| 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 | | 123.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 123.82 |
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 124.18 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.05 |
| 8 miles at noon. Forgot my garmin so I used Endomondo. Good program. 7:30/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.05 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| 8 mile out and back in North Logan at noon. Garmin freaked out a little at mile six-memory was full and it locked up while trying to delete old history. Nice run though, felt good. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| 8 miles in North Logan at noon. Good jog, nice weather. 7:28/mile AP |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| 8 miles in North Logan at noon - Same as yesterday. Still good weather--mid 50's. 7:25/mile AP |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| Same 8 mile out and back in North Logan. I like this run so I keep doing it. 7:24/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| Did the same o'l run in North Logan. Couldn't find my Garmin so I used Endomondo on my android phone again. 7:28/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.04 |
| Same 8 miles at lunch. I wasn't able to run on Saturday or yesterday (Monday)--got to get it in Gear. Nice run today. 40 degrees and clear--temperature felt perfect for running. 7:30/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.04 |
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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 |
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5 miles during lunch. Really didn't feel that great and chugged along really slowly. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 nice easy miles at noon in North Logan. Feeling a little better today, but still not the greatest. Forgot my garmin, and decided not to use a stopwatch--just have a fun run. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.04 |
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6 mile out and back in North Logan at noon. Great lunch break. Awesome weather for this time of year, about 45 degrees.
I'm also starting a new training routine, which entails running 6 days a week and taking Sunday off. I don't know if I've ever run 6 days a week in my training (maybe once or twice). In the past I felt I've always needed one or two days off/cross training to let my legs recover and avoid injury.
On Sasha's site http://www.asksasha.com/Running/Top-10-Training-Mistakes.html, he mentions the following:
"Doing anaerobic speed work without proper aerobic base conditioning. If you are running less than 8 miles a day and/or less than 6 days a week, your extra energy should go into increasing the daily mileage and the number of training days per week rather than speed work. If you feel you have to reduce your aerobic mileage on the speed day or the day after, this also shows that anaerobic speed work is not something you need at the time."
So here goes another experiment: The next two weeks I'll run ~6 miles each day of the week, and take Sunday off. I may bump Saturday's run up a little, depending how I feel. I'll slowly build up from there... One thing I'll need to do is make sure I alternate speeds a little, and run slower at least two days of the week--hopefully to avoid shin splints, etc. Most of the time if I don't feel I ran around a 7:30 pace or faster, I have felt I haven't really had a good work-out. We will see how it goes...
I ran with my Garmin and my iPhone using Endomondo. Interesting comparisons. Garmin said 7:19/mile AP. Endomondo was 7:15/mile AP. I hit stop on my garmin 4 seconds before hitting stop on Endomondo:
| Mile |
Garmin |
iPhone with Endomondo |
| 1 |
6:41 |
6:34 |
| 2 |
7:48 |
7:46 |
| 3 |
7:58 |
8:01 |
| 4 |
6:55 |
6:50 |
| 5 |
6:58 |
6:46 |
| 6 |
7:34 |
7:24 |
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| Total Distance |
6.04 in 44:12 |
6.1 miles in 44:16 |
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.02 |
| Same 6 miles at noon in North Logan. Legs and back a little tight/felt a little sluggish. Still really nice weather. 7:25/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.02 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.03 |
| Same six as yesterday at noon in North Logan. Nice warm weather, felt a little "looser" today than yesterdat. 7:20/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.03 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.02 |
| Nice out and back with Claire up in the canyon east of Heber City. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.02 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Nice out and back in Smithfield in the evening. Finished up in the dark. Got cold fast once the sun went down. Felt good. 7:28/mile AP. |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.03 |
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6 mile out and back in North Logan. Today was one of those days where you felt like you were cruising, pushing it hard, but just not moving as fast as you think. Felt like 6:45 pace, but was only 7:29/mile AP.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/248442576 |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.03 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Wasn't able to run today--too many things came up (in the morning, at noon, and after work). So I did a little cross training (crunches, pushups, planks, etc) for about 15 minutes. |
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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 |
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6 mile out and back in North Logan again. A little cold, but overall a great day to run. Wore a little too much and got hot--nice to sweat a bunch. 7:26/mile AP
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/248442573 |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.14 |
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6.14 miles out and back in North Logan during lunch. Really nice weather for this time of year here in Logan - 52 degrees. 7:23/mile AP.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/248442563 |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.14 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.05 |
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6 nice, slow, and easy miles in North Logan during lunch. 7:55/mile AP.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/248442556 |
| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 6.05 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 123.82 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 123.82 |
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| Brooks Trance 10 Miles: 124.18 |
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