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Location:

Dogtown,Ut,

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs: 2:26:29 marathon @ St.George '14; 1:09:55 1/2 mar. '08; 31:00 10k '07

Short-Term Running Goals:

Love running now.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Love running forever!

Personal:

My perfect day would include a run through the desert, time with my wife and girls, tasty homemade meals, and a nice nap in the middle.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adios Lifetime Miles: 512.25
Rocket 2 Lifetime Miles: 109.00
Kinvara Grey Lifetime Miles: 222.00
Vazee Pace Lifetime Miles: 437.75
Pace Blue Lifetime Miles: 231.75
Boston Lifetime Miles: 520.25
Peg Green Lifetime Miles: 544.00
Speedgoat Lifetime Miles: 325.00
Peg Purple Lifetime Miles: 509.50
Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 525.50
Barefoot '18 Lifetime Miles: 6.75
Levitate Lifetime Miles: 419.50
Peg NOP Lifetime Miles: 380.00
Peg Blue34 Lifetime Miles: 408.25
Solar Glide Lifetime Miles: 210.00
Levitate Black Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Total Distance
90.25
Free Miles: 9.00Barefoot '11 Miles: 7.00Altra Miles: 12.00Kinvara Miles: 13.00Triumph Miles: 9.00Boston Miles: 11.50Oregon Miles: 10.00Stratus Grey Miles: 7.75Rocket Miles: 11.00
Total Distance
21.50

morning - 12.5 Junction.  Over to practice and then out to the junction.  Good run for a Monday morning, but the heat was brutal; I had major cottonmouth.  (Altra 194.24)(Barefoot '11 120)

lap swim: 20 mins.  Felt easy cheesy - loved it.

afternoon - 9 Lower Grapevine/CC.  Thought I timed the clouds out pretty good, but then they stalled out and left me; so it was pretty hot.  Did the usual soaked shirt and hat deal and that kept me a little cooler.  Pushed the pace pretty decent (but no watch, like usual in the afternoon).  (Free 489.45)

Free Miles: 9.00Barefoot '11 Miles: 0.50Altra Miles: 12.00
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Total Distance
14.50

AM - 14.5 Green Springs.  Elin was up early, so I took her about in the jogger this morning before practice.  Then we ran up Green Springs and finished off with 8xbarefoot striders.  A little tired on today's run - looking forward to an ice bath this afternoon.  (Barefoot '11 117.5)(Kinvara 439.15)

weights

lap swim: 10 mins.

Kinvara Miles: 13.00Barefoot '11 Miles: 1.50
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Total Distance
21.00

AM - 12 Hell's Hole.  Ran a few before practice and then dropped down into Hell's Hole for some hill work.  Tyson and I ran 4x1 min and 3x30 sec.  He really rocked - it will take something special to beat him this year.  Added a bit more up the side canyon where were running hills to get our mileage and then back.  (Boston 683.5)(Barefoot '11 118)

lap swim: 10 mins.

afternoon - 9 Lower Grapevine/CC.  Planned on only hitting 6 as it was hot today (108 out the door, although the news said only 101?) and I had already hit a good hill workout today, but decided to drop off the Coral Canyon side of the hill.  Good thing I did since it led to my best find ever in a run.  The water tank at the top of Highland was shooting a ton of water out a release pipe.  So I soaked my shirt and hat in it and went on.  It felt great, good enough to drop all the way into the Silver Mine Trail to make the 9 miler.  On the way back the water was still running, so I sat in front of it and just got soaked - it was great!  (Triumph 754.75)

Triumph Miles: 9.00Boston Miles: 11.50Barefoot '11 Miles: 0.50
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Total Distance
14.00

morning - 4 Grass.  Easy on the grass today and at kids' club.  Felt really good - nice to have a recovery run.  (Barefoot '11 122)

evening - 10 Club.  Took the loop a bit easier this week.  Felt pretty good.  (Oregon 51.75)

Barefoot '11 Miles: 4.00Oregon Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
8.25

morning - 8.25 Webb Hill.  Met over in Bloomington Hills for practice.  Ran up the Fireside trail and then 2x Meat Grinders.  Didn't really nail the pace, but ran solid, to try and not kill the legs for tomorrow's race.  (Barefoot '11 122.5)(Stratus grey 817.35)

Didn't get weights in this afternoon with the team because I was working on getting the trailer set for camp next week.  Also no swim last two days - again, so I can have a good effort Saturday.

Stratus Grey Miles: 7.75Barefoot '11 Miles: 0.50
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Race: Enterprise 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:33:21, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
11.00

Enterprise 10K 33:21

Got up early and took the family (with Mom and Dad) up to Enterprise - Ally was also running.  But we didn't get up there as early as I wanted (and I spent the time we were up there in the bathroom - which actually got my stomach calmed down, luckily); so hardly any warm up - probably not even a mile.  It worried me since it usually takes a couple miles to get the hip warmed and a couple more to get the legs ready to fire.  I would have liked to run up to the start+ (4'ish miles), but it didn't work out.

1-5:16, The course was new this year (which actually ended up being very good - I really liked it).  It was out toward the res. and into town and then out to the highway junction and back into town - so kind of a out and back loop with no real net loss or gain of elevation, just very gradual down and up at 5500ft.  It took away the speed of the race (the old usual Utah downhill burner), but I really liked the fairness of the course.  Anyway... just settled in a step behind Glen Tucker (who was down visiting his family - good to see him again, it has been a long time) and Clyde.  After maybe a half Clyde stepped back a little and I told him that I might as well at least try and go with Glen - he is quick and has run many good races, so that would bode well.  So we just chatted it up as we wove (not bad though) through the 5K'ers for the next few miles.  2-5:15, Didn't look at my watch at all for the first 5 miles - not mile pace, or current pace, anything; just tried to stay relaxed and run with Glen.  3-5:26, We had a little head wind throughout the first 5 miles of the race (until the turn), but I really didn't notice it much after the first mile.  4-5:21,  Right at the end of this mile I told Glen not to just slow up for me.  This was my one mistake of the race, but I felt bad having him just stick by me.  In reality he really didn't speed up a lot, but once I said this I resigned myself to falling back instead of continuing to stick (even if it was just a little longer).  5-5:40, 4 and 5 were the more gradual uphill miles - not bad at all, but it just kind of wore on me.  This is were Glen gapped me by about 15-20 seconds.  6-5:24, Coming off the turn to the highway I started to feel better again and thought I might make a push to the leader.  I brought it back to about 10 seconds, but then I struggled to hold the last 3/4's and Glen also kicked it in a bit and regapped me and then some.  .2-5:35 pace,  breathing was shallow and I just ran okay in. Cooled down for 4 with Clyde and Glen.  (Rocket 35)

Felt pretty good about my effort.  When my dad asked how long it would take me I told him 33:18, so pretty close!  I could have been a bit quicker - I think next year, if life is good 32 something is surely in the mix.  I was really proud of Ally, she set a 10K pr and broke her goal of under an hour.  Also fun to see people, like Neuman (and his fam), at least 15-20 kids from the Kids' Club races, other friendly faces and distant relatives from my dad's hometown, and even saw Josh Decker (PVXC Alumni) who is back from his mish for a few months with a hideous broken leg - bummer, but fun surprise to see him.

Mileage wasn't quite what I wanted this week (mostly because of the weak mileage today), but it was a good week: enjoyed the race, had the awesome water experience the other day, team is improving, and so life is good.

Goals for next week:  PVXC High Altitude Camp week!  Have a fun (and uneventful) week with the team up at Pine Lake.  Enjoy my running in the mountains.  And have fun with the family the last couple days of the week at our camp in the same place.

Rocket Miles: 11.00
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Total Distance
90.25
Free Miles: 9.00Barefoot '11 Miles: 7.00Altra Miles: 12.00Kinvara Miles: 13.00Triumph Miles: 9.00Boston Miles: 11.50Oregon Miles: 10.00Stratus Grey Miles: 7.75Rocket Miles: 11.00
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