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Location:

Salem,Ut,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2006 Ogden Marathon 4:19:33.

2006 St. George 4:05:31

2007 Riverwoods 1/2 Marathon 1:34:47

2007 Speedy Spaniard 10K 43:20

2007 Riverwoods 10 mile race 1:12:38

2008 St George Marathon 3:43:37 

2012 Spectrum 10K 43:54

2012 St. George Marathon 3:42:17 PR!

2014 St George Half  Marathon 1:40:34 C/PR

2019 American Fork Half Run Against Cancer 1:40:31 C/PR

2019 Nebo Half Marathon 1:38:09 2nd in my Age group 55-59.C/PR

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2024:

I'd like to just run more overall. 

Be more consistent.

Work on Speed.

Cross Train.

Run More races.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and keep running until I'm really old, and maybe get a Boston Qualify.

Personal:

I am Married and my wife Cindie and I have 5 kids. I am an insurance agent and have been for over 30 years.

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Miles:This week: 3.25 Month: 79.96 Year: 197.09
Kayano 29 Red/Blue Lifetime Miles: 136.15
Nimbus 25 Blue MS Lifetime Miles: 155.88
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles: 50.55
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles: 34.59
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
24.657.000.000.003.0034.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.003.003.00

My Church doesn't start until 1:00 now so I thought I would to some light workout on the elliptical for 30 minutes, I usually don't workout on Sunday but I figure it's better than sitting on my butt and vegging in front of the T.V.

Kayano 12 Blue

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.005.000.000.000.007.00

I ran the Salem Canal Road to Payson loop, out and back,  I don't have any splits this morning as my Garmin was deader than a doorknob... But I know the pace was fairly fast because of my breathing, I had to run by feel and boy could I feel it this morning! They felt like they were in the 8:10 range so I am counting 5 of those as marathon pace miles and I went farther than I usually do (7 miles) as opposed to the normal 6... I am increasing my mileage this week. I have decided to go 7 miles a day through Thursday and then have a light day on Friday and then do my usual 10 miler on Saturday. And if I feel as good as I do today it should be a good week, of course that always depends on how I am feeling physically and how I am handling the extra mileage, we shall see...

I was real disappointed in my beloved Colts  yesterday, but I still love em. And it was real good to see T.O. crying his eye's out because his team lost, I did a couple of cartwheels on that one!!!

I did not get a good nights sleep last night, I was tossing and turning all night long...

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano 12 Blue (333)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.110.000.000.000.007.11

I ran out past mini GU corner towards GU corner and then turned back at the old red bricked house, I noticed 2 miles into my run that I had forgotten to start my watch so the first two splits will have to be guessed... My average pace was 8:37 with my heart rate average at 148, total time was 1:02:20, educated guess. I felt pretty good this morning even after yesterdays tempo run, I felt strong until  the final mile where I slowed down so I could cool down. It was a nice morning. Pretty warm, but they say it is really suppose to cool down the next couple of days so that could be brutal. I also did some core training and the standard 70 push-ups alternating between sets of crunches, no strength training on the legs this week as I am increasing my mileage and I don't want to over due it...

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano 12 Orange (267)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.140.000.000.000.007.14

I really debated whether or not to run outside this morning as the temperatures were a lot colder than they have been, but after some convincing I strapped on all my gear and headed out the door. I ran the Payson park loop via Salem Canal Road, this is a fun run  because it has some real nice rolling hills in it, and then some flat portions as well. I was trying some new shoes today Asic Gel Nimbus 9, a neutral shoe, I am trying to transition into a neutral shoe to see if I can be a more efficient runner. So I am running in them 1 to 2 times a week just to see how I do and if I can handle them or not, they did seem a little different but we shall see..

I did a recovery run this morning as I have ran pretty hard the last few days, at least for me, so my average pace was 8:55 with my heart rate average at 146 which seem a little high still, which is kind of weird, total time was 1:03:11. I could still be fighting off the cold from the last couple of weeks, or maybe not, my battery could be getting low as well, better check that when I can... I was going to say that the cold wasn't bad at all, I think it was a little warmer than they thought it would be which is just fine with me!!!

 

See ya tomorrow...

Gel Nimbus 9 (7)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.102.000.000.000.007.10

I ran the dreaded treadmill, or dreadmill as we all like to call it. It was just to cold out there this morning so I stayed inside and made the best of it, my average pace was around 8:34 with my heart rate at 150, total time was 1:02:23... I ran 4 quarter mile tempos at 7:50 pace with a quarter mile cool down in between each repeat, I don't have any splits on those. I also did some strength training on my legs and some core training with 70 push-ups in sets between the crunches...

Tomorrow I will  be outside as it is a light day for me, probably 3 miles tops for as I want to go light for Saturday's long run...

See you then.

Kayano 12 Orange (274)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.300.000.000.000.003.30

Friday is light day getting ready for long Day Saturday, sounds like a Primary song... I did just over 3 miles at a real easy pace trying to get my legs to recover for tomorrows run,  just trying to see if that helps so I am not so warn out, my goal is to run at least 10 miles and maybe thirteen depending on how I feel. I have had some reoccurring pain in my leg again so I need to watch that as the days go on, it seems to get better as the run progresses so that's a good sign... My legs where pretty tired today from all the strength training I did yesterday, hopefully tomorrow they will respond and have some spring in them like they did last week...

It was nice and warm this morning which was nice, I can handle in the upper teens to 20 degrees that's comfortable.

Nimbus 9 (10)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Well, I had plan on going 10 to 13 miles today but I had a little accident last night, my wife and I were doing the grocery shopping and I put a big bottle of cheese dip in the top part of the cart and not knowing there is a hole there the bottle fell to the floor and my toe got in the way... No cuts or stitches just a nice broken toe, I can barley walk and I tried to get up and run this morning but after about 10 steps I was down on my knees in major pain, so I am out of commission for a few days at least. If you run long enough I guess some strange things can happen!!!

Bummer!!!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
24.657.000.000.003.0034.65
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