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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
46.550.000.000.000.0046.55
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

This morning I decided to run up to the Shoreline trail and see if I could create a loop from my house that would be about 8 miles long and include a decent amount of time on the trail. It took me about 30 minutes to run up to the meadow trailhead and then I ran east on shoreline over to the Terrace Hills access point and I started to head downhill from there. I limited some of the downhill brutality by switchbacking on some of the residential streets, but it still felt a lot like a straight shot from the mountain down to my house ... not something I would necessarily want to do every day. But nice to mix it up. I even added some strides at the end. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Workout with the Black Sheep. We met at 15th/15th and ran north to East High track. We did an 800m with speed changes and then the workout was 13 x 400m. These were broken up in sets so the first 400m was at marathon pace, then half M, then 10k, then 5k, for three sets (plus a bonus lap). It was a fairly gentle workout, with Josh getting ready for Canyonlands and all.  Nice to move quickly on the track, though. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.300.000.000.000.008.30

Met up w/Josh and Megan at 5:45 on South Temple/N Street.  We ran the "old fashioned" loop, up through the U, Federal Heights, Avenues, Memory Grove.  Legs were slightly stale, but we ran easy so it was ok. We watched three young buck mule deer cross 11th Avenue at about H street, heading back toward the hills. That was interesting. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.500.000.000.000.006.50

I ran up to shoreline trail above the University but didn't have much time to go very far before I had to head home. I need to wake up earlier. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.250.000.000.000.006.25

Short run again, this time an out and back up to Ensign for a couple of loops around the asphalt trail around the soccer field--which is 1/3 of a mile around, provides a great view and is a nice place to run.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.000.0010.50

After thinking about it for two weeks, I finally ran the Cucina loop on Shoreline this morning.  I met up with Johanna, Mark and Kim at 6:30.  Johanna took it easy on us on the run up to the trailhead, but after that she was running with a vengeance I haven't seen in a long time. She dusted me completely and I was running pretty hard.  If it were race day, I would have been scared for any of her competitors. 


Weather was great and we had terrific trail conditions. It should be muddy up there still, but it's really dry.  Makes it great for running, not so great for the state's water supply.

 


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
46.550.000.000.000.0046.55
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