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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
62.067.110.000.0021.0090.17
Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Miles: 36.56Elliptical Miles: 5.00Stairmaster Miles: 13.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 11.00Saucony Mirage Miles: 10.50Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 10.00Altra Instinct Miles: 1.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
22.560.000.000.000.0022.56

Ran  from Highland High to the top of Little Mountain and back.  I was planning/hoping to only go 20 (assuming my hamstring would hold up) but somehow Little Mountain moved a mile.  Averaged just under 7 min pace to the top and ended the run averaging 6:40.   I probably should have taken it easier up and pushed the downhill a little more.  Oh well.  There was probably a 20-25 mph headwind coming down that didn't help.  Towards the end everything was getting sore and achy but that was expected.  Fortunately there were no sharp pains. When I see my PT tomorrow I will insist that he scrape my hamstring because I think it helps.

Coolest thing I saw during the run, besides the colorful leaves, was a one legged cyclist cruising up Emigration at about 20 mph. His quad was at least as big as my waist.

Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Miles: 22.56
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.008.008.00

Easy cross training except for the two miles of rowing that I finished in 14:30.  

Afterwards I visited my PT.  He did a great job scraping the heck out of my hamstring for about 20 minutes and lecturing me about not stretching my quads enough. 

Elliptical Miles: 5.00Stairmaster Miles: 1.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.001.000.000.001.0012.00

11 dry miles on the treadmill.  Hamstring is about 80% better than it was last week at this time. :) 

PM: 1 mile crosstraining and PT. If I have to see the Green Bay/Seattle final play again I will cry. 

Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 11.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.500.000.000.001.0011.50

Ran around the cemetery three times (1.5 mile loop) then through Sugar House.  I have lived near that cemetery almost my entire life but I think this was the first time ever that I have run through it.

13 sub 2:10 guys and two guys with sub one hour half marathons are running Chicago.  Country representation:  KEN 7, ETH 6, USA 1, JPN 1

http://www.chicagomarathon.com/CMS400Min/Chicago_Marathon/press_center/index.aspx?id=590 

PM: 1 mile cross training and PT 

Stairmaster Miles: 1.00Saucony Mirage Miles: 10.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.003.000.000.001.0011.00

Ran an out and back north on 9th east. Woke up late at 6:28, left the house at 6:32, returned at 7:37 and was out the door at 7:41.  I would have been on time to my 8 o'clock meeting but I had to wait a couple of minutes for the women at the 7-Eleven to restock the vanilla syrup.

Last three miles were at marathon effort but not quite marathon pace because of the hills.

PM: 1 mile cross training and PT 

Stairmaster Miles: 1.00Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.0010.0011.00

Mostly cross training today to ensure the tweaks don't come back. I think my quad flexibility has gone from off the charts bad to bottom of the chart.

Stairmaster Miles: 10.00Altra Instinct Miles: 1.00
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Race: Chasing Tail 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:16:55, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.003.110.000.000.0014.11

First race since Desnews. I figured I should lace them before I give SGM a go next week. This course was a super cool double loop course with lots of turns, rolling hills, dirt, and several varieties of animals.  Splits 5:09,5:18 and around 5:30.  The winner who finished about 10 seconds in front of me was quite intimidating because he was wearing a red, white and blue wrist band. Hopefully nobody shows up with one of those next week. Best of all my hamstring held up ok and I probably got my heart rate up over 170 which hasn't happened a lot lately. Oh, and for anyone curious to know, James is alive and well.

Spent the rest of the day moving out of my house to a different house about 2 miles away. It was exhausting but well worth it because now I will be able to say that I don't live in the same zip code as I group up. You will know it's my house because you get to step on a flagstone rock I won in the Mesquite Marathon on your way to the hose.

Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Miles: 14.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
62.067.110.000.0021.0090.17
Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Miles: 36.56Elliptical Miles: 5.00Stairmaster Miles: 13.00Rowing Machine Miles: 2.00Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 11.00Saucony Mirage Miles: 10.50Nike Lunar Elite 2 Miles: 10.00Altra Instinct Miles: 1.00
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