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February 2011

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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

None to speak of. Used to race road bikes - racing as a Cat 3 middle-of-the-pack rider. Have been a social runner for 10+ years and have run over a twenty marathons including DesNews, Salt Lake City, St George, and Las Vegas. Neighborhood running group is very consistent and have spent many fun times and good miles with group.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Goal is to run under 3:20 hours for a marathon and in the process qualify for Boston. My qualifying time for Boston is 3:30

Personal:

Married, 5 kids. Have 3 soccer stars in family -- my two oldest girls and their little brother

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
69.800.003.750.0010.0083.55
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lindon 4 Mile

Got out with Paul on a cold and windy morning. I was well dressed for it but my face was a bit cold still. Pace was 8:41 per mile. Not fast, but pretty good for this time of year. Paul claims he could not go much faster but I know better. He will kick my butt in any race no matter how well I do training with him.

Hope to qualify for Boston this year but I have a lot of proving to do (with consistent running) to make it. I hope to go sub 3:15 though my qualifying time is only 3:30. I would love to run a marathon with a finishing time that begins with a "2" but I am not sure I will have time for that kind of dedication this year.

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0.000.000.000.008.008.00

Had a gd run

Was in Cache Valley to take Katy to a USU Music College audition. 

Had a good run up Logan Canyon. Temps starting out were great at 40 degrees.  Didn't seem steep going into canyon but I did feel like I was working pretty good. Coming back felt awesome with a nice downhill. Near the turnaround point he weather was terrible. The temps bad dropped and there was swirling snow and wind. I had a hat on and I pulled the brim down tight over my face as I descended. By the time I exited the canyon, the sun was out and the temps were once again at 40 degrees. 

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4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lindon 4 mile

Good run with Paul. 8:45 pace - Not good, not bad

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.750.000.004.75

Lindon Canal Road Main Street Loop

Started out the run with Paul but ended up running solo with Dash because Paul's hip was bothering him too bad.

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5.700.000.000.002.007.70

Downtown SLC-Liberty Park

Was in SLC with D and ran a fun downtown route up to the U then down to 9th South and West over to Liberty Park. Felt like I was working most of the way which is what it feels like when you run 8:45 pace after having a stack of pancakes.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Lindon 4 mile

Good run with Paul. 8:30 pace - Not good, not bad - Should have felt easier at that pace.

Tomorrow we are going for 6 miles. I am trying to work up to 35 miles a week and need 5-5 mile weekday runs plus a 10 mile weekend run or better is 4 - 6 mile weekday runs with a 10 miler on the weekends. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

Lindon 4 mile

Good run with Paul and Larry. ? pace - Added .5 mile to the normal  route because we backtracked to find Ozzie. 

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4.750.000.000.000.004.75

Lindon 4 mile

Good run with Paul. 9:10 pace - Added .75 miles to the normal short route. Weather threatened to derail the run but the roads were clear and temps were only about 30 degrees. Not bad

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4.750.000.000.000.004.75

Lindon 4 mile

Good run with Paul. 8:55 pace - Added .75 miles to the normal short route. It's sure nice to have a consistent running buddy in Paul. I'm willing to run solo but it sure is nicer with folks.

 Need 12 miles tomorrow to get to 30 miles this week. The group will probably only get out for 8; we'll see if I can get in some extra distance. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.500.001.000.000.0010.50

Ran through Lindon and on to PG with Larry, Paul and Wayne. We took Lindon's 400 East up to 200 South in PG then back through Lindon Park. I doulbled back 3 times adn got  abit more distance than the other guys. Felt good until the last mile. By the time I finished I was quite tired, just like a good run should make you feel. Overall pace varied between 8:30 and 10:00 min/mile but averaged somewhere south of 9:30 min/mile possibly south of 9:00. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

I got out with Larry and Paul this morning. We did a 4+ mile loop through Lindon then added some at the end to get to 5 miles. It was 27°.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.200.000.000.000.005.20

Larry, Paul and I started out. We took a short loop back because Larry had to get back home, then Paul and I ran the neighborhood 5K route to get to 5+ miles. As is normal when I run with Paul, the pace picked up for the second half, with one mile actually at 8:33/mi. Last 2 tenths were at 7:40 pace.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.000.002.000.000.0011.00

Good run in slushy/snowy conditions with Paul, Larry and Wayne. Wayne and I got a bit extra distance in from surging ahead and doubling back to Larry and Paul. 

 We went up the canyon, starting from the neighborhood. We turned around at the tunnel on the canyon trail.We were in several inches of snow at the turnaround.

 Wayne and I started pushing it for the last couple of miles and got down to a 7:40 /mile pace at the finish.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.400.000.000.000.005.40

Good run with Paul. He was a bit tired so our pace was only at 9:00 / mile.

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69.800.003.750.0010.0083.55
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