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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 23, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5k 16:16 / 10k 33:12 / half marathon 1:12:28/ marathon 2:32:59/ 100 miles: 34 hours, nine minutes (Wasatch 100).


Short-Term Running Goals:

Compress six months of marathon training into six weeks.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay curious.

Personal:

I'm an attorney in Salt Lake City. Married to Heather. We have two little boys.


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
54.400.000.000.000.0054.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.200.000.000.000.004.20

Easy run through the Avenues with Heather and Jack.  It was warmer, 32 degrees or so, and Jack enjoyed it (so did we).

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AM:  woke up to a bunch of snow on the ground. I had planned to get in a decent run, i.e,  more than 8 miles, but after helping a woman try to get her car out of a snowbank, and generally trudging more than running in the snow, I had to cut it short.  I dipped down through the cemetery off of 11th Avenue. I came across two small deer herds, each about 9-11 deer.  I can't say I "chased" them, but I did sort of follow them around as I weaved my way down through the cemetery to 4th Ave. that was the highlight of the run.  Shoveled snow three times from the driveway before leaving for work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Though an easy pace run, the run wasn't very easy; I was jumping snowbanks, dodging traffic, taking VPB stops, etc etc.  Oh, and it was really cold at the mouth of Emigration Canyon. However, that was my favorite part of the run. 

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9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Colder this morning, 12 degrees.  I have this Asics Thermopolis top--a light performance fleece with spandex underarms--that I picked up through St. George Running Center and it works great under my jacket; my core stays warm without overheating. Two layers of gloves, headband under hat, etc. One pair of tights is enough, though, my legs don't get very cold while running. 

 I ran around the U and then up past Ensign school, decided to detour briefly up onto the Shoreline trail for a visit to the meadow.  So I climbed and climbed and then ran a half mile or so on the snow,  with a great view, mostly quiet.
 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.200.000.000.000.009.20

Back with the Radda crew for the first time in a couple of weeks. A few of us braved the canal route, which was kind of an adventure, but not too bad.  On Wander, Lisa M. and I ran a couple of spicy miles. She's training for Ogden and I'm trying to convince her that tempo runs are the key to success (as well as blogging, but she's not taken me up on that yet . . . ).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.000.000.000.000.0012.00

I'm leaving town this afternoon for the weekend so I wanted to run slightly longer today.  Twelve miles is slightly longer than 8 or 9, so that's what I did.  I don't know how much I'll get to run this weekend.  

 Anyway, it was an eventful run. While I was getting ready to head out the door I saw a deer walking down the sidewalk across the street (a fugitive from the cemetery herd no doubt).  While running, within the span of 3 minutes, I thought I had an achilles tear, turned my ankle, and fell to the ground after slipping on some black ice. I believe I don't have to worry too much about any of these, but we'll see.

 I ran up into Emigration canyon. On my way down, I saw a huge buck elk with a big rack of antlers perched on the hillside. We waved at each other, said hello, etc.

 The return run to home actually felt really good. For the first time in weeks and weeks I felt like I have some hope of regaining actual fitness at some point.


 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Five miles on the treadmill at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Not a highpoint in my running career.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
54.400.000.000.000.0054.40
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