| 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 - 4:32:37Short-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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 34.04 | 9.10 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 48.64 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 19.95 | Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 21.44 | Nike Lunarlite Racer Miles: 7.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.20 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.30 |
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Last night I decided to run on the treadmill today, and when I woke up this morning I was glad I did. Stupid snow. Anyways, I ran for one hour on the treadmill. Two 20-minute intervals at a 6:35 pace with a 5-minute jog between them.
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 8.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.32 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.32 |
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On Wednesday I misjudged the weather and wound up running in the snow wearing nothing more that a short-sleeve shirt and shorts. Today, I misjudged the weather again and wound up running in relatively warm temperatures wearing long pants, long sleeves, long underwear and a hat and gloves. That happens a lot in the spring. I decided to run up the west side of City Creek, which I could tell was a bad idea from the start. I didn't feel like myself on the run up to 11th avenue, but it wasn't until I started the actual climb to the ridge that I decided to change my plans. I was going so slow on the lower climb that I knew I'd be doing too much walking up top to make it worth the effort, so I turned around and followed the singletrack further into the canyon. I'd never been on that section of trail before, but it looks like it might go a long way, so I'll have to go back and check it out sometime. It's still a climb and it's still work, but it's nothing like the climb out of the canyon. Anyways, today's relatively short and easy run kicked my booty, so I'll probably take it easy on my long(ish) run tomorrow. Or maybe I'll just split the day into two mid-length runs,
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| Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 7.32 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.60 |
| It's conference weekend, so I Catherine and I both decided to do two shorter runs today instead of one long one. I ran 7.25 miles before the morning session and 7.35 miles before the afternoon session. All easy, because yesterday's run convinced me I still need some recovery from last weekend. And all on the treadmill, because . . . well, just because. |
| Nike Lunarlite Racer Miles: 7.25 | Brooks Launch Miles: 7.35 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rest day today. After conference, my little sister and her husband came over for Easter dinner with Catherine and I. We ate ham and such, and then we played a few rounds of Monopoly Deal. I won the first two, continuing my long-standing winning streak, but then Kelsey won a round, then Catherine, and then Garth. Curses! | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.17 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 8.17 |
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I've been feeling pretty tired and my head has felt a little cloudy for the past couple of days. After Friday's botched trail run I've been consumed with the idea that something might be wrong with me, to the point that I planned to scrap this morning's trail run in favor of some easy miles at Liberty Park. But it seems like I'm always afraid something might be wrong with me, and usually nothing is. My legs felt good when I woke up this morning, so I decided to hit the trails. I ran the west side of City Creek. My time up what I consider the official climb from the canyon to the ridge was a little slow (but in the normal range) and I had to walk a couple of sections, probably because I ran the initial hills a little faster than normal. I thought about turning around and repeating the climb, but I decided it would be better for me not to. (Plus, Catherine started her new job today and I wanted to make sure I was home before she left.) Instead of repeating the climb, I took a short jog south on the ridge to the viewpoint above Ensign Peak before returning the way I came. I usually take it easy on the descent, but since there would be no second climb today I decided to hammer it. I almost fell off the trail and into the woods on one of the lower switchbacks, but other than that I had a good time. The splits on a climb and descent illustrate the effects of gravity nicely: 13:10 (11:04/mile) on the way up, 7:17 (6:09/mile) on the way down.
Average pace - 7:55/mile Total vertical - 1,558 ft
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| Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 8.17 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.95 |
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I had an early appointment this morning, so I got up earlier than usual to run. Despite the snow that fell last night, it wasn't very cold, and the early time and the new snow made this morning's run quiet and pleasant. Easy effort today. Two and from Liberty Park plus two laps on the pavement, with a few quick efforts thrown in throughout. Average pace - 7:37/mile
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| Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 5.95 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 4.30 |
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AM: Short treadmill run at a steady 8:00 pace. Six 2-minute intervals on a 10 percent grade with 3-minute recoveries on the flat.
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 4.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 34.04 | 9.10 | 4.00 | 1.50 | 48.64 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 19.95 | Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 21.44 | Nike Lunarlite Racer Miles: 7.25 |
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