| Location: Dallas,TX,USA Member Since: Feb 21, 2010 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: 5k - 19:03 - Race 4 Recovery (2009)
10k - 42:23 - SLCTC Winter Series (2010)
10 mile - 1:01:51 Riverwoods 10 mile..measured 10.07 (2011)
1/2 Marathon - 1:24:53 - SLC Half Marathon (2011)
Marathon - 2:54:47 - Top of Utah (2011)
Ultra (36.72 miles) - 4:41:32 - Wasatch Back Relay Ultra Team (2009)
R2R2R @ the Grand Canyon with a group of friends - 16 hours(2014) Short-Term Running Goals: Get back in decent running form. Maybe enter a road race in 2017? Long-Term Running Goals: Run a 5k under 18:00 Personal: Have been active my whole life, but turned my focus to running in 2006 after deciding to run a marathon. I really enjoy the training aspect and staying healthy, but mileage has been on the decline over the past 3 years due to work commitments, so focus has turned away from races and more on just staying fit enough to still enjoy getting out. Moved from Utah to Texas in October 2016 with my wife and 3 month old babe. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 122.10 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 146.60 |
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 44.40 | Griffin Miles: 6.00 | Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 46.60 | Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 18.70 | Black Crocs Miles: 26.00 | The North Face Fire Road Miles: 10.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| AM Out & back to 40 via farm roads with an out & Back to The Other End & and out & back on the river trail. Felt pretty decent and was on dirt 90% of the time.
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 13.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Chillin, workin on the house | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
| AM 30 narrow push ups, up 100S to 40 to 1000s & back, did 6 strides in the middle. 30 narrow push ups, took Griffin on his loop when I got back.
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| Griffin Miles: 2.00 | Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 8.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.80 | 0.00 | 1.20 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM Did an out & back to US 189, ran the section between 1200N & 189 a few times to get in 10 x :45 on/:45 off. Ran the river trail during my cool down.
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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AM Out & Back on Southfield rd to Tate ln. Kept it easy. PM Light glute exercises
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| Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM 4 with 4 strides up around town, then took Griffin on his loop. NOON 1 to the gym, 3,220m on the ERG in 15:00 @ setting #5, 1 back to work. On another note, my company is sponsoring a 2-person team for the Trans Rocky run in August, so another coworker and I put our names in the hat to be chosen. I hope we get picked!
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| Griffin Miles: 2.00 | Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 2.00 | Black Crocs Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.90 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 10.90 |
| AM Flyin out to Ohio tomorrow and won't have much time to run over the weekend, so made my "long hill run" today. Felt kinda sluggish, but had really nice views on the Round Valley trails. 1,240 vertical feet
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| The North Face Fire Road Miles: 10.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Travel day from hell! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| NOON Lots of running around with the fam, so no run time, but got in 30 wide push ups, planks, side-planks, bridge and bird dog
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| AM Limited time again today so ran decently hard over the limited time I had. started @ 8:30 pace @ 1% incline on the treadmill, then dropped the pace a little every 2:30 till I got to 6:00, total run time was 22:30
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 3.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Traveling back home, hooray! PM Good stretch and some glute activation exercises.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.90 |
| AM Out & back to River Rd via farm rds and 40. finished with an out & back on the river trail. PM 30:00 of biking around town and to the grocery store.
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 11.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM Ran up 100S thru town and did 4 strides, then took Griffin on his loop. PM Planks, side planks, bridge, bird dog, chair & hydrant
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| Griffin Miles: 2.00 | Black Crocs Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM 1:00 of mtn biking before work. Rallied up some quick steep climbs to get the blood pumpin. Tomorrow is RAGNAR!
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Wasatch Back Relay #11 (7.3 Miles) 01:03:40 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 7.80 | 0.00 | 9.80 |
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AM Went down to the river trail to get the blood flowin before my 1st leg in the Ragnar. I should be starting around 6-ish I think. Ran a mile, then a few drills with strides and a hard .25 mile before running home.
I'm on the promotional team for company again this year which means each person will run with gear that we sell on the site. My company also has 3 other teams running, but they do not run with gear, so it turns into a big competition between us and makes the Ragnar even more fun(if that's possible!)
7 PM Leg #11 in the Ragnar. This leg was up Old Snowbasin Rd which climbs from Pineview reservoir to Snowbasin resort and since I was on the promotional team I ran it wearing a backpack with a climbing helmet and carrying trekking poles(which I did not use: )) It was tuff but so satisfying to reach the top. Plus I passed one of the other teams so now we were in 3rd out of the 4 company teams. 7.3 miles in 1:03:40. Climbed 1,800 vertical ft.
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.30 | Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 2.50 |
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Wasatch Back Relay #'s 23 & 35 (12.5 Miles) 01:31:00 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
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6AM Leg #23. This leg starts in Wanship and goes along Rockport reservoir. A few small climbs but pretty easy. Only got an hour of sleep and was driving and helping other teammates during their legs before running mine. Needles to say I was a little tired, but had another solid run. The team we passed yesterday was only about 1 minute behind us still, so I had to hold off their runner on this leg. Normally this wouldn't have concerned me(he's is decent shape from hiking the backcountry to ski all winter, but has a few extra pounds and is not a runner), but I ran with a crash pad. This really was not fun. It's weighs about 12 lbs, is not wind resistant at all and I had to hold the straps to keep it from bouncing around so couldn't use my arms the whole way. This turned out to be pretty rough, but mission accomplished..I held our lead and finished the course without dying. 5.5 miles in 44:00. 430 vertical ft and carryinga 12 lb. crash pad
3:45PM Leg #35. Quick up hill from Guardsman pass to thundering downhill to short steep climb to Royal St. and steep downhill to the base of Deer Valley resort. I'm usually pretty good at steep downhills, but my legs were starting to feel the long uphill from the climbing yesterday and it was rather warm and a bit windy. I ran with a PFD, which wasn't too bad and carrying 2 paddles that weighed out 3 lbs each. that doesn't sound like a lot of weight, but when you're feeling stiff and tired and trying to hammer it makes for quite a challenge. I actually felt ok after the first mile was over set in a good flying downhill/jumping off a cliff pace. The team we were battling against had passed us earlier, but were only about 3 minutes up, so everyone was trying to get me stoked to catch them. I said I'd do my best but no promises. Lucky me, my best allowed to catch their runner less than halfway thru the leg and beat him to the finish by about 5 minutes. I also ran down another one of our teams @ mile 5 and was able to beat them by about 2 minutes to put us into 2nd place! Unfortunately this teams next runner was very fast and beat our runner to the finish, but we were able to hold off the other team so we finished 3rd out of the 4 teams! 7 miles, 47:00?(forgot to stop my watch). 336 vertical ft climbed and 2,066 ft of dowhill(It was steep!)
Gotta feel good about the 3rd place finish considering we had people running with all kinds of crazy stuff...1 guy wore a pair of XC skis for 7 miles, a few other people besides me ran with the crash pad and 2 guys ran with a 13 foot kayak! No joke this was the craziest thing I have ever seen and they were holding about 12 min/mile with it. Insane! 
Me with a crash pad.
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| Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 12.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| AM Felt a bit pounded today so took it easy on the farm road loop with the OE extension.
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| Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 4.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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AM Actually feel a little more stiff than yesterday, but things felt good once the blood was flowin. PM Some glute exercises
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| AM Down around the farm roads. Things still feel kinda sore. Think I'll be doin a bike ride tomorrow.
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| Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| AM looped around 100S to 40 to 189 & back. Muscles and energy are back, but got a little pain in my right ankle on the outside. Have to keep an eye on that. PM 30:00 chill bike ride w/ Lacy to get ice cream.
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| Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| AM up 100S and around. kept it chill. My ankle is still bothering me and now I've got some kinda foot thing in the ball of my right foot. Good indicators that I should chill out a little. This is a bummer cuz my muscles are 90% healed from the Ragnar, but better to relax now then pay the price later.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Just stretchin
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM 1.5 hr mountain bike ride around Park City. Had some decent climbs.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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AM Up 100S and over by Wasatch State Park & back. Kept the pace relaxed. Gonna keep the pace & terrain chill all week. Did some core & 2x15 good mornings, squats and standing row after PM Rode my bike around town for 30:00
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM Ran up 100S & around town. Then took Griffin on his loop. ankle is still stiff.
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| Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| AM Almost bagged it today. My right ankle hurt for the first minute, then warmed and was fine the rest of the run. Think I need to take a day off with stretching and ice. Out & back to 189 with around the block of dinner time loop.
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| Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Chillin today, will stretch out my ankle later tonight. | | Add Comment |
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| Stretchin again, that's all | | Add Comment |
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| AM good stretch with planks, side planks, bridge, bird dog, tree, hydrant & chair. Gettin rid of my Guides and Tangents. Each are pretty beat up and worn in a few spots which may be throwin me out of alignment. Got a new pair of Mirage 2's on the way and Vertical K's.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM Stretchin good core and 2 x 15 good mornings and a couple squat variations. Then went on an hour hike with Griffin while wearing a 10lb. vest.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 122.10 | 0.00 | 24.50 | 0.00 | 146.60 |
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| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 44.40 | Griffin Miles: 6.00 | Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 46.60 | Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 18.70 | Black Crocs Miles: 26.00 | The North Face Fire Road Miles: 10.90 |
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