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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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Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 66.60
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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
36.400.000.000.000.0036.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.300.000.000.000.008.30

For those of you who didn't get up at 5:45am and run on the dark streets of Logan, you won't know what I am talking about, and you definitly didn't miss out.   It had rained, snowed, and frozen last night, and every inch of roads and sidewalks were covered with black-ice.  It such a joke trying to run, and probably not worth my time. I needed my hockey skates on, not my running shoes! 

I went down Boulevard, into the island, through River Heights, and looped around Providence.  I came back the exact way I went out, because I didn't dare run up any kind of hills.  I spent more energy trying to not slip and fall than I actually did running.  I wish I could have run later on in the day because it ended up nice.  Slow time: 1:03:52

I lifted my upper body at the HPER tonight for an hour.

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Lifted my legs pretty hard today. I didn't have time to run, and it is probably a thing because I was trashed after lifting.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

I went early this morning on a Center street/River Heights loop and ended with the Old Main stairs.  It was very dark, and colder this mornig but at least the roads were clear.  I was pretty sore from lifting my legs yesterday but loosened up as I went.  I did the run easier because of soreness, but I still ran a fair time.  I pushed it a little on the Center Street hill.  I figure I need to hit some kind of good hill every time out so I don't die on the 10k and 10 miler course for the Striders circuit.  I am thinking that I might be pretty sore tomorrow from yesterday's workout and today's run.

50:40

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.200.000.000.000.0010.20

This morning I went on a modified version of my out and back to Millville run, that I did last week.  I changed the part where I run up 200 west ( the highway) and stayed on 100 west until it ended before hedaing down to 200 west .  This was better because it has a bit steeper grade to it and there is no trafic, however, there are several loose dogs roaming around ( the one Dave has never been bitten by).  I also went on  the 800 North hilll on the way home, other than that it is pretty much "out and back" the same way.  I was feeling the soreness from lifting and running the last couple of days, in fact I think I was more sore today. 

 It was snowing my whole run except for the part where I got hailed on.  The snow wasn't  too bad though because it wasn't super wet, so the streets just had a light skiff on them, and I didn't get soaked.  I ran out slower out,  39:20 and came back a bit faster, 37:13.

Total time: 1:16:34

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.800.000.000.000.005.80

I felt a bit better today, I wasn't very sore any more.  I did another early run in the dark.  I went up 1000 North hill, then down and up 1200 East and turned it into a Lundstrom park 5 mile loop.  As I was running the dark streets of North Logan, on the corner of 1200 East and 1900 North (that heads upto Green Canyon), I ran head on into what I thought was my end.  It was pitch-black outside, and all I new is that the creature was bigger than I was by what I could pick out from the body outline and the position of the glowing eyes.  I was relieved when I realized that it was a four-point buck and not a massive cougar or something else that could eat me.  We about ran right into each other, and I scared him as bad as he scared me.  My heart rate probably went up 50 bpm after the startling.  I was able to maintain a good strong pace after my encounter and ended up with a good run and a good scare.

35:42

Tonight I ran to the Field house and played Basketball for over an hour, and ran home.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.100.000.000.000.005.10

I was way tired and could hardley pull myself out of bed to run at 6:00 am today.  It has bean a long and hard week with everything, especially school.  I really would have liked to run with Jon, Paul, and Cody this afternoon, but since I had Basketball game at 11:00 am and we are trying to leave town to go see my family for the weekend, so I figured I had better get up and get things done. 

My left leg was sore and aching this morning and made me alter my stride a bit.  I don't know what is going on with it, because it hurt last night when I was climbing the rock wall at the Celebration center, and after when I ran upto the Field house to play Basketball.  I think that I am just getting old have have arthritis in my ankle or something! 

The run wasn't too bad even with the added discomfort.  I went down Boulevard, past the old house on the Island, and upto the bench at the top of River Heights.  I came back along Canyon road and the dug-way, and finished with the 800 North hill.

Time: 37:14

I felt fatigued today after a good hard week of training.  I reached my goal for mileage again this week (35).  I am finally feeling like I am getting in better shape after a whole month of running now.  I think adding 5 miles a week is working good for me, so I will do it again next week.  About 36.5 for the week, 40 miles are scheduled for next week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
36.400.000.000.000.0036.40
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