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Location:

West Jordan,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Jun 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Started running Dec of 06

5k 20:00 Utah Human Race(08)

10k 41:09 Spectrum 10k (10)  40:31 DesNews 10k(10)

1/2 mary 1:30:36 Bryce Canyon Half(09)

Full 3:33:58 St George (09)

Finishing the Grand Slam 08 and 10

Finished my first sprint tri 1:23:30 (10)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2011 races...

May-  Ogden half (no goals)

Oct- SGM

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run Boston and do a Triathalon(did a tri)

Do a half Ironman and then a full

Personal:

Married to MrsFit:) and trying to keep up with her. And have 3 girls.

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Avi-Bolt 2 Lifetime Miles: 93.80
Foundation 8e Lifetime Miles: 316.95
Foundation 9a Lifetime Miles: 398.13
Foundation 10a Lifetime Miles: 125.53
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Night Sleep Time: 177.00Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 180.50
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Wanted to run this morning.  But the weather was horrible.  Started hailing pretty bad.  So waiting later in the day.  And was able to go down to the park and run.  Tried something different on this run.  Wanted to start out slower and pick it up towards the end of the run.  Here is my splits...

Mile 1 9:00

Mile 2 8:34

Mile 3 8:45

Mile 4 8:33

Mile 5 8:00

Mile 6 7:40

Mile 7 7:13

Felt pretty good for the most part.  Not sure what happened on mile 3 though. Avg pace 8:15 total time 57:47

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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What a nice and cool day.  And great day for a run.  Didnt get much sleep last night.  About 10 I got a call from my mom saying my grandma wasnt going to be around much longer.  So I headed over to see her.  She wasnt is in her last few days or even hrs.  So sat with her for about 45 mins till I was about to leave she didnt really notice me.  But as I was getting up to leave she woke up and started talking with me.  And wanting hugs and kisses.  It was nice to see her.  Got home around midnight so a bit late. 

Well went down to Liberty Park and tried to keep with marathon pace after the first mile.  And felt pretty good.  Had to push it a bit more on one mile.  And really tried to make up for it on the last mile.  Overall was a good run. 

Mile 1 8:16

Mile 2 7:27

Mile 3 7:26

Mile 4 7:22

Mile 5 7:31

Mile 6 6:57

Avg pace 7:30  Total Time 45:03

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
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Nice recovery run at the park.  No clue of paces on this one.  Garmin didnt want to fire up.  Felt good to do a recovery run.  Nothing to spectatular on this one.  Did it around  9 min pace for the most part.  Some a bit faster but still nice and easy.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Nice and cool morning run.  Just 2 loops around the block.  Not sure of the pace just went off of feeling.  Ran mostly around 60-65% effort.  Took around 55 mins.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Went down to the Park to run again.  Started around 8:30am.  And on like the 2nd lap came on to a race/time trial for the Army Reserves.  I guess they have to run this 2 mile time trail for a test.  They started a bit before me.  And so a few took off like mad while others started much slower and even a couple walkers.  So I caught up to a few stragglers and cheered them on.  As I hit their 1 mile mark there was one guy that was struggling a bit.  So I left the wood chip lane to hit the concrete to cheer him on.  Since I was making this a recovery run.  I dont really worry to much about the paces as long as it is slower.  Well this guy was as he put it.  Sucking wind and relectuntly accepted my invitation for a pacer.  Unfortunitly after another question or 2 about his goal on paces and how far he needed.  He was out of breath.  And had to stop to catch it.  So I jogged along next to him and got him going again.  He needed to do the 2 miles in 19:00 to pass the test.  And for this last mile was needing 9:45 to make it.  Well he had to stop 2 more times after that one.  Tried not to let him stop to long and just enough to catch his breath and we would take off again.  As we got to the last .2 of the run he had another guy that already ran it come back to cheer him in.  And he picked up the pace even more.  And so we got him going to the finish and just under by 20 secs.  So he passed.  I still had 2 miles or so to go so just kept going.  And it was nice when I finished my 6 miles he was actually right by there in his truck and that is when I found out he had made it.  It is great to see people getting into shape and tring to better themselfs for whatever reason it may be.   And even with running with him and a couple others I chatted with I still finished my run in 54:30.  So around a 9 min pace for the run.  Perfect recovery run.  And made another new friend on the road.   Against others telling me not to run any races between now and ToU.  I am going to be running a race tomorrow.  And it might just be my most membrable one.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Ran a 5k race with the my 3 girls.  Had alot of fun.  And the oldest took 1st  in her age div 15 and under. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Had my girls over the weekend.  Rested today

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Sluggish run today.  Wasnt really happening today for some reason.  Just ran around the park.  Struggled a few of the miles but kept them a bit faster then a recovery.  I am just emotionally drained I think from grandma passing away on Thurs.  Avg pace 8:22 total time 50:12

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Went down to the park and ran a few loops.  Started raining right close to the end.  But wasnt much.  Watch was having issues on this run with the overcast i guess.  For the last lap.  And extented it some I am sure from the normal 6 miles.  Felt alot better then yesterdays run.  But throughout the day I just felt drained again.

Avg pace 7:48  Total time 46:56

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Wanted to get in a mid-week long run in.  So ran a few extra loops at the park.  Kind of changed my mind a few times on the run what I wanted to do.  But ran first one slower.  2-4 marathon pace.  And last few 8s.  And then walked a mile.  Since I plan on running in the morning.  I want to see if the walking after helps.

Avg pace 7:58.  Total time 1:11:52

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Had a nice run this morning.  Went 2 loops around the block.  There was only a slight wind and a bit chilly at first.  Tried out my new jacket and it worked pretty good.  My left knee was acting up a little bit.  Was just maybe a bit tight from last nights run.  Just a nice recovery run. 

Total time 51:22 Avg 8:50

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Got off work early.  So I thought I would get a run in before I get my girls for the weekend.  And I have to be off to the viewing in the evening.  So went down to the park and got in a few good miles.  Was going to just take it easy and well it didnt work out that way.  Each mile just got faster and faster.  I had some extra stress energy to burn off and running does that for me.  Here are the splits for the run..8:30, 8:25, 7:58, 7:47, 7:25, 6:40.  The last one was faster but I had to slow down the last .2.  Just was putting way to much into it.  But still felt great at the end.

Total time 46:46 Avg pace 7:47

I got to write my talk that I will be giving tomorrow at the funeral.  Wish it was more then just 3-5 mins.  Makes it harder to talk for the shorter times.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Well first run in a few days.  I took most of the weekend off due to the funeral.  On Sat it started at 9ish till 6ish.  So was drained and tired.  Sun just was drained.  So I missed getting a long run in.  So I was happy to get out and run today.  First mile or 2 I tried to keep slow and then picked it up for last bit.  And felt really good.  So feeling good about my plan on Sat for the race.  Of starting slower and then running some MP for a while.  Getting some phantom pains and feel good to getting out running.  I hate the feeling of not running for a couple days.

Avg pace 7:55 Total time 47:31

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Today I was going to change it up a bit.  And get some downhill running and then at the 6 to 7.61 uphill.  So ran down the Liberty park again and 3 loops around it and back up to my house.  The first 1.6 is down hill and then last is back up the hill.  3 of the parts are steep.  I felt good on this run so felt great about it.  Here are the splits 7:19, 7:22, 7:26, 7:32, 7:25, 7:39.  And then the uphills 9:07 and 9:16 pace for last .61.  Felt really good about this run and tried to have some hills at the end around the 7 mile to be like the veyo hill at SG.  Even though veyo isnt as steep.  It was still a good run.

Total time 59:32 Avg pac 7:49

Those downhills were alot steeper then I like.  So it was needing to try to keep myself slowed down.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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OUCH!!  As I started this run.  I started walking around to warm up.  And do a nice recovery run.  Well as I crossed over to the outside lane.  I got bit by a wasp or something.  Saw them fly off.  And was deciding what to do.  Stunk pretty good but didnt want to waste time on it so I started my run.  Kept it mostly around 8:30 or so.  And had a good run.  At 5 mile mark ran into someone and just started chatting so over shot my run by an extra lap.  Now its time to deal with my bit or sting.  Didnt see a stinger so I will try some meat tenderizer after i type this and before I shower.  Hope it wont affect Sat race.  Was going to get up early and run.  But will see...

Total time 1:03:31 Avg pace 8:52

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Rest day.  Wanted ankle to be ready for Sat.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Today just wanted to get in a few easy miles to get the rust out. Just did one loop around the block. Was nice and breezy this morning. I am feeling great coming into this race. Hope everything works our as planned. Going to get packed and head up to Logan at 9-10am. Check in and go check out the course.

Total time 25:02 Avg pace 8:20

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Race: Top of Utah Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:35:02, Place in age division: 17
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Had a few goals coming into race.  One was to beat my cramps and not have any for the whole race.  Been tring a few different things to take care of them.  And really didnt know what I was really going to go for  goal time.  But as I was telling my dad that was running the 5k.  Expect me between 3-4 hrs.  So I was planning to run it slower the first few miles then pick it up and then drop it back at the end.  And see how it goes.  I was going to use some S! caps on this race to see if it would help with my cramping.  Went into it well hydrated and just wanted to have a good race.  Meet up with Andy at the first of the race and a few other friends.  And headed up to the start.  There was rain hitting us hard around 4ish in the morning.  And then let up.  So was wondering if that was going to be a problem for the race.  Well we got on the bus and head up.  Got there with 30 mins till showtime.  Temps were very nice.  Chilly but not bad really at all.  So hit the PoP and drop stuff off.  Ran with one of my friends for the first 14 mile till she had to drop some stuff off.  And so I just kept going with the pace.  The first miles were a bit faster then I was planning for.  Wanted to hit for 3 miles 8ish or so.  But kind of ran confort wise more then paces.  And just felt good so we kept it there.  As I left her I tried to pick it up for the flat and some hilly areas.  And did ok and then lost my GPS around 20-22 or so till around 25 or so.  So not sure of the final splits.  Could of pushed it more.  But stuck with my plan of relaxing the last bit.  Around 22 is where I started to relax.  As for the cramping I didnt have any at all till the very very end just about crossing the line when I was trying to sprint across the line.  And even then it just tightened up.  Finished with a final of 3:35:02 and a nice PR of 4 mins or so.  Here are the splits for the race...

Mile 1 7:46

Mile 2 7:40

Mile 3 7:38

Mile 4 7:40

Mile 5 7:41

Mile 6 7:57

Mile 7 7:57

Mile 8 7:46

Mile 9 7:50

Mile 10 8:12

Mile 11 7:58

Mile 12 8:06

Mile 13 7:50

Mile 14 7:54

Mile 15 7:36

Mile 16 7:41

Mile 17 7:34

Mile 18 7:48

Mile 19 8:02

Mile 20 8:52

Mile 21 8:00

Then lost connection total 24.3 total really messed up.  Had a great time and looking forward to the next race in 2 weeks.  Hoping the recovery is quick and taper goes great.  4 min PR and no cramping to speak of.

Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 2.50Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Rested up for the day.  Felt really good for the most part.  Walked to the ReAL game on Sat night.  And back felt really good to get the soreness out. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Wanted to test the legs out today.  And went for 2 laps around Liberty park.  First mile I took easy and next 2 I just ran around 9 min miles.  Was a good recovery run.

Total time 27:10  Avg time 9:04

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Think I will rest today.  My legs and such are just a tiny bit sore.  Nothing out of the ordinary.  But got a bit of a sore throat.  So going to rest today.  Figure it wont hurt my running if anything it will help.  I dont think its serious.  Been dealing with allergies the last few weeks.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Went out for 4 loops around the park.  Had a good run.  Tried to pick up the pace some after the first lap and keep it under 8 mins.  And last one I pushed the pace even more.  Ended up under 7 min pace.  So felt really good about it.

Total time 47:08 Avg Pace 7:51

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Resting today.  Got up at 3:30 to run was outside getting ready to run and just didnt feel like it.  So when the garmin wasnt working right.  I decided to call it good and maybe try a run later.  Feeling a bit under the weather is all.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Wasnt feeling that hot last night.  So went to the store and got some meds.  Slept pretty good and I am feeling better today so far.  These allergies are kicking me butt.  I am playing it by feel right now.  Not sure if I will get a run in tonight.  Since I will have my girls for the weekend.  But right now I am more just wanting to get healthy and strong for the race.  The miles I am not so worried about.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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rest

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Rest again.  Feeling better now.

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Ran just 2 loops today.  Felt good to finally get out and run,  Ran them around 8 min pace.  And felt ok.   Did feel a bit off today though.  Will hit it longer tomorrow.

Total time 24:17

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Ran a good run today.  Went and hit the park again.  Was nice weather.  Ran this mostly by feel.  With the first ones slower and picked it up for the last mile as I like to do it.  Uneventful for the most part.  Feeling good coming into this race on Sat.

Total time 50:10 Avg time 8:20

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Night Sleep Time: 177.00Nap Time: 3.50Total Sleep Time: 180.50
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