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June 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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
52.501.000.000.000.0053.50
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Wayne, Paul and I ran the 10 miles from Trefoil to the mouth of the canyon. 

We started out at a comfortable pace. Our first 4 miles down South Fork were 8:26, 8:23, 8:11, and 8:00. After we all made a bathroom stop at Vivian Park (yes, the flush toilets are finally! open), I was feeling pretty good and we gradually picked up the pace a little. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Backpacked in 4 miles to our campsite in Canyonlands N.P.

We stayed at the beautiful Murphy's Point on an amazing overlook. See here to check out the view: http://kevinjessop.com/2011/06/11/lizzys-sweet-16-in-moab/ 

The hike in was not 4 miles but  I forgot my camera and sat my pack down and literally ran back from the one mile point along the trail to go retrieve it.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Backpacked in and out of a couple of places in Canyonlands and also rode the Intrepid Trail out by Dead Horse State Park on mountain bikes.

All in all I am estimating a conservative 10 miles of running-equivalent activity.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.001.000.000.000.005.00

Was down in Moab with my girls and we hiked a vigorous 4 miles in and out of the Water tower trail in southern Moab down below the Slickrock Bike Trail.

The 1 mile of "threshold distance came from running/racing up the sand hill by Arches N.P. 

Than is an experience one does not easily forget. A lot of fun though. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Hiked 10 miles with my boys through a rather challenging out and back down in Bryce Canyon. The route was not so bad but the addition of backpacks made it much more difficult.

My calves were feeling it for 2 days afterward. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Feel terrible for not having logged my miles in over a month's time. I have taken off a couple of weeks but have not been gone as long as the holes in my blog would indicate.

I logged a very enjoyable 5 miles with Dash leaving at around 7:30. Should have gone earlier with Paul but was just too tired. Dash was loving the run and had an extra bounce in his step as we ran today. I was feeling more tired than usual though I am sure it is a direct result of my 2 week hiatus. I managed to run around a 8:45 pace though it was very tiring. 

Tomorrow I get to hit the hills with Paul. Hopefully he is still feeling tired also and will not push it too hard. 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Ran mile 1 with Jo Marshall up to where the horse trails diverges from the Murdock Canal trail, then I continued on completing 4 miles total for a relatively quick run. Average pace was a slow 8:45.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.500.000.000.000.005.50

Slow, modified Lindon loop hitting the Lindon Park so I could get just a bit of uphill. Avg Pace was about 8:30.

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52.501.000.000.000.0053.50
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