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August 2012

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Salt Lake City,UT,United States

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Sep 14, 2008

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Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

52 marathons, Overall winner 15 times, PR 2:20:25 at St. George 2013, Kona Ironman 2002, Zero DNF

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bike Lifetime Miles: 8003.27
Elliptical Lifetime Miles: 1295.72
Stairmaster Lifetime Miles: 3252.63
Rowing Machine Lifetime Miles: 335.05
Swimming Lifetime Miles: 14.97
Treadmill Lifetime Miles: 1111.92
Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Lifetime Miles: 994.29
Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Lifetime Miles: 528.18
Salomon SpeedCross III Lifetime Miles: 263.03
La Sportiva Vertical K Lifetime Miles: 78.50
Nike LunaRacer +3 Lifetime Miles: 129.20
Nike LunarLaunch Lifetime Miles: 319.30
Nike Pegasus 31 Light Blue Lifetime Miles: 640.75
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 99.50
Nike LunaRacer V3 Camo Lifetime Miles: 76.02
New Balance 890v4 Lifetime Miles: 41.25
Nike Pegasus 33 Lifetime Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
136.006.600.001.40115.10259.10
Stairmaster Miles: 86.50Nike Free 360 Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 77.00Saucony Mirage Miles: 28.00Bike Miles: 311.60Swimming Miles: 0.60Rowing Machine Miles: 11.00Altra Instinct Miles: 16.50Elliptical Miles: 8.50Treadmill Miles: 9.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0012.0012.00

work.....busy.

Stairmaster Miles: 12.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.000.0010.50

JAJAAF run around Millcreek and Sugar House. It's been quite awhile since I attended this run and even longer since we have seen ACorn.

As Andrea and Jake have mentioned, there is a Jeremy Ranch run starting at 7:30 on Saturday. Come one, come all.

Nike Free 360 Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.001.000.001.402.504.90

Doesn't this look fun?  T-minus 2 hours until game time.  Oh boy.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd1wswcJeeA 

I got destroyed by the treadmill.  The incline last year was 10% and the winner (Max King) went about 2.15 miles in the 15 minutes.  This year the incline was raised to 15% but stupidly I went out at about the same pace as Max.  I basically blew up in the first half mile and ended up only running 1.4 miles.  It didn't help that I was in the first group to grow so I had no barometer for what pace to run.  I suspect Seth will do much better but Max King will probably win again.  At least I get to add my first VO2 Max miles for the year.  Miserable to say the least.

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.500.000.000.000.0020.50

Ran with Scott, Justin, Jake, Andrea, Annie, Devra and Dan up at Jeremy Ranch.  I ended up going longer than I expected and felt relatively good.  There was tots of motivating "next race" and Olympics chatter.  I am looking forward to watching the men's 10k which means I need to get the lawn done asap.

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 20.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0011.0011.00

Tired from yesterday.  I think I am still feeling the effects of desnews. 

Stairmaster Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
18.000.000.000.000.0018.00

Out and back dirt road run in Montana at about 6,800 ft.  This road is dangerous because it is 18 miles to the freeway but at some point on every run I have to decide when enough is enough and turn around.

Saucony Mirage Miles: 18.00
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Mountain bike on dirt road with washboards. Hands didn't like it.

Bike Miles: 35.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.500.000.000.000.0020.50

10 miles out sounded like a nice round number but probably one mile too far. averaged 7 mins ~1500 ft of rolling hills.

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 20.50
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Mtn bike

Bike Miles: 30.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.6010.60

Run in the hills and then swam across the lake for the 14th year in a row.  I didn't have my zoomer flippers so I resorted to the breaststroke. I am in terrible swimming shape.

Swimming Miles: 0.60Saucony Mirage Miles: 10.00
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Road my mtn bike on the road for 42 miles towards Ennis, MT.  Kind of like running in the sand.

Bike Miles: 42.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.000.000.000.000.0016.00

Out and back on the dirt road. Last day in Montana. booo..

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 16.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.007.007.00

stairmaster and PT

Stairmaster Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.008.008.00

bike, rowing and stairmaster.  yes, it was a very exciting day at the gym.  i also met someone who works at Lulu Lemon who offered to give me some running stuff from their store.  These shorts look perfect.

Bike Miles: 10.00Stairmaster Miles: 6.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.005.600.000.000.0010.60

1 hour on the elliptical.  Maintained cadence of around 215. I might try running tomorrow to test out the hamstring.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.002.002.00

Bike Miles: 15.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.003.0010.50

hobbled my way to the gym, ran 4 miles on the treadmill, a few on the stairmaster then back home. The hamstring still has major issues but at least it isn't getting worse.  Wore the Altra Instinct for the first time on the road.  They don't feel much different than the Kinvaras.

Stairmaster Miles: 3.00Altra Instinct Miles: 7.50
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Hip therapy/strengthening day.  Road up Millcreek Canyon as fast as I could and completed the round trip from 13th east in about 1:40.  Sufficiently wore out my hip.

Bike Miles: 28.00
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Road up to Big Mountain. Stretched out the return trip to get to 50 miles and 3,800 ft. of elevation gain.  I wore my HR monitor just for fun and it average 135 for the ride (155 for the climbing section)

For the route "Emigration (Little and Big Mountain Summits)" on Strava I posted the 57th best time (1:05) out of 1,850 rides by 711 people.  On a really good day without any headwind I think I could do it under an hour which would put me in the top 15 I think.  This Strava thing is kind of cool.

Bike Miles: 50.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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cross training again.  Hamstring should be able to handle 10 miles of running by now.

Interesting results from the Pikes Peak Marathon yesterday.  Kilian finished first with a 3:40 and Max King was 3rd with a 3:50.  Just more proof that Carpenter's CR of 3:16 is untouchable and apparently King is beatable by an ultra guy.

Stairmaster Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

I ventured out on the road today and it turned out to be a big mistake. After spending the last few days on the bike and cross training I thought the hamstring had improved but that wasn't the case.  Started out really stiff, by mile 6 it started to loosen up but by mile 8 I almost had to resort to walking, which NEVER happens.

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 9.00
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stationary bike.  2 mins off and 3 on repeats ending at about 300 watts.  pooped.

Bike Miles: 25.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.006.006.00

bike and stairmaster.  ended with 15 mins maxed out on stairmaster.

Bike Miles: 15.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.007.007.00

Crosstraining again,

 Surprise, Lance was stripped of his Tour de France titles. As as result there has been a surge of donations to LIVESTRONG.  Fantastic!

Stairmaster Miles: 5.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00
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0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Met a friend at Sunnyside Park and road up Little Cottonwood.  My time for the LC Full Canyon Ride on Strava was much more competitive than last week's ride up Big Mountain.  4 mins to KOM which I think is doable.  61 miles in 3:47 with 5,900 ft. of climbing.

Bike Miles: 61.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0017.0017.00

106 minutes on the stairmaster.  613 floors in first hour then 400 in the next 45 minutes for total of about 1,000.  The miles were very inflated so just based on effort I think 17 makes sense.

Hamstring PT afterwards.

 

Stairmaster Miles: 17.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.008.508.50

elliptical today.  hamstring seems to be improving but i am hesitant to test it out.  maybe a mile or two tomorrow.

Elliptical Miles: 8.50
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0.000.000.000.0010.0010.00

5 miles on rowing machine then 5 on the stairmaster.  I held up ok on the rowing which means my push up appointments at work must be paying off.

Stairmaster Miles: 5.00Rowing Machine Miles: 5.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

8 miles on the treadmill.  No joke.  The hamstring was a bit creaky but held up ok.  Today is sure to be a good day.

PM: 1 mile on the treadmill then hamstring PT. Progress.

Treadmill Miles: 9.00Altra Instinct Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.000.000.000.000.0010.00

Ventured onto to the road wearing running shoes for the first time in more than a week.  After one mile I ran into Jake who I was running his most direct (only 7.5 miles) route to work.  Ran with him to Sunnyside, looped back to SHP for a lap then back home.  No serious damage done for the 2nd day in a row!

I am not a big soccer fan but this shot by Messi is undeniably impressive.  Go to 46 seconds into the video.  The teams ended in a tie yet Real Madrid still won the Spanish Super Goal Cup championship because of an "away goals rule".  Oh, that's why I don't like soccer.

 

Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.5010.50

Another day on a machine.  Planning to do a real run tomorrow, outside.

Stairmaster Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
136.006.600.001.40115.10259.10
Stairmaster Miles: 86.50Nike Free 360 Miles: 10.50Kinvara 3 Razor Miles: 77.00Saucony Mirage Miles: 28.00Bike Miles: 311.60Swimming Miles: 0.60Rowing Machine Miles: 11.00Altra Instinct Miles: 16.50Elliptical Miles: 8.50Treadmill Miles: 9.00
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