| 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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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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| Road Bike Miles: 222.00 | Brooks Launch Miles: 8.70 | Barefoot Miles: 1.00 |
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AM: It turns out that cycling isn't entirely knee neutral, at least not with my injury, but my knee doesn't interfere with my cycling, so I don't care. And it turns out that even after six months of running, I'm still very much a cyclist--I feel comfortable, fast, and sexy on my bike (although the last may simply be my skewed perspective). Anyways, I rode a loop through Grantsville for 83 pancake-flat miles. My legs feel fine after Saturday's ride, reinforcing my belief that trail running and cycling use the same muscles. My sit bones are still sore, however--there's no cross training for that, and for the first few miles I could feel every little bump on the road. 3:56 PM: Catherine is thinking about riding a century later this year, so we went out for a 14-mile ride this evening.
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| | More miles on the road bike. Just an easy recovery spin tonight--17 miles in about an hour. | |
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| | I went for another mellow ride this evening, heading up Eagle Ridge and along Bountiful Boulevard to get in a few steep hills. Just under an hour and a half. Afterwards, I ran a quick mile with Catherine. No pain during the run, but my knee felt a little tender after. |
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I joined Catherine and a couple of her coworkers on their lunchtime run today. From the Church Office Building up through Memory Grove to Bonneville Boulevard and then back. It was nice to get out and run, and it was great to see Catherine, but my knee did not like it at all. It's official--no Speedgoat this year. After work I went to the gym. My plan was to hike on the treadmill for 30 minutes at a 15 percent grade. After a few minutes, though, I was bored, so I bumped the pace up to 5 mph and did a little running. Then I bumped it up to 5.5 for a little more than 16 minutes and finished with 5 minutes at 5.5. The good news is that running on the steep incline didn't seem to hurt my knee at all. I think my game plan now is to keep cycling, with at least a couple of short runs each week. That way, I'll maintain my fitness without forgetting how to run, and once my knee heals completely, I should be able to pick up right where I left off. I'm disappointed to be missing Speedgoat, but I'll make up for that by racing to win next year. |
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I was on the road early this morning. I rode out to Redwood Road, then up through Bountiful into Kaysville and back the way I came. It was mostly a steady, moderate effort, but I did pick it up for ten minutes or so before the turnaround. A little under 40 miles in a little under two hours. PM: Catherine and I ran an easy mile on the track at East High after seeing a movie with some friends. My knee felt decent.
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| | AM: More miles on the road bike. I went over Suncrest and felt terrible the whole way, so when I took a nail in my rear tire shortly after I pulled the plug on the ride instead of patching the tube. Such is life. PM: Two miles with Catherine. My knee holds up well on the short runs, so I'll start introducing more running to my schedule--gradually.
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| Road Bike Miles: 222.00 | Brooks Launch Miles: 8.70 | Barefoot Miles: 1.00 |
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