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Location:

South Weber,UT,

Member Since:

May 09, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records:

800 Meters 1:50.14 (Track-BYU)

1500 Meters 3:42.07 (Track-Stanford) Likely the best race of my life; converts to a 3:59.85 Mile

5000 Meters 14:20 (Track-Stanford)

8000 Meters 23:53 (Cross Country-Pre Nationals Iowa)

10000 Meters 29:57 (Track-Stanford)

Half Marathon (Mesa-Phoenix Half) 1:05:11

Marathon (St George) 2:16:09

Short-Term Running Goals:

2017 Races:

Mesa-Phoenix Half - 3rd Place 1:05:11 PR

Ogden WRC 10-Miler - 1st Place 55:46

Provo City Half - 1st Place 1:06:33

Ogden Marathon - 2nd Place 2:25:46

Long-Term Running Goals:

My main goal is just to stay healthy.  I was injured every year in my college career except for one.  I would like to reverse that trend and always stay injury-free.

 

Personal:

I am a family man.  I am married to my beautiful wife Amy (who also ran at Weber and is quite the runner).  We have four beautiful daughters named Evelyn (6 years old), Hannah (4 year old), Nora (2 year old), and Iris (5 months).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.340.0016.100.0056.44
Asics 2170 Miles: 20.05Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 21.29Saucony Fastwich (Green) Miles: 15.10
Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.000.000.0011.50

AM: 3 miles easy on the treadmill @ 6:50 pace.  I hate the treadmill, it's sooo boring.  But I didn't really have other options this morning. 

AM Part 2: 8.5 Miles @ 6:23 pace. Right after I got done with my treadmill run and showered, my brother called with a generous offer to push Evelyn (my daughter) on his run with my sister so I could get a run in.  So, I couldn't turn that down.  So, I got two runs in this morning (well late morning anyway) and may just call that good for the day.  It was pretty hot out and I don't often run shirtless, but I did today and I got burned pretty good!

Today is my third day of being essentially a single parent until my wife gets back in town tomorrow and it's hard to get good runs in.  I have a new found respect for single parents and how well they have to manage their time!

Asics 2170 Miles: 3.00Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 8.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.300.000.000.0013.30

AM: 9.25 miles @ 7:00 pace. Met up with Ben, Bret, and Bryant in North Ogden to get an easy run in.  Bret and I met early to get some extra time in before meeting Ben and Bryant.  It was a good, enjoyable easy run.

In other news, looks like three of my siblings and my mother got into the St. George Marathon, so it's going to be a family party!

PM: 4.05 miles @ 6:46 pace.  Just an easy stroll through my neighborhood once the heat died down.

Asics 2170 Miles: 4.05Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 9.25
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.003.000.008.00

8 miles @ 6:06 average pace.  I ran the base perimeter road, out and back.  I did 6 half-mile intervals during the run with half-mile easy run in between.  First three were uphill and into a headwind from Weber Canyon; last three were downhill with a tailwind.  I wanted to run these in about 2:30-2:35 pace (just slightly faster than half marathon goal pace).  Splits were 2:31 2:40 2:35 2:29 2:28 2:28.  My legs felt pretty tired during the run.  Tomorrow will be a planned off day and then easy miles Friday before the race on Saturday.

For anyone who still buys their own running shoes like me, Running Warehouse has an additional 20% off flats today.  I ordered another pair of Saucony Fastwich shoes for only $56.  They have several other flats for good prices, but I only paid attention to the Saucony Fastwich, because I knew what I wanted.  Follow this link if you're interested: http://www.runningwarehouse.com/mailings/120515liquidation20.html

Asics 2170 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.540.000.000.003.54

3.54 miles @ 6:27 pace.  Nice and easy miles to loosen the legs up and get ready for tomorrow's race. I threw in a few strides at the end.  Legs feel good for the most part.  My goal is to run sub-1:09 tomorrow, and ideally closer to 1:08 flat.

I had a near minor catastrophe yesterday. I was helping my brother tear down some walls in his home as part of his remodel and I stepped on a nail.  It went through my shoe, but luckily was only long enough to touch my skin but not break skin.  That would've been bad.

Good luck to everyone racing at Ogden tomorrow.

Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 3.54
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Race: Ogden Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:08:45, Place overall: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.0013.100.0020.10

Got up well before the crack of dawn to head down and catch the bus for the Ogden Half Marathon.  I got off the bus up at the starting line with about 45 minutes to go.  I waited in a line for a port-a-pottie and then went for a two mile warmup.  I got done with the warmup and had about 15 minutes or so and I really felt strongly that I needed another visit to the port-a-pottie.  The lines were insane and I finally got my turn with like 2 minutes left until the start.  Then I sprinted over to the truck for the drop off bags, and then sprinted to the start line and made it with about 30 seconds to spare.  I was lucky to make it in time.

I lined up behind Scott Keate who graciously offered me his spot on the front line, but I told him I was fine and got out quick behind him.  My adrenaline was already flowing from almost missing the start and I proceeded to run Mile 1, the only mile with a large hill in it, in 5:07.  That was too fast, I planned on about 5:25-5:30 for that mile.  Oh well, so I settled down and reminded myself that 5:15-5:25 was fine on this portion of the course and time could be made up on the downhill canyon portion.  I was out in front by myself for the first three miles.  Miles 2 and 3 were 5:20 and 5:18.  As I approached mile 4 I heard footsteps behind me approaching rapidly.  And by the time I hit mile 4, Bryant Jensen had closed the gap and was now running alongside me.  My legs by this time just didn't have the normal spring in them that I've had in weeks past.  Mile 4 was 5:19 but felt much harder, despite being a downhill mile.

Right after mile 4 you enter the canyon and Mile 5 is a pretty steep downhill.  Not much interesting going on from here until Mile 9; Bryant and I stayed basically together the whole stretch here.  Miles 5-9 splits were 5:07 5:14 5:12 5:13 5:08.  I was hoping to average 5:05 on this stretch but my legs just didn't have it today.

At around 9.5 miles I threw in a surge, but Bryant not only covered it but continued it after I ended the surge.  By Mile 10 he was probably 10 seconds up on me.  Mile 10 split was 5:04. Now we're on the parkway and I was just holding on.  Bryant was increasing his lead and I kept feeling worse.  I never got any closer the rest of the way.  Miles 11-13 were 5:18 5:24 5:25 and 38 for the last tenth (which may be my slowest ever final tenth of a half).

The final time was still a good time for me.  I met my "B" goal for the race.  My "A" goal was sub-1:08 and my "B" goal was sub-1:09.  This was my fifth half marathon in seven weeks, and it definitely felt the worst.  Which is weird because I had more time to recover for this one, having not raced last week. 

Congrats to Bryant, he ran a stellar race and was tough today.  Scott also ran a fantastic race to finish third, he's really stepping it up!

After the race Scott and I cooled down back along the course to watch some of the marathon finishers come in.  Fritz was incredible today!  Overall I ended up jogging another 40 minutes after the race; a few minutes here and there watching family and friends finish the marathon.

It was great to see and talk to everyone today: Bryant, Scott, Fritz, Ben, Steve, etc.  Good job to everyone, it was fun.

Saucony Fastwich (Green) Miles: 15.10Asics 2170 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
40.340.0016.100.0056.44
Asics 2170 Miles: 20.05Adidas Supernova Sequence Miles: 21.29Saucony Fastwich (Green) Miles: 15.10
Weight: 0.00
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