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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. 

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Griffin Lifetime Miles: 770.29
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TNF Hyper Track Guide #2 Lifetime Miles: 7.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.670.0013.400.0030.07
Saucony Tangent Miles: 9.96Griffin Miles: 4.00Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 7.01Saucony Fast Twitch Miles: 13.10
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5 hours of snowy tree lines!  I'm feeling beat.

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I feel pretty hammered from running and snowboarding all weekend.  Need to chill this week so I feel fresh for the SLC half this Saturday.  I'll probably do a little run after work if my hips are feeling better.

X-train:

30:00 on the stationary bike.  Avg. HR was 123.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.960.000.000.009.96

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Griffin loop, then to US 189 and 2 miles of the dinner time loop.  My hips and back are still pretty sore, so just cruised.

Run:

2 with Griffin, no watch,

7.96 in 59:21, avg. 7:27 per mile.


Saucony Tangent Miles: 9.96Griffin Miles: 2.00
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2.000.000.000.002.00

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Griffin loop, some planks, and that's it.  May bike for a little after work, but am trying to feel fresher for the race Saturday.  I definitely pushed too hard this weekend and am feeling it now....but it was so much fun!

Run:

2 with Griffin, no watch

Strength:

Planks, side-planks, & bird-dog

Griffin Miles: 2.00Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.710.000.300.005.01

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Dutch Feilds loop with a .30 pick-up at the end.  Legs feel slow moving.  Hopefully another day off will do the trick.

Run:

5.01 w/ .30 @ 5:43 pace in 37:14, avg 7:26 per mile

Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 5.01
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Good stretch this morning.  Feeling as loose as I'm gonna be before tomorrow.  Weather.com is saying mid-40's and 5 mph winds at the start...perfect! 

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Race: SLC Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:24:53, Place overall: 40, Place in age division: 7
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This race is always exciting because of the amount of people who participate and seems to just get bigger every year.  I had serious doubts with the outcome given how I've felt over the past week.  Now that it's said and done I've got mixed feelings, but at least I accomplished my first goal, which was beat last years time....even if it was only by 20 seconds. : )

I missed pretty much all the mile markers, but caught the 4 & 10 mile splits.

Miles 1 - 5 in 31:25, avg. 6:17 per mile

Felt surprisingly good in the first 2 miles, but got some horrible shin burn when the course starts to head downhill.  Thankfully this went away around 4.5 miles in.  On the flipside my legs just started to feel dead.  I was trying everything I could to get some power out of them.  Weird thing was my breathing felt controlled.  So I was stuck in 1 gear for the rest of the race

Miles 6 - 10 in 32:41, avg. 6:32  Total elapsed time 1:04:06, avg. 6:24 per mile

Frustrated with how my legs are doin, but still moving at a decent clip.  I'm trying to latch onto to people, but not happening.  Just riding it out at this point.

Miles 11 - 13.10 in 20:47, avg. 6:42

This is the hardest part for sure with a gradual climb up State St for 9 blocks that just gets steeper as you go, then turns for a 1.1 mile downhill finish to the Gateway mall.  Last year I was hurting all over this whole stretch.  Today my legs felt battered, but breathing was prety much fine. 

The part that sucks is I didn't make the time I wanted and my legs felt so crappy.  I'm staying opmistic though because of the time I got with my legs feeling how they did, and also with how good my cardio felt over last year.  Overall I think I'm in much better shape cardio wise this year.  Now I need to get spped in the mix...and taper better before my next race.

 Saw James at the end, he ran a 1:15 something.  Nice work man! 

Saucony Fast Twitch Miles: 13.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.670.0013.400.0030.07
Saucony Tangent Miles: 9.96Griffin Miles: 4.00Saucony Guide 4 Miles: 7.01Saucony Fast Twitch Miles: 13.10
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