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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
16.402550.0032.75
Foundation 8c Miles: 13.30Avi-Bolt 2 Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 40.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 40.00
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
13.30600.000.00

AM-  Morning swim feels so good after a busy weekend.  Swam for 30 mins total.  With first 10 drilling and then 20 mins of just swimming.  I am still progressing it feels like.  With being able to swim a bit better.  Struggling still on breathing more on my left side vs the right.  The timing just seems off and so I think I am not waiting long enough to get a good breath or maybe my right arm I am pulling in too soon.  Something is off though so I got to work on that some more.  But for the most part it felt pretty good.  And feeling that I can do the 400 yd swim come Sat.:)

PM-  Man rough run tonight.  Was going to make it a long run since I didnt get one over the weekend.  And well it was tough.  Not sure if it was because it was 75 degrees and a wind or still tired from the race.  My was having some GI issues too.  Kept tasting my lunch for say and a few times though I was going to puke.  Which might of actually been a good thing.  Was shooting for a 8:00-30.  And I am sure it was bit off of that.

TT 1:57:43  AP 8:51

Foundation 8c Miles: 13.30
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
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Tonight ride was a 75 min bike.  So decided to brave the wind.  There was a strong South wind.  It would push me around a bit on the east or west parts.  Decided to ride the course for Saturdays race again.  Wow the downhill part with the wind to my back was crazy fast.  Hit 46 mph on that part.  And then the roughest part was the uphill and the headwind.  OUCH!!  It was a tough climb but good training.  Finished up just adding a few easy miles on flat road.

TT 1:14:28 20.25 miles Avg speed 16.8

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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AM- Morning swim for 35 mins.  Did 200 yds drilling w/ fins.  Then worked on different parts of my swimming technique.  Bilateral breathing is still rough.  Breathing on the left side is getting better.  Focus on looking down and less kick.  Stay more relaxed.  Were the different focuses.  Feeling pretty good.  Need to relax more still needing to take 4-5 yoga breaths at the end of each lap.

Going to take some time and look at the training schedules more for the half iron distance.  The one I thought we were going to go with is really alot more advanced on the swimming for sure.  If I would of done the training it said today.  I would of swam almost 2,400 yrds in the same amount of time.  So hmm  either I need to find a better plan or wait till next year to do it.

PM- Missed the run for a clinic they were doing for the race.  Was alot of good info.  Just a few things to make me think about for the swim.  We swam again for like 20 mins.  Learned a few things for my transitions and also in the swim.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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AM-  After going to the clinic last night.  I decided to swim again.  And since I missed the run last night because of the clinic I will try to get it in after dropping off the girls.  So worked on a few things today in the swim.  It was a 45 min workout so did 250yds drilling/warm-up.  Then went into swimming.  Since the race is 400 yds and 50 yds at a shot.  I was really wanting to see how I would do w/o my rest after each 25.  Man was I out of breath at the end of that.  So I dont know if I will be doing the quick touch push-off streamline guides into the other lane bit.  Just worked on keep it nice and easy.  My goal is going to be to swim it well but taking enough breaks to make it through it and not need a life guard.  Oh and to have energy for the bike and run.:)  So will try and keep it nice and relaxed the best I can.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Race: Spring Sprint Tri (16 Miles) 01:23:30, Place overall: 82, Place in age division: 16
Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
3.10400.0012.50

This was my first attempt at doing a tri of any distance.  So it was nice to have it in a pool for the swim and knew the bike course pretty well.  And to help improve on my transition times we scouted out the transition area the night before.  We were able to land what we thought were the prime spots for the race.  And so it worked out really well getting there at 6am.  Tris and duals really reward the early bird.  So got out spots and headed back home.  Since we only live about 2 miles from the race.  The night before we scouted out the run course and found it to be quite a tough hilly course for the first half for sure.  Maybe even the first 2 miles of the 5k.  So it was great to see what we were up against the night before so no surprises. 

Swim- 400 yds 8 laps of 50. 17:36 32/32  OH BOY!!  I was really dreading this.  And how they start this is based on your 100 time.  With 5 different groups.  I opted for the very slowest of them all.  And so was about the 15-20th from the last to get in the pool.  The weather was really cold but warmed up just about the time I got in.  And then it begun....  Got off to a good start I thought.  Till about 15 yds in the guy behind me was already passing me.  Oh man this wasn't going to be the only one.  I had people passing me all the time.  But felt pretty good up till someone would pass me.  Mostly if they touched me or something it just threw me off and I would just do a side swim thing.  So my goal was to try to relax and not use up to much energy because I knew I was going to pass anyone that passed me on the bike and swim.  So I just kept pushing along.  I would rest just a sec at the end of each 50 for 2-3 breaths and off I would go.  Get to the half way and then change over to the side swim thing and then once rested go with the freestyle again.  Worked great.  As I got out of the pool I noticed only like 5 people still in the pool.  Good I wasn't dead last.:)  But I am sure time wise it was close.Oh yeah.  I was dead last in my AG for sure.  This is where I can make the most improvement.  I was able to keep my heart rate down enough to do a good showing in the bike and run though.  Which was what I wanted to save energy for.  And in the process didn't drown.

T1- 1:25 11/32 Bit of a run to get to these one.  So it was a run across grass and such.  I opted to leave my sandals close to the end of the swim and passed like 5 people just getting to the transition.  Felt it was a good change and stuff.  Could still improve on it for sure.  But much better position for sure.  Will have to wait and see from the results when they are posted. Was in the top 1/3 almost.  Improved some in 1 week.

Bike- 12.5/40k 43:20 Avg speed 17.2 5/32. Got on the bike a lot better I think this time.  And my legs and body felt good after the swim.  So at least I hadn't killed myself in the swim.  First 4-5 miles on the bike are all uphill.  Good thing I have ridden it a few times because shifting was right on.  Passed tons and tons of people.  Got them on the up hills and down.  Flats only 5-7 for that 2 mile stretch.  And another ton going back up.  Few more on the fast downhill.  Top speed was 42mph no wind at my back.  So I kept saying to myself.  I got to make up for the swim.  And kept pushing it.  No one passed me on the bike.  One by did try to retake me on the hill while I ate a gu.  But once he came up a bit closer.  I could hear his bike.  Got my water and slammed it into a higher gear.  Poor guy was toast.  Got another 5 rides in that small stretch after the gu.  And raced down.  Tossed it into a higher gear and spun the legs out for the last 2 miles that just flew by.  Chased down a few on that stretch too.  Sweet top 5 on the bike.

T2- 1:03 14/32 This one was perfect positioning so my time here should of been good.  Hopefully a quick exchange and off I went.  Can't wait to see the results again.  Got the results back.  Much much better on this transition.  Well at least in the top half.:)

Run- 5k -20:15 pace 6:32 6/32 in AG.  Ok here we go.  Starts out uphill with a short false flat. This is where I could really see the age of who I was passing.  Since they mark it on your right calf.  First 5 people on the first uphill that I passed 2 where in my AG.  Oh yeah.  That really got me going stronger.  There was a lot of uphills and some flats and quick downhills.  This first one wasn't that bad.  2nd big one was only 1 guy there and the next group of people must of been 10 houses down the block.  My chest was hurting a bit here.  But felt it was going to be a tough 5k pace.  And just pushed through it. Quickly got them on the 2nd steep hill and found another few shark baits there also.  I was feeling strong.  These hills were just punishing though.  But they were suffering more then me I kept saying.  Stay relaxed.  Was a small aid station here so must of been about half way out.  But still 2 hills coming up.  Ran through that aid station.  And passed another 5 people easy.  Took a few more out on the hill and saw up ahead about 5 houses the next set of people.  Here we go down hill.  And I was feeling good and relaxed at this point.  And one of them was a 39 yr old.  That is all the motivation I needed to push it harder.  Caught them before the next turn.  And found more coming up to a small uphill before hitting the grass again.  There was at least 10 people that I could see ahead.  And wanted to pass them up.  They passed me on the swim and it was my turn to pass them all back.  It was tough to kick it up to much on the grass but I was now hitting a really fast pace.  Got passed just about all the ones I think I saw there.  And hit the side walk now with a few sharp turns.  I sure loved my racing flats at this point because my feet felt light and fast.  On the corner right before you enter into the olympic oval some people yelled for me to pass them.  They were 3 guys scattered out right before going in.  And it was enough to get me to push that pace even more.  It was a really cool finishing area.  And I was only able to get one more guy in that last stretch to the finish.  I could hear my wife cheering for me as I finished my first Tri.  It was great to have her there at the finish for me.  Where normally I am there waiting for her or running back to run in with her.  I felt like I could just puke.  I haven't pushed that hard before in a race.  So retreated to the bathrooms and calmed everything down.  It felt so good to finish it and hey I didn't drown.:)  I am looking forward to doing more.  And I was pretty close to the top I think.  But really can't tell till the post all the different times.

For sure though I need to work on my swimming.  I felt really relaxed on it.  Just needing to get in better distance.  Which is right on where I feel I am with my swimming.  Ran into a bunch of people that I have already meet from the Desert Sharks and other duals.  And my buddy Pete that I use to run with in the mornings during the Winter was there.  Of course he beat me pretty good.:)  (Had to of been the swim he was in group 2)

bib number: 196
overall place: 82 out of 278
division place: 16 out of 32
gender place: 69 out of 176
time: 1:23:35
pace: 0:
swim: 17:34  32/32
t1: 1:25 11/32
bike: 43:20 avg speed 17.2 5/32
t2: 1:03 14/32
run: 20:15 Pace 6:32 6/32


Avi-Bolt 2 Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
16.402550.0032.75
Foundation 8c Miles: 13.30Avi-Bolt 2 Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 40.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 40.00
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