| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 246.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 246.52 |
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 70.60 | Brooks Ravenna 2 (2) Miles: 4.02 | Brooks Trance 9 (1) Miles: 10.80 | Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 59.85 | Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 101.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 200.73 | Calories: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
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AM: 10 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. My legs are bit sore, ran a little slower. Good run.
Noon: Did some cross-training. Ran a slow 2 miles at 8 minutes/mile to stretch the legs out a little and work out some soreness.
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 12.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 199.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.05 |
| 10 miles in North Logan at 1:00. Pretty hot - 89 degrees. Tempo run for the first 5. Slowed down quite a bit for the last 5, and did some decent strides.
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 10.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 201.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.10 |
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20.1 miles in Smithfield and Smithfield Canyon. Hilly course--I usually don't get too detailed, but found you could copy and past splits right out of Garmin Connect (after a little editing):
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Elev. |
Change |
Brief Description |
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6:54.7 |
4787 |
-45 |
Smithfield |
| 2 |
6:53.3 |
4700 |
-87 |
Smithfield, Dairy Road |
| 3 |
6:44.4 |
4626 |
-74 |
Between Hyde Park/Smithfield |
| 4 |
6:57.3 |
4592 |
-34 |
4.5 - Ski View High School |
| 5 |
7:27.1 |
4657 |
65 |
5.5 - Start up Smithfield Canyon |
| 6 |
7:41.2 |
4706 |
49 |
Up Smithfield Canyon |
| 7 |
7:54.8 |
4845 |
139 |
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| 8 |
8:13.5 |
5001 |
156 |
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| 9 |
8:30.4 |
5195 |
194 |
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| 10 |
8:38.3 |
5400 |
205 |
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| 11 |
7:26.5 |
5336 |
-64 |
10.3 - top of Smithfield Canyon |
| 12 |
6:31.3 |
5118 |
-218 |
Down Smithfield Canyon |
| 13 |
6:56.1 |
4965 |
-153 |
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| 14 |
6:58.4 |
4820 |
-145 |
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| 15 |
7:07.3 |
4689 |
-131 |
" |
| 16 |
7:24.0 |
4640 |
-49 |
16 - Ski View High School |
| 17 |
7:38.9 |
4558 |
-82 |
Between Hyde Park/Smithfield |
| 18 |
8:28.8 |
4670 |
112 |
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| 19 |
8:40.9 |
4800 |
130 |
Dairy Road |
| 20 |
8:25.4 |
4818 |
18 |
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| 0.1 |
0:46.4 |
4854 |
36 |
Smithfield |
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07:34.5 |
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 20.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 200.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.12 |
| AM: 10.1 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. Calfs a little sore so I took it easy going up the canyon. Felt good going down. AP: 7:44/mile.
Noon: 4.01 miles in North Logan in the heat. Felt good.
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| Brooks Ravenna 2 (2) Miles: 4.02 | Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 10.10 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 201.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| 5.25 miles in North Logan during lunch. Did a loop instead of an out-and-back (which I usually like best). Good jog. 7:30/mile AP. |
| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 5.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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10 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. Pushed it really hard on the way up. About at mile 4.5 my right forefoot started getting pretty sore, so I slowed down a little bit for the rest of the run. 7:32/mile AP.
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 |
| 10.8 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. |
| Brooks Trance 9 (1) Miles: 10.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 18.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.20 |
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18.2 miles. Went up and down Smithfield Canyon with Joanna. She was on her bike. 9.1 Miles with a 7:24/mile AP. Afterwards, went up and down Smithfield Canyon again with Claire. Went a bit slower as her legs weren't feeling that great. Good morning of running.
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| Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 18.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.25 |
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AM: 10 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. 7:24/mile AP Noon: 5.25 mile loop during lunch at work. 7:28/mile AP.
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| Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 15.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles in the morning up and down Smithfield Canyon. 7:19/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.06 |
| 11 miles up and down Smithfield Canyon. Interesting day as there is usually more runners jogging the canyon than bikers. I only saw about 4 joggers running it, but there were from 15-20 bikers biking it. I have a knot in my calf I've been trying to work out so I took some parts a little slower, didn't really feel like pushing it, but still ran a 7:39/mile AP.
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 11.06 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.09 |
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Too tired to get out of bed in the morning as we were working late last night on projects. Noon: 7 miles in North Logan during lunch. Nice and easy: 7:25/mile AP. PM: After dark, did a short 4 miles at 7:20/mile AP.
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 11.09 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.60 |
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Went camping with the family to the City of Rocks in Idaho. Saturday morning got up and did 10.6 miles with Conner. From where we were camping we ran down and lost about 1300 feet. Then back up again. At our turn around, Conner went a little farther and later caught up to me. At mile 9 my Garmin's battery gave out. When we got back to our camp, Claire and I did 10 slower miles. Overall felt good...lots of hills.
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 20.60 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 202.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.05 |
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Noon: 10 miles in North Logan. About 80 degrees. Started really slow and slowly sped up during the run. 7:27/mile AP. Nice easy jog.
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 10.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 201.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles in Smithfield. 7:27/mile AP. |
| Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 201.00 | Calories: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.02 |
| 10 miles in North Logan during lunch. 80+ degrees. Nice and slow. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 10.02 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles in North Logan during lunch. |
| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 3.00 |
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Top Of Utah Half Maraton (13.1 Miles) 01:25:48, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 21.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.40 |
| Today I felt pretty good. It was a fun TOU half marathon. Got up at 4:45 am, dressed, and got Claire up. After a quick bite, left the house about 5:10. Got to the start and visited with a few folks--Daryl, Steve, Scott and a few others. I have taken it pretty easy for the last 2 days, and was pretty apprehensive
at the start. My garmin always reads a little long for this race - 13.2 --probably due to the reflection/refraction of the satellite signal off the walls in Hyrum canyon.
Started out well, maybe a little too fast at the start: 1 - 6:18
2 - 6:28
3 - 6:36
4 - 6:27
5 - 6:19
6 - 6:22
7 - 6:23
8 - 6:24
9 - 6:31
10 - 6:27
11 - 6:37 - Paced with another runner to this point.
12 - 7:08 - the only real uphill part. Slowed down quite a bit.
13 - 6:40
.2 - 1.07 Overall I think I could have pushed it a little more, but it was great getting a PR. I beat my previous PR by 3 minutes 4 seconds. (I don't do many half's).
Afterwards, I got some drinks, rested for a little bit, talking with Steve and a few others from the blog. Then jogged up to meet Claire and ran in with her. She got a PR and won her age division. I only made it up about a half mile and ran with her to the finish. Afterwards went on another 3.3 miles and got back before the awards were given out. When I got home, I decided to do a few more miles before showering, and ended running about 4. Overall got in 21.4 miles.
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| Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 21.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles during lunch in North Logan. Nice easy "recovery" run after the weekend. Felt good, did a few miles at a little faster pace and took the others nice and slow. It was around 82 degrees--a little hot for me, but it felt good. 7:36/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.35 |
| 5+ miles in North Logan during Lunch. Warm out. Felt good. Didn't really push it to hard.7:24/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 5.35 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 Miles in North Logan at 1:00. 85 degrees (hot for me). Today was one of those infamous days where you feel like you are really pushing it, your legs even feel like they are moving fast, but you are going a lot slower than you feel. Still it was a good jog. 7:39/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.08 |
| 7 miles in North Logan at noon. Nice and overcast today. Today felt good, nice and easy. 7:30/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 7.08 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 246.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 246.52 |
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| Brooks Ravenna 3 Miles: 70.60 | Brooks Ravenna 2 (2) Miles: 4.02 | Brooks Trance 9 (1) Miles: 10.80 | Saucony Guide 5 Miles: 59.85 | Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 101.25 |
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