Everything Counts

Fri, Jun 09, 2017

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 06:00:00

4.15 miles easy from home, avg pace 7:16/mile.

Thu, Jun 08, 2017

Thu, 08 Jun 2017 06:00:00

10.8 miles easy on the shoreline trail in Ogden with Ben, avg pace 8:09/mile. It was hot and windy.

Wed, Jun 07, 2017

Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:00:00

9.5 miles on the Davis County section of the shoreline trail, avg pace 7:40/mile. My legs are still slightly sore, yet coming around. I LOVE the Brooks Caldera by the way!

Tue, Jun 06, 2017

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 06:00:00

No run - legs still sore. I did however play 45 minutes of ultimate frisbee with the young men.

Mon, Jun 05, 2017

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 06:00:00

8 miles easy in Davis County with Ben, Jared, and Dave, avg pace 7:44/mile. My legs are more sore from my double mountain runs on Saturday than after any recent marathon I can remember...ouch.

Sat, Jun 03, 2017

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 06:00:00

AM: 10.8 miles running to Lewis Peak from the North Ogden Divide in a new pair of Brooks Caldera, avg pace 7:41/mile. I pushed the pace roundtrip.

PM: 6.7 miles running to Grandeur Peak from Millcreek Canyon, avg pace 10:55/mile. I pushed the uphill and very easy jog down. I'm going to be sore tomorrow. I finished the week with just over 12,000 feet of elevation gain.

Fri, Jun 02, 2017

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:00:00

10 miles easy with Dave and Jared in South Ogden, avg pace 7:20/mile.

Thu, Jun 01, 2017

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 06:00:00

12.4 miles "recovery" on the trails with Ben, Dave, Jason, Matt, Tim, Jon, Kory, and Bret, avg pace 9:32/mile. We ran Coldwater Canyon from Ogden Nature Center then to divide and back straight CC again, gaining 2900 feet of elevation on the run. Dave was rungry and needed a Snickers!

Wed, May 31, 2017

Wed, 31 May 2017 06:00:00

WORKOUT: 20-MIN TEMPO, 4x3:00, 4x1:30 I met Ben, Dave, Jared, and Ken at Ken's office. We warmed up to Beus TH and then I ran my workout. 5 minutes rest between each phases of the workout and one to one rest in between the timed reps. I hit 5:07/mile on the tempo, 4:52/mile on the 3:00s, and 4:52/mile on the 1:30s. The route was rolling net downhill.

Tue, May 30, 2017

Tue, 30 May 2017 06:00:00

AM: 5.5 miles easy on the treadmill, I planned on more but the kids woke up and diapers needed changing and babies needed feeding etc. Hopefully more running this afternoon. PM: 6 miles after work, avg pace 6:37/mile.

Mon, May 29, 2017

Mon, 29 May 2017 06:00:00

12.7 miles with a massive crew (Dave, Jason, Bret, Taylor, Moss, Jared, Albert, and Matt) up to Sardine Peak and Ogden Canyon Overlook, avg pace 7:56/mile and 2,250 elevation gain. So much fun!

Sat, May 27, 2017

Sat, 27 May 2017 06:00:00

AM: 10.3 miles from my house with 4-mile tempo down South Weber Drive, overall run pace 6:16/mile. For the tempo I ran 4:53, 5:03, 4:56, 4:49 and felt good, strong. It's been over a month since I've felt "normal", so this was a good sign.

PM: 3.7 mile hike with my family and Denver from Ogden Canyon up the Indian Trail. Evelyn is an aerobic giant for her age. She handled the trail like a boss. Hannah did well too for a 4-year old, but needed some "carrying" from time to time from uncle Denver. I carried Nora on my back and Amy carried Iris in the baby swaddler. A lot of fun.

Fri, May 26, 2017

Fri, 26 May 2017 06:00:00

10.25 miles on the Indian Trail over and back from Rainbow to Ogden Canyon with Bret and Dave, avg pace 9:58/mile with 3,500 feet of elevation gain. I pushed the Ogden Canyon to Hut climb and bettered my Strava CR by 2:30.

Thu, May 25, 2017

Thu, 25 May 2017 06:00:00

10.25 miles easy with Dave and Jared in light rain, avg pace 7:14/mile.

Wed, May 24, 2017

Wed, 24 May 2017 06:00:00

4.9 mile hike up Beus Canyon with Ken and Ben, gained over 2,000 feet.

Tue, May 23, 2017

Tue, 23 May 2017 06:00:00

8.5 miles with Dave from Uintah Trailhead up BST to South Ogden, Nature Park, down Toll, and along Centennial Trail a bit, avg pace 7:03/mile.

Mon, May 22, 2017

Mon, 22 May 2017 06:00:00

4.5 miles hiking up the Indian Trail with Ken and Ben with 1,400 feet of gain. Legs feel pretty dang good actually.

Sat, May 20, 2017

Sat, 20 May 2017 06:00:00

OGDEN MARATHON

I didn't train at all for this race. I haven't done a long run of 20 miles since October! I didn't do any long tempos or marathon pace training. I also didn't do any downhill training. But this is my hometown race and I really enjoy it and I had the free VIP entry from winning last year. So I figured I'd try to hit the podium and collect some circuit points. Ben, Bryant, and I ran the first half together in 1:13:10. At that point Bryant surged, wanting a huge negative split to attempt the course record, and Ben slowed down a bit. I kept chugging away at roughly the same pace. With my lack of marathon prep I was too scared to try anything faster, not wanting another miserable Ogden finish. I ended up with a slight negative split and finished about 80 seconds back of Bryant for 2nd place in 2:25:46. So second half in roughly 1:12:36. I felt decent the whole way. Cardio-wise the pace was a walk in the park, but the legs didn't have the full strength needed to really get after the pace. Overall, I am pleased with the result. Once I get some marathon training in, I'll be cruising this fall.

Fri, May 19, 2017

Fri, 19 May 2017 06:00:00

3 miles easy from Smith's, avg pace 7:02/mile. Picked up a dozen bagels at Einstein's after for today to carb up for tomorrow's marathon.

Thu, May 18, 2017

Thu, 18 May 2017 06:00:00

4.8 miles easy in Central Ogden with Ben and Jared, avg pace 7:49/mile. It was a whopping 28 Degrees this morning, so pretty much typical May weather!

Wed, May 17, 2017

Wed, 17 May 2017 06:00:00

8.25 miles on the ORP with Ben, Dave, Ken, and Wolpert, avg pace 6:53/mile. Two miles at MP in middle at 5:26/mile. It snowed!!!!

Tue, May 16, 2017

Tue, 16 May 2017 06:00:00

7 slow miles in the tready, avg pace 7:59/mile. I can't run very fast at all on the treadmill in the mornings. It's always substantially slower than had I gone outside.

Mon, May 15, 2017

Mon, 15 May 2017 06:00:00

9.4 miles easy in Clearfield/Layton with Ben, Dave, Jason, and Jared avg pace 7:25/mile.

Sat, May 13, 2017

Sat, 13 May 2017 06:00:00

9.9 miles on the Indian Trail and BST, avg pace 8:04/mile with almost 2k of elevation gain.

Fri, May 12, 2017

Fri, 12 May 2017 06:00:00

Marathon pace effort for six miles in the middle of an 11.3-mile run, avg pace for the whole run, 6:31/mile. Pace for the tempo, downhill, 5:15/mile.

Thu, May 11, 2017

Thu, 11 May 2017 06:00:00

10 miles easy with Ben in Ogden, from Kneaders up to 29th TH, along BST to Rainbow, and back on parkway, avg pace 7:59/mile. Take that 8-min guy!

Wed, May 10, 2017

Wed, 10 May 2017 06:00:00

12 miles easy with Dave in Ogden, avg pace 6:53/mile. I felt pretty decent this morning.

Tue, May 09, 2017

Tue, 09 May 2017 06:00:00

8.6 miles easy on the tready, avg pace 7:47/mile.