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Utah Summer Games 10K

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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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Vazee Pace Lifetime Miles: 437.75
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Solar Glide Lifetime Miles: 210.00
Levitate Black Lifetime Miles: 83.75
Total Distance
82.25
Total Distance
20.00

AM - 15 Washington Fields.  Felt pretty good except my knees.  Decided to change my miles a little to be more fresh for this week's 10K.  So I went 15 and 5 later.  Ankle felt pretty good.  Still very swollen, but no pain.  Just some fatigue and knee pains.  Ave was right around 7 for almost all miles.  (Cumulus red 22)

afternoon - 5 Washington Parkway.  Nice easy run.  (Cumulus 388.1)

 

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Total Distance
11.75

AM - 7 GreenSprings.  Felt tired and didn't have any energy for a pick up at all.  Ankle feeling much better, just green and purple now.  But knees still a little hammered.  (Landreth 192.55)

morning - 4.75 on Washington Parkway from Wash. Elem.  Started cross-country practice, so that throws a new twist into how and where I am getting my miles.  Sometimes I will run with them, sometimes not.  (Landreth 197.3) 

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Total Distance
13.00

morning - 6.25 on Dogpound with 11th.  Had a decent run.  Felt a little better each day this week.  On Monday I counted my strides and found I hit 166-168 for 7 min pace.  Today I counted at 6:30 pace and hit 168-170. Similar numbers, but I would like to improve them a little bit by the marathon.  (Cumulus red 28.25)

PM - 6.75 on Grapevine Springs.  An old favorite run of mine that I haven't done because of the destroying of the trails and dessert up there, but I went up and did it and had a great run.  (Landreth 204.05)

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Total Distance
11.00

morning - 4 (3 w/ team) on Sandberg's Pond.  Took it easy and enjoyed it. (Glycerin 421.35)

evening - 7 Club run on Sunbrook.  Again took it easy and got ready for tomorrow's race.  Achilles was hurting quite a bit today.  Iced and stretched and used the Strassburg for the last few days to get it feeling better.  Hopefully it calms down.  Ankle is hurting more today than earlier in the week as well.  (Cumulus red 35.25)

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Race: Utah Summer Games 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:31:00, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
13.50

AM - warmup up of 2.1 miles (Cumulus) ran up the last section of the course - came in handy later.

race: started up Cedar Canyon - knew this would be a fast course and I could go for a PR, but I had some doubts as to how fast I could actually run it - knowing a big PR was possible but much quicker than I had ever run.  Got to the starting line with the club (minus Clyde) and things looked good until I saw Jow Wilson (past St. George Marathon champ, 3rd to Paul and Steve at Ogden last month).  So I decided to run as far as I could with him and try to do well.

1 - 4:43 started off at a blistering pace.  But this is where I wanted to be.  I was really amazed at how relaxed Joe was.  This was going to be fun.

2 - 4:49 It seems I am working way to hard to hit these miles.  Even though this was fast, I felt like I was struggling too early in the race (Looking back, I think I could have run an even better time; first with confindence, second because I actually wasn't feeling that great - achilles was still acting up, ankle hurting some, and sloshy legs).

3 - 4:56 Joe and I pull away after the last surge from some high school kids (they didn't ever fully go away however and ran great times as they kept pushing me from behind).

4 - 5:07 Joe pulls away from me at the end of this mile and the doubts begin to creep in.

5 - 5:30 Where I really lost time on this mile was the first part when Joe was pulling away.  He had really encouraged me to keep up and once I drifted he took off.  Because of this I really fell back and started to relax.  But I just kept Paul's new blog title in my head and got back on track (Thanks Mr. Groening!) I actually couldn't keep it out of my head, it was kind of funny.

6 - 5:25 I kept Joe at the same lead through this mile and tried to finish strong.

.2 - My watch recorded the race as just a little short (but others had it very close) and I ran .13 in 29 seconds (near 4:00 pace)!  I saw the clock ticking to 31 and I was in as full out sprint mode as I have ever been as I pushed to keep it under.  My watch read 30:58 as I crossed, but I guess I had better take the official time. (ohana)

Anyway... Pretty stoked.  I was hoping for a time near that and got it.  Fastest time as an old guy by 2:40 and best ever by 1:30 (even with a fast course, I'll take it).  The best thing was running with Joe Wilson.  I was like a little kid in awe.  Here is this great runner and I am hanging with him (near him).  Very cool.

Cool down of 1.2 miles (Cumulus 391.4)

PM - got out for a 4 mile stretcher on Warm Springs (Glycerin 425.35)

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Total Distance
13.00

AM - Club run from Dammeron down to store.  Took off well with Steve O. with about a mile warmup and then picked up the pace from 6:20 down to 5:30 for the rest of the run.  Ave. for whole run 6:11.  Felt pretty good considering yesterday's race.  A little sore on the glutes, but achilles felt much better.  Positive end to the week.  (Cumulus orange 73.4)

Very happy with this week.  Backed off intensity, but still hit decent mileage.  Ran good in the race and got ready for another strong week.

Next week's goals: Get mileage back up to mid 90's.  Try to dig through the week and a half of treadmill running I will have to do with my wife gone with a positive attitude while avoiding injury.

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Total Distance
82.25
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