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January 2015

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Location:

Smithfield,UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 16, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

14 Marathons,
      2010, 2011 Boston Marathon
      Qualified for Boston 8 Times

PRs:

        Half-Marathon:
                2012 TOU - 1:25:48
        Marathon:
                2009 St George - 3:05:25
        10K:
                2009 First Dam Run - 41:37

Long-Term Running Goals:

1.  Enjoy running 'til I drop dead - and put that off as long as possible.
2.  Don't get burn out :-)

Personal:

I herniated/ruptured a disk (L4/L5) in my back in December, 2005.  I told my orthopedic surgeon I wanted to start running.  He said "You'll never run again.".  What a challenge!  So...I started running.

Since then I've lost about 50 pounds, ran 13 marathons and a number of other races. 

I am still a clydesdale runner (over 200 lbs), have a large frame, big bones, and not built like a runner at all.  I'm not fast.  I mostly run to have some time to myself and keep in shape.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
185.740.000.000.000.00185.74
Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 59.81Brooks Ghost Miles: 125.92
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.030.000.000.000.008.03

Time for some new years resolutions/goals:  This year do 2015 miles in 2015 :-). 

8 miles in Smithfield Canyon with Claire.  Nice cold run, little icy.  Somewhere around a 7:50/mile AP.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 8.03
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.030.000.000.000.006.03

6 easy miles in North Logan - Cold, but glad to be running. 

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.03
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.020.000.000.000.006.02

6 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon with Claire.  Around 7:40/mile AP.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.050.000.000.000.005.05

Only had time to do 5 miles at noon (lunch break).  Easy.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 5.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.250.000.000.000.006.25

6.25 miles at noon in North Logan.  First 5 with Steve.  Easy pace.  Nicer weather.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.040.000.000.000.008.04

8 mile out and back in North Logan at noon.  Easy pace.  About a 7:59/mile average.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 8.04
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.200.000.000.000.007.20

7.2 miles in North Logan at noon.  Easy pace.  Starting to get a little healed up.
 

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 7.19
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.120.000.000.000.006.12

6.12 Miles in North Logan at Noon. First 5 with Deron Scott. Nice run.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 6.12
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles in Logan - North Logan between the Aggie High School Invitational events. It will be fun to see Conner run the mile.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.030.000.000.000.007.03

7 mile out and back in North Logan at noon.  Good run.  Raining, cold.  No watch.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 7.03
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.650.000.000.000.006.65

6.65 miles.  First 5.5 miles with Deron Scott.  Wife called with a good deal she found at DI, so I ran a little more than a mile down to DI.  Good easy pace.  No watch.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.65
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles with John S. at noon in North Logan.  Good jog.  Somewhere in the 7:50's.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.030.000.000.000.006.03

6 miles in North Logan at around 1:45.  Temperature was around 27 degrees, but the sun was out and it was nice weather.  No wind, felt great.  7:26/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.03
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.050.000.000.000.006.05

6 miles in North Logan at noon. Good run. 7:39/mile pace.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

9 miles up and down Smithfield canyon and in neighborhood. Good run, no watch.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.020.000.000.000.008.02

8 miles in North Logan up to the mouth of Green Canyon and back.  Good weather, cold but sunny.  7:47/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 8.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.080.000.000.000.007.08

7 miles in North Logan at noon.  First 5 with Deron, then went two more.  Easy pace.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 7.08
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.400.000.000.000.006.40

6.4 east miles in North Logan at noon.  Not feeling the best.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.40
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.120.000.000.000.008.12

8 easy miles in North Logan at noon.  First 5 with Deron.  Then 3 more.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 8.12
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.050.000.000.000.0011.05

11 slow miles in Smithfield in the evening.  Not feeling that great but hey, it was still a run.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 11.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.050.000.000.000.008.05

8 mile out-and-back on North Logan at noon.  Nice weather, good run.  7:29/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 8.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.060.000.000.000.007.06

7.06 miles in North Logan at noon.  Felt good.  7:44/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 7.06
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy miles at noon.  Bit sore from some core workouts, etc.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.110.000.000.000.007.11

7 miles in North Logan at noon.  Sun came out just as we went outside.  Ran the first 6 miles with John S., then ran another mile loop around a few blocks.  Started slow and sped up.  Felt good.  7:38/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 7.11
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.040.000.000.000.006.04

6 miles in North Logan at noon at an easy pace.  First 1.15 miles with Byron--his first day running.  We separated and I did the rest, slowly speeding up.  7:39/mile AP.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 6.04
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.310.000.000.000.008.31

8.3 miles in the evening from Smithfield to Logan. Good easy run with a couple quick strides. 7:38/mile AP. Been right on this pace several days without trying.

Brooks Ghost Miles: 8.31
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
185.740.000.000.000.00185.74
Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 59.81Brooks Ghost Miles: 125.92
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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