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2010
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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 25, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

SLTC Winter Series 5K - 18:51

SLTC Winter Series 10K - 37:55

SLTC Winter Series 15K - 57:52

Buffalo Run 50K - 4:32:37

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run my first marathon under 3 hours.

Stop running marathons.

Start running ultras.

Stop getting blisters.

Start looking even sexier.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Do what I set out to do and then move on to whatever comes next.

Personal:

I've been a competitive cyclist for years. Last year, after earning my category 1 upgrade and racing in the Tour of Utah, I realized I had plateaued as a cyclist--not that I wouldn't continue to improve, but that I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.

I thought that challenge would be endurance mountain biking, but I got married in early January and a couple of weeks later I had entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with my wife. A couple of weeks after that I read Born to Run and decided that I'd like to run ultras. So I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.

I have a tendency to stretch too far. Sometimes that works out for me.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Lunarlite Racer Lifetime Miles: 26.95
Brooks Cascadia 4 Lifetime Miles: 93.70
Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 74.84
Mon, Mar 15, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.210.000.002.927.13

I didn't have time to run this morning, so I got out for a quick lunch run at Liberty Park. I ran four laps on the cinder track--you could probably call it interval work.

  • Lap 1 - 8:32 (5:52/mile)
  • Lap 2 - 10:52 (7:27/mile)
  • Lap 3 - 8:39 (5:56/mile)
  • Lap 4 - 10:49 (7:25/mile)

The hard intervals should have been shorter and faster or longer and slower, and I probably should have gone slower on the recovery intervals, too. My original plan was to run two two-lap intervals at a 6:15 pace, but I went out to hard and decided to go with it. I went out even too harder (don't bother calling me on that grammar) on the second hard interval, and I actually gave up at just over a mile. But after about 5 seconds of jogging I felt enough like a slacker to pick it up and finish the lap.

It probably wasn't the most effective workout, but it felt good to get out of the office on such a beautiful day.

Brooks Launch Miles: 7.13
Weight: 164.60
Comments
From Marathon Dreamer on Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 15:51:13 from 200.52.168.5

Sometimes the best workouts are the ones' you question!! Good job!!!! You are fast!!!!

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