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
3.5 miles @ 10:00ish /mi pace. Murdock trail north solo.
Started raining while running which normally doesn't bother me too much, but I had Dash, recently returned from the groomer, and I didn't want to get him dirty so we turned around early.
10 miles @ 7:55/mi from the top of South Fork Canyon (Trefoil) down to the mouth of hte canyon. started out pretty fast @ roughly 7:15-7:30 pace for a couple of miles. I wasn't feeling great and pulled back on the pace and let Paul go on ahead. I felt stronger the more I ran and after a couple of slow 9:15 miles picked up the pace to sub 8:00 pace. Caught Paul about a half mile from the end and raced him in to the finish.
Overall felt good excepting those few miles near the start. I was very tired to start off and am at the front end of a cold. I considered not running but knew I needed this run more than I needed the mid-week shorter runs.
