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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
33.300.000.000.000.0033.30
Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 25.30Brooks Trance 9 (1) Miles: 8.00
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
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles - Smithfield Canyon.  Nice jog.  7:44 / mile average at 1:00 PM.  Muggy and warm.  This morning went and watched Conner win the Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run - 15 K.

Brooks Ravenna 2 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
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Me and the family left to go camping in Idaho after Conner's running of the 15K Fredom Run.  We went up north of Preston for a few nights and camped at Emmigration Camp Ground.  We didn't have any Cell or internet access which was a nice change for a while. 

On the way back we received a few texts about the write-up on Conner's 15K in the Herald Journal.  Nice article.

Took yesterday off due to a few pains in my foot.  This evening I did 8 miles.  When I started it was 84 degrees.  Ran up and down Smithfield Canyon again.  Lots of bugs in the air.  I was cruisin' until mile 6.5 when I breathed in a huge bug--right down into my right lung.  I don't know what it was but I was coughing and weasing like crazy until I got it up.  Felt like a large fly or beatle.  After that the last 1.5 were slow--still gaging the rest of the way.  7:50/mile average pace.

Brooks Trance 9 (1) 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
8.650.000.000.000.008.65

Was going to run at noon outside, but it started raining so I chickened out and went to the Sports Academy and ran 8.65 miles on a treadmill.  Treadmills are pretty boring... 6:56/mile average pace.

Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 8.65
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
8.650.000.000.000.008.65

AM:  3.65 miles nice and slow in Smithfield. 

NOON:  5 miles, 87 degrees in North Logan. 7:50/mile average pace.

Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 8.65
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
33.300.000.000.000.0033.30
Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 25.30Brooks Trance 9 (1) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
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