| Location: Heber City,UT, Member Since: Apr 29, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: 2008 Hobble Creek Half Marathon: 1:41:49
2008 Swiss Days 10K: 45:32
2008 Charleston 5k: 22:06 Short-Term Running Goals: 2009: Kick the Army Team's butt on "Ragnar" (again!)
2009: Run a sub-20 minute 5k Long-Term Running Goals: I'd like to be one of those 75 year guys that runs a sub 8:00 pace half marathon
Would like to do a marathon and possibly qualify for Boston... Though I haven't found the desire to actually attempt a marathon yet. I see too many people getting injured during training... Kind of leaves me wondering what the point is. Personal: Married. 36 years old. I ran cross country in high school and pretty much hated every minute of it. After high school I didn't run again for 17 years. Somehow I got talked into running the Wasatch Back Relay in 2007 and found that this time around with the right shoes and socks I actually like running. I haven't stopped running since. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 45.04 | 33.56 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 87.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.01 |
| 8:09 pace |
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Freedom Run 10K 2008 - Provo, Utah (6.2 Miles) 00:48:35, Place overall: 193, Place in age division: 29 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
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It was perfect weather, they had very nice Nordictrack Technical T-shirts (Yes, I run for shirts), plenty of volunteers to assist with registration, and lots of cheering people along the race route. Parking wasn't bad at all. I even got a few inspirational high fives from some young children along the route. There were tons of people at the race and unfortunately I was back in the pack at the start line. It wasn't one of those races where people are tripping all over one another, but I couldn't break out and start passing people for about the first 1/4 mile or so. As far as the course goes, most of the first mile is uphill and most of the last mile is uphill, but long middle stretch is all downhill.
Overall, it was a fun race, but I didn't feel very well today. I was trying to run a sub 7:38 pace, but it didn't happen. I ran a 7:48 pace instead. I even wanted to (but didn't) walk the last mile. I just didn't have any energy - probably because I didn't sleep well all week.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.02 |
| 8:26 pace |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.45 |
| 7:54 pace. Felt better than the last couple of days... |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| 8:24 pace... Would have been faster, but the last two miles were one of those unpleasant bordering on painful experiences where one is just hoping to find a port-a-potty on the side of the road some where... (I didn't find a magical bathroom stop on the side of the road, but I did barely make it home...) |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.52 |
| 8:17 pace... evening run. I much prefer running in the morning when I seem to have much better energy and stamina. However, I took the kids camping Thursday and came home today. I needed to do a longer run today, but I just didn't have the energy. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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An ugly 10 miles today... Family reunion this week kind of interrupted the sleep patterns. I'm thinking I'm not pushing it hard enough anymore in my training. I'm rarely sore and rarely tired afterward. Maybe time to take things to the next level?
The morning are growing colder and darker. The thought of running another winter in Heber is not what you would call inspiring... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| 7:59 pace... Didn't have energy today... |
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Charleston 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:22:06, Place overall: 6 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 6.10 |
| The Charleston 5k was not well advertised. (Which as you will see below was a plus for me!) Apparently there was a flyer at a local gym called "The Fit Stop," but I've never been there so obviously I didn't see it. (I believe running on a treadmill is so un-zenlike. I tried a few times and couldn't even do a mile). Actually, I heard about the race Tuesday from an acquantaince in the neighborhood. I'm quickly losing interest in the larger races that run like clockwork and make me feel like a cog in a wheel directing me to my place as one for whom the bell curve tolls. (Let's just say that I am not an outlier). One standard deviation is about as good as it gets for me at the big races. Besides that I find that I am drawn to the quirky races, and the Charleston 5k definitely fit that bill. (Btw, if you want to ever run a cool quirky race, check out the Schuztenfest in Midway. The scenery is spectacular).
The race was sponsored by an odd combination: a podiatrist, Mount Olympus Waters, and Rebel Bail Bonds. (I guess runners might tend a little to the wild side too. Hey - you never know when you're going to need a good bail bondsman). The turnout of 100 people was far greater than expected, and they ran out of shirts about 5 minutes after registration opened. (Though they promised to get more shirts in the next couple of weeks for everyone that didn't get one). The race was preceded by the hoisting of the American Flag by some cute cub scouts and the Pledge of Allegance. I followed that by my own little recitation: "I Pledge to run as fast as I can without puking..." The race director (the podiatrist) jumped up on a golf cart modified to look like a mini-jeep and fired a toy cap gun to start the race. I started way too fast (5:22) and promptly felt a bug fly into my mouth and down my throat. I couldn't cough it out and went ahead and swallowed hard a coule of times to get it to go all the way down thinking at least I had a little protein in my system. The timing system was a handheld unit (no visible clock) and they used an old wire hanger to collect the pull-tabs from the bib numbers. Gotta love it!
I have done zero speedwork this year and have done mostly longer races (half marathons and a 10ks), so I was seriously wanting in terms of fast twitch muscle fibers necessary for 5k racing. I gutted it out and my legs finally started to loosen up just as I rounded the last turn for the 25 yard home stretch. I ended up coming in 6th place, but I didn't stick around to see how I did in my age division. I ran an easy 3 miles to cool down and went home just in time to fix my kids some french toast for breakfast.
I love quirky races!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Terrible run. I had no energy, my side hurt, and I just felt awful. Some days you have it, and some days you don't. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.60 |
| 8:08 pace |
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| 8:09 pace |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 45.04 | 33.56 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 87.90 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 44.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 44.00 | |
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