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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 19, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2022 Running Goals:

Stay fit and healthy.  Run a decent Boston and St. George marathon.

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep fit and stay semi-competitive as long as I can.

 

Personal:

I have a wonderful wife and son and we live in Riverton/Herriman Utah. I am a high school teacher, and head coach for cross country and track at Mountain Ridge High. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 66.60
Saucony Kinvara 8 Green Lifetime Miles: 131.90
Hoka Speedgoat 3 Lifetime Miles: 408.85
Nike Zoom Fly (Black) Lifetime Miles: 236.85
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles: 59.50
Saucony Endorphin Shift Lifetime Miles: 231.50
Saucony Triumph 18 Gray Lifetime Miles: 99.20
Nike ZoomX Invincible FK 2 Lifetime Miles: 107.50
Altra Rivera 2 Black Lifetime Miles: 25.62
Nike Zoom Alphafly Lifetime Miles: 35.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Hoka Clifton 2 (Blue) Miles: 26.20
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:52:24, Place overall: 77, Place in age division: 15
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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This might have been my toughest overall marathon in the end!  My body is half broken and I have a torn left medial meniscus, just over 700 miles for the entire year, 3 weeks over 40 miles (the past 3), and zero races in 2016.  This was the BIG 20 year for me though and I had to get it done.  I figured and hoped to be able to run mid 2:40s this year on what I had, but my body hates me right now and I couldn't quite hold things together.  My goal was to hit about 1:25 or a bit faster first half and then a 1:20 second half.  I stayed controled the first half, but I was fatigued and didn't know how much I could push toward 6:00 pcae.  I did run with Curtis Moore for a coupe miles before Veyo and Trevor Sharp came up on me at 12 and we ran about 4-5 miles together.  Other than that I was on my own.  Trevor ended up taking off and then at about 19 I could see him comin back, but then my overworked left calf started to fall apart.  I had cramped last year in the last 2 miles and screwed my time up and was determined all year to not have it happen again,  I was good at getting better drinks and electrolytes and training with them and was careful to use them, but my calf was still way bad.  The right one started a bit, but the left one was bad.  I even wore sleeves, which I think helped, but I had to really slow down still.  The last 10k, with I have flown through in past years was some of the hardest 6 miles of my life, but with the Lord's help I made it through.  I feel I could have went close to 2:45 without camping.  I am not sure why the cramping?  Either it was the Hoka Clifton (with I did cramp uop in last year), though I trained more in them, or the fact that my plantar and knee in my left leg are so jacked up that my calf was just done.  I was almost emotional to cross the finish line at a slow trot.  I have now become the youngest person to complete the St. George Marathon for 20 years!  Now I have to try to get my knee rehabbed without having to get surgery, surgery is the last option for sure!  Crazy that I have run that brutal course 20 times!  I love it though and will be back to try again, hope next year!

Hoka Clifton 2 (Blue) Miles: 26.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Hoka Clifton 2 (Blue) Miles: 26.20
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