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Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

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

2016 Races

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Rowing Machine Lifetime Miles: 335.05
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Nike Pegasus 33 Lifetime Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
164.9677.079.000.001.00252.03
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Very hilly

Marin Street from the Marin Circle to Grizzly Peak, 190 meters climb in 1.5 km distance, steeepest block over 25% grade

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.007.000.000.007.00

Treadmill, 800 intervals, 1.5 miles@5:20 at end

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.003.000.000.000.0013.00

Emeryville course.  

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

17 mile up Half Dome in Yosemite.  I don't recommend doing it in the rain.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Knees didn't feel great after Half Dome hike the day before.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Spruce, Grizzley Peak, down Claremont

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.003.000.000.000.0010.00

Treadmill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.007.251.000.000.0010.25

Treadmill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

Up Marin and down Spruce.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.008.000.000.000.0013.00

Emeryville route in 1:30.  Head wind on the water totally sucked and my legs weren't feeling chipper.  Looking forward to a long bike ride tomorrow to let the knees and achilles recoup.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Very short run after 3 hour bike ride.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
20.000.000.000.000.0020.00

2:32, Emeryville +

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.002.000.000.000.009.00

Treadmill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.501.501.000.000.007.00

Treadmill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

El Cerrito

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0010.560.000.000.0010.56

1:03:30 on Treadmill

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
15.000.000.000.000.0015.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.500.000.000.000.0012.50

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.861.000.000.000.006.86

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0010.060.000.000.0010.06

Treadmill in 60 mins.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.003.500.000.000.003.50

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Race: Silicon Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:37:38, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0026.200.000.000.0026.20

I admit the competition at smaller races in California doesn't come close to the competition in Utah.  But I will take a win any time I can get it.  There were 684 finishers, 480 men and 204 women.  Best part of it is that for a $60 entry fee (the director only gave me $20 off) I walked away with a new NordicTrack treadmill and a Southwest ticket anywhere in the country.  Can someone calculate the return on that deal? 

I felt good about the race considering I finished chemo three months and I broke my collar bone two months ago.  I figure I would have run near my PR of 2:34:18 if the course was a little flatter.  I probably would have bettered my PR if the course was a gravity aided, point-to-point like many of the courses in Utah.

I highly recommend this race if you are looking for a low-key race on a shady, rolling course with great weather.  The race is on flat streets for the first and last 5 miles and in between it goes long the Los Gatos Creek Trail in San Jose.  There is great aid throughout and great prizes, as I mentioned before.

I might be inspired to actually write about the race later.

saucony omni 7 - 29.7


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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.001.002.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.601.000.000.000.006.60

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
164.9677.079.000.001.00252.03
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