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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

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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
133.0856.051.500.0080.35270.98
Elliptical Miles: 111.10Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 72.10Bike Miles: 11.00Stairmaster Miles: 29.25Rowing Machine Miles: 11.00Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 118.33
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.007.007.00

Elliptical Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.007.500.000.000.008.50

Averaged about 6 min/mi. 0.5% incline Harder than it should have been.

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.501.000.000.000.005.50

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 5.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.001.501.50

Bike Miles: 11.00Elliptical Miles: 1.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

6:45 pace.  My hands didn't completely freeze.  That's progress.

 

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.0010.00

Elliptical Miles: 2.00Stairmaster Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles on the iceless treadmill.

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.006.006.00

Elliptical Miles: 3.00Rowing Machine Miles: 3.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.008.550.000.000.008.55

I left the house last so I only had 50 mins to run at the gym.  I did my best to get tired. ~5:55 pace with .5% incline.  I am not sure why that pace wasn't easier.

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 8.55
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.005.855.85

30 minutes on the rowing machine.  My arms got tired.

Elliptical Miles: 1.35Rowing Machine Miles: 4.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.500.500.000.000.007.00

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
16.750.000.000.000.0016.75

I ran the Holladay Holiday 10 miler and then jogged home.  The pace was pushed throughout and the winning group finished in a blazing ~1:11.  Incredibly we ran through and around fences and fields and even managed to go down a slide at Cottonwood Elementary.  Credit goes to the race organizer(s), Sam, et. al, for staking out the route with pink ribbons and allowing a bunch of sweaty runners to mess up their house afterwards.

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 16.55
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.5010.50

Elliptical Miles: 2.25Stairmaster Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.001.000.000.000.008.00

I found a secret treadmill at the gym that goes 15 mph.  I got up to 13.5 mph but I didn't want to push it for fear that I would ruin my hamstring. 

I always knew this but I never calculated the numbers.  This obviously explains why it gets harder and harder to go faster.  Going from 8 to11 mph you decrease 2 mins per mile but from 12 to 15 you only decrease by 1 min.  Not only that but you expend exponentially more energy as the speed goes up.

MPH Pace
15 4.00
14.5 4.08
14 4.17
13.5 4.27
13 4.37
12.5 4.48
12 5.00
11.5 5.13
11 5.27
10.5 5.43
10 6.00
9.5 6.19
9 6.40
8.5 7.04
8 7.30

 

Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.503.000.000.000.007.50

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.334.500.500.003.008.33

I like my new Lunarlites!

Elliptical Miles: 3.00Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 5.33
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.003.501.000.000.007.50

On the treadmill, again.

3 miles at 7:00, 3.5 at about 5:45 and last mile at 4:50. 0.5% incline.

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.005.505.50

Elliptical Miles: 2.00Rowing Machine Miles: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
12.252.000.000.000.0014.25

Ran up 33rd south, north over the freeway and back through Sugar House.  

~6:30 pace.

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 14.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0011.0011.00

Elliptical Miles: 2.00Stairmaster Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.007.250.000.000.0010.25

3 @ 6:40

4 @ 5:50

3.25 @ 5:30

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 10.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.001.000.000.003.007.00

Elliptical Miles: 3.00Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.007.000.000.000.009.00

2 @ 7

2 @ 6

5 @ 5:30

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.003.250.000.000.0010.25

~6:20 pace on treadmill

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 10.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.252.000.000.000.008.25

~6:30 pace.  Pretty much a ghost town running at 8 AM on Christmas.  

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 8.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.001.000.000.000.009.00

6:40 pace

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 9.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.0010.00

Elliptical Miles: 77.00Stairmaster Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.250.000.000.000.0011.25

6:32 pace.  The weather in Palm Springs is quite nice.

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 11.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.253.000.000.000.0013.25

Ran around the perimeter of the gated golf community in Palm Springs twice.  Biggest hill was running over a curb.  They should organize a 4 lap marathon.

6:28 pace

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 13.25
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.007.007.00

Elliptical Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.500.000.000.000.008.50

Very sore after playing tennis for two hours.

Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
133.0856.051.500.0080.35270.98
Elliptical Miles: 111.10Saucony ProGrid Omni 7 Miles: 72.10Bike Miles: 11.00Stairmaster Miles: 29.25Rowing Machine Miles: 11.00Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 118.33
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