah Running Club)

1/2 - 1:22:26 (Mountain View Trail)

50K - 4:22:31 (Sapper Joe)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-2:45 at Saint George Marathon

Win the Antelope Island half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to run the Angeles Crest 100 at some point. And I'd still like to go sub-4 at a trail 50k. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.

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Personal:

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I was a competitive cyclist for years. In 2009, after racing in the Tour of Utah, I decided I had plateaued as a cyclist--I could continue to improve, but I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.


I thought that challenge would be mountain biking, but I'm a terrible bike handler. I married Catherine in January 2010 and a couple of weeks later I entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with her. A couple of weeks after that I decided I'd like to run ultras, so I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.

Those first races came and went, with varying results. I was looking forward to running more and possibly pushing into the longer distances, but I injured my knee in June 2010 and I've never been consistently healthy since.

I started law school in August 2010, which meant less time for training. In June 2011, Baby Elliott was born, which meant even less time for training. But she's worth it. 

Baby Nora joined us in October 2013, with the same effect on training as Elliott (who, incidentally, is no longer a baby). 

I (finally) finished school in April 2014 and now I'm an evil corporate lawyer in Salt Lake. I have no illusions that I'll ever get back into the shape that I once was, but I'm perfectly at peace with that. I still have many goals to accomplish and many years in which to do it. 
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Totals
Total Distance
41.10
MR10 (3) Miles: 16.30MR10 (2) Miles: 24.80
Weight: 0.00
Mon, Mar 18, 2013
Total Distance
7.30

Since Saturday, my left foot has been hurting. The pain is on the left side of my arch under the foot. I've been afraid that it's an injury, but I decided to test it out today, anyway. There was some pain as I started, but it went away as I ran. Now that I'm done, it hurts again. Weird. I'll have to keep an eye on it this week, and I may just replace my steady runs with cross training, just to play it safe.

Four 1.5 mile repeats at 5:52 with quarter-mile recoveries at 10:00. Short warm up and even shorter cool down.  

 

MR10 (3) Miles: 7.30
Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Mar 19, 2013
Total Distance
6.00

My foot was more sore when I woke up this morning than it was before I ran last night, but it felt much better by the end of the day. Even so, I thought it was best not to run tonight, so I spend the time I would have spent running six miles on the stair stepper. 

MR10 (2) Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Mar 20, 2013
Total Distance
5.00

The weather isn't nearly as nice today as it was yesterday, but it was still good enough for me to bundle Elliott up and take her for a run with me. We went out onto the River Trail, heading west, where we did 20 minutes at 30 seconds on, 30 seconds off. It's harder with a stroller, but it's fun to have Elliott with me. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Thu, Mar 21, 2013
Total Distance
9.00

Today I had a hard time deciding whether I should actually run or just take another day on the stair machine to make sure my foot has healed. I decided to cross train, mostly because the weather wasn't appealing at either of the times I could go run. That's right--things warm up for a week and already I call a day like today too cold. 

MR10 (2) Miles: 9.00
Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Mar 22, 2013
Total Distance
4.00

Four miles easy. No pain in my foot. 

MR10 (3) Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Sat, Mar 23, 2013
Total Distance
9.80

I went to the gym later than usual this morning and was surprised to see how crowded it was. Maybe it was because of the snow, but here were so many people that none of the new treadmills were open. Luckily, the old treadmill I ended up on worked fine. It had a little TV, too, so I was able to watch Michigan dismantle VCU as I ran.

Today's workout was 9 miles at my goal marathon pace, which is 6:18 right now. It felt reasonably mellow at first, but for the last couple of miles I just wanted to stop. It definitely raised some doubts as to whether I can do that for 26 miles. Of course, I still have 8 weeks to train. And I'll be better rested for the race. And I'll be running outside rather than in a hot, sweaty gym. So I guess today's run doesn't say much about what I will (or won't) do in May.

MR10 (2) Miles: 9.80
Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Total Distance
41.10
MR10 (3) Miles: 16.30MR10 (2) Miles: 24.80
Weight: 0.00
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