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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
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Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 27.70Foundation 8c Miles: 47.70
Night Sleep Time: 134.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 134.00
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Got some good rest last night.  OH YEAH!!!  So today was my last tempo run and run before the race.  Goal here was 1 mile warm-up then 2 at MP.  So the wife and I headed out just before 6am.  Man was it cold hitting 35 degrees this morning.  We suited up with some warm gear.  And headed out.  First mile was good.  Then the first tempo mile was way fast.  And I had to keep slowing down.  Started feeling better for the last mile.  And was feeling good to go.  Great last run.  Bit fast for the workout but still felt good.

Mile 1 8:54

Mile 2 7:21

Mile 3 7:23

TT 23:40 AP 7:53

Now to pack and head down to SG.  Should be a great race.  And I hope the weather and my tummy will behave for the race.

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Race: St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:58
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Well I have some time to do a report now.  This race was quite the experience for me.  Learned alot of stuff from this one.  I really enjoyed seeing all the people that I know.  I am not even going to try and name them all.  Since there was so many.  It was great to have a running group and wished it would of worked out alot better in the end for us all.  It was great running with MarcE, Jeffc, Mike Warren, JonA, Chad, Dace.  And the few others that joined our group along the way.  It was tough trying to keep a group on pace then if it was just me or 1 or 2 other people.  It was great for the company.  Would I wished we would of been able to keep it going.  We lost MarcE at around mile 5.  Next dropped was at mile 11 with JonA disappearing.  After that it was Mike, Jeff and me.  And then I dropped off at the hill and mile 18 or so.  Really started fighting the doom and gloom from losing time and feeling the body did'nt have the strong finish left to keep up the paces.  Mike tryied to rally Jeff and I on the hill.  But my GI was giving me alot of greif and wasn't letting up.  And they left me in the wake.  At mile 22 is when it got worse.  Each time I would take in more water or gatorade.  It would act up until I could burp a few times.  And even tryied to use the restroom with no luck.  I had nothing left in me and just kept putting it in auto pilot.  It was very rough watch as the 3:20 group passed me around 22ish.  And then around 24ish the 3:30.  I was able to somehow meet up with Jeff again just as you come off of Diagonal street.  And we rallied together.  He kept me going off and on and wouldnt leave me side.  He was determined to get me my PR.  And as we got into the shoot I had me first real cramp in my hammy.  And had to stop.  And was able to get going again.  Heard and saw my family cheering and Jeff said something about getting some road kills and I just gave it all that I had left.  Felt like I passed maybe 10-15 people in that last little sprint.  And felt really good about being done.  With a 1min and 4 sec PR thanks to Jeff keeping me going.  It was great running with all my friends.  And seeing how well RivertonPaul, Fly, Scott and a few others at the end do on there goals.  Kathie with getting her PR.  And Kristi doing her 2nd marathon with a 22 min PR.  With a bad achillies.  I am so proud of her and how she was able to do so well.  Again I learned alot from this race.  And feel that even though I didn't get my BQ I am getting closer and learned alot more in this training cycle.  I felt really confident coming into this one with my training.  But I have a few things I am going to change up to get there come either at Ogden or SG next year.  Looking forward to resting for a week or 2 and going for it again.:)

Mile 1 7:29

Mile 2 7:31

Mile 3 7:15

Mile 4 7:08

Mile 5 7:20

Mile 6 7:13

Mile 7 7:14

Mile 8 8:27

Mile 9 8:07

Mile 10 7:55

Mile 11 8:11

Mile 12 7:43

Mile 13 7:27

Mile 14 7:29

Mile 15 7:08

Mile 16 7:12

Mile 17 7:16

Mile 18 7:46

Mile 19 8:24  Shoe tieing:(

Mile 20 8:50

Mile 21 8:05

Mile 22 12:02 Pit Stop at the Temple of Doom.:(

Mile 23 9:07

Mile 24 8:22

Mile 25 10:28 Walking to much

Mile 26 10:30 Walking to much here too.

Mile 26.2 2:12

TT 3:33:58
Wow a PR???  1min and 4 sec PR.  Can't wait to have it all work out right for me.  We are getting there.:)

Foundation 8c Miles: 26.20
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Rest day.  Getting in alot of sleep and feeling back to normal.  Sore for the first few secs getting up and walking.  But after that it starts to loosen up.

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Alot of sleep again last night.  Only my left quad is giving me any issues. 

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AM-  Got in my 2 sets this morning.  They changed my shift around a bit at work.  With the layoffs and such this week.  The good thing is that my area didn't change much.  But we lost about 80 in my group.  Also been thinking about going and doing CIM marathon in Dec with Slick and Mike Warren. 

Planks 2min x2

Bridges 12 x2

Leg lifts/hydrants.12 x2

Standing lunges 20 x2

Toe lifts/steps 30 x2

Flamingos 1min x2

Wall sits 1min x2

Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00
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Felt a bit chilled last night and turned in early to warm up.  Slept really well last night and my body feels back to normal.  Might getting in a few miles after work and before I get my girls.  Feeling pretty good.:)

Got in a run tonight and it felt pretty good.  First mile felt slow but was actually about the same pace as my normal warm-up.  So decided to make it a 4 miler and headed uphill.  The pace up the hill was good was a good workout.  The 3rd miler is flatter and bit harder but was starting to loosen up.  Last is the downhill mile.  Was hard to push the pace.  At the end I finally loosened up more and was feeling good.

Mile 1 8:34

Mile 2 8:42

Mile 3 8:00

Mile 4 7:51

TT 33:08 AP 8:18

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 11.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 11.00
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AM-  Decided to change things up again on the workout.  Did the Fitcards again.  This time 20 of them took about 30 mins.  Felt really good and I am sure I am going to get sore from this one.:)  Alot of full body, lower body and core work.  Tonight I hope to run 3 easy recovery miles with the wife. 

Felt bad about missing running on Sat.  Was planning on doing some miles.  Ended up going to Logan with the wife in the morning.  When we got home the Ironman Championship was on from Hawaii.  And we caught it from the bike ride on.  So 7.5 hrs later they finished up and it was really awesome to watch these athletes.  Finish of the race with a full marathon.  One day, one day....  Then finished up watching BYU beat UNLV.  What a long day.:) 

Now I feel ready to start working out again.  Was good to take all of last week off.  Only ran 4 miles which was good.

 

PM-  Had a great recovery run with the wife.  Worked on form and staying relaxed.  Felt great after the run.

AP 9min

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.50
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Bit windy out there today.  And wanted to get in a run outside before the storm hit.  Been reading a new book the wife gave me called Chi-running.  So practiced some of the stuff on the run.  So kept focusing on my posture, breathing, relaxing and picking up my feet.  And it turned out really good.  Felt really good running the first 1.5 into the wind and half uphill.  Kept cycling through those 4 things.  And learned a lot on the run.  Felt really relaxed and was suprised to hit some fast miles.  Yet it still felt like a really good recovery run.  And on the last 1.5 miles felt really good running into the wind again.  Seems like a really good book and looking forward to using some of the stuff in the next run.

Mile 1 8:58

Mile 2 8:08

Mile 3 7:41

Mile 4 7:30

Mile 5 8:08

Mile .5 3:54

TT 44:20 AP 8:04

Foundation 8c Miles: 5.50
Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00
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Went to the club house to workout on the elliptical there.  It was broken and very shaky.  So lasted about 30 secs before I decided that wasnt a good idea.  Changed over to the stationary bike.  It would not go longer then 5 min before you had to start it over again.  So after the 2nd time of that.  Checked out the stair stepper.  Oh boy, what a bunch of junk.  So not much of a workout.  Might have to use that Gold's Gym membership we won back at the Ragnar race.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Just another recovery run.  Focusing on posture and staying relaxed.  Seemed a bit tougher this run then the one on Tues.  But still a good run.  Temps were perfect right at 62.  Decided not to run CIM.  Next marathon will be Ogden.:)

Mile 1 8:47

Mile 2 7:56

Mile 3 7:47

Mile 4 7:57

Mile 5 8:13

Mile 5.5 3:49

TT 44:31 AP 8:06

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 5.50
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Headed down to the JRP.  Was nice and cool morning.  Was going to meet up with Lizzer.  But she didn't show.  She was going to run  with my wife.  But she wasn't feeling well so it was just me.  And Lizzer didn't make it either.  So after she didn't show up either.  Headed South to start it off.  Worked on picking up my feet, posture and breathing again.  Wasn't to worried about the pace till mile 11 when I decided to add some speed into it.  Was a good long run.

Mile 1 9:36

Mile 2 9:15

Mile 3 9:03

Mile 4 8:36

Mile 5 8:35

Mile 6 8:35

Mile 7 8:34

Mile 8 8:44

Mile 9 8:57

Mile 10 7:56

Mile 11 7:11

Mile 12 9:00

TT 1:44:11 AP 8:40

Foundation 8c Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Worked out at the club house.  Chest, arms, legs, back and shoulders.  Spent around 40 mins.  3 sets of each.

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Missed running tonight stuck in the ER for a few hrs.  I hope I dont get sick.

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Took the day off from work and no running.  Dealing with alot of stuff today.

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Hoping to get in a run tonight after dropping off the girls.  Will just have to see.  Legs are feeling good and refreshed.  Will have to see how a run is after missing a few days.

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Had a nice recovery run with Kristi and Lizzer.  Wasn't worried about the pace.  But the last mile kicked up the pace and ran a 6:41.  Felt pretty good.  After that went and played flag football with the stake.  Was a lot of fun.  Have played that for quite a while.

TT 1:02:??

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Ran 4 easy miles with the wife.  Knee was giving me some grief and didn't loosen up till mile 3.  Was 36 degrees for the run and we had some snow.  

Foundation 8c Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Went to a customer appreicaition party at WRC.  It was quite cool.  They gave out a cool goodie bag.  We got like 2 shirts, 2 water bottles, reflective vest, small hand water bottle, gu's and other stuff.  It was really nice of them.  Good thing paid day wasn't till tomorrow or I would of spent it there.  And they had food and refreshments.  It was really cool.  I just love that store.:)

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Had a nice run today.  Temp was 34 or so with only a slight breeze.  Focused on staying relaxed with good form.  The 3rd mile was uphill till about 4.5 and then last mile downhill.  Tried to pick up the pace on mile 5 and have a fast final downhill mile.  Going to start back up a more solid training next week.  Got a flag football game tomorrow so got in a bit of a run today.

Mile 1 8:29

Mile 2 7:57

Mile 3 8:47

Mile 4 8:28

Mile 5 7:52

Mile 6 6:43

TT 48:18 AP 8:04

Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Foundation 8b(newer) Miles: 27.70Foundation 8c Miles: 47.70
Night Sleep Time: 134.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 134.00
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