| Location: Senoia,GA,United States Member Since: Aug 01, 2015 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: I started running in Junior High School. I loved running cross country and PR'd my 5k with an 18:33 when I was 15. Since then running has been a pass time and not a sport with a goal, until now.
Marathon PR: St George Marathon, St George, UT, 3:15:41 (2nd marathon, 2015).
Half Marathon PR: Bryce Canyon Half Marathon, Bryce Canyon, UT, 1:32:34 (2015).
15K PR: Peachtree City Classic, Peachtree City, GA, 1:07:34 (2011)
5k PR: Cedar City, UT, 18:33 (2000).
Running long distance team relays (Top of Zion, Red Rock Relay,etc.) has become my main motivation for becoming faster. Short-Term Running Goals: 1. Qualify for Boston with room to spare (sub 3:00:00).
2. 1:25:00 Half Marathon.
3. Sub 18:00 5k.
4. Join a running club. Long-Term Running Goals: 1. Sub 2:40:00 Marathon.
2. 1:16:00 Half Marathon.
3. 17:00 5k.
4. Long term major injury free running. Personal: I'm married to an amazing woman, Tasha, who surprises me daily with her dedication to things that she loves. She enjoys running with me and it makes it so much more fun to have a training partner.
I have 2 beautiful boys who bring an incredible amount of joy to my life and I look forward to running with them when they get older.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 44.00 | 30.20 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.20 |
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| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 59.70 | Asics Gel-Nimbus 15 Miles: 16.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 88.30 | Nap Time: 1.10 | Total Sleep Time: 89.40 | |
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St George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:15:41, Place overall: 421, Place in age division: 61 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
| My day started at 3:15am. I didn't want it to start until 4:15am but a little nervousness woke me up an hour early. Tasha dropped me off at the Vernon Werthon park at 4:50am. She wrote a nice motivational quote on my arm to get me through. I met up with my buddy Matt and we rode on the bus to the starting line together. He has been pushing me to agree to try and finish the marathon in 3:00:00 for a while now, which is a big stretch for me this year. I've been planning to shoot for 3:05-3:10. 6:45am rolled around and the race started. I started back with the 3:25:00 pacer because I couldn't get up to the 3:05 pacer after my 30 minute wait in line for the bathroom. Off we went and, probably because I haven't run much in the last 2 weeks while trying to recover from being sick, I felt GREAT! 6:43 pace until the veyo hill, then slowed enough to hit 13.1 at a 7:01 pace. Matt left me in the dust so I just kept my comfortable pace. I got a HORRIBLE side ache at half way. It was bad enough that I had to walk and could barely breath. After a long walk, a drink of water and coating my side in biofreeze it went away enough that I could start running again. After that I never felt the same. I tightened up and It progressively got harder and more painful. The last few miles were incredibly painful. I lost 10 minutes in the last 13 miles but still felt pretty good about my overall time, 3:15:41, because I gave it all I could. My 100% effort on mile 26 only got me a 9:30/mile. It sure did hurt. It was a personal record by 14 minutes. Now if I could just do that every year! Stats below... 1 6'54" 2 6'57" 3 6'42" 4 6'45" 5 6'46" 6 6'37" 7 6'35" 8 7'14" 9 7'39" 10 7'12" 11 7'31" 12 7'16" 13 8'10" 14 7'13" 15 6'52" 16 6'52" 17 7'06" 18 7'43" 19 7'58" 20 7'53" 21 7'10" 22 7'13" 23 7'59" 24 7'48" 25 8'23" 26 9'13" 0.49 8'22" |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 26.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.90 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I've walked a few miles every day this week but this was my first attempt at a RUN since the marathon Saturday. The first 2 miles were pretty painful because I was still incredibly tight but they loosened up pretty well towards the end. I ran a very slow 2.5 miles from the hotel to the Lincoln Memorial in DC, stretched then ran an ok recover pace back to the hotel. It was slow but at least I can tell that my legs are on the mend. |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Nice easy recovery run through the fields. My calves and left IT band are still tight but other than that it felt pretty good. 60% Max HR run. |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.30 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I felt great tonight. My legs are almost ready to go back to their normal weekly mileage. 2 mile easy warm up, 4 hill repeats then a 1 mile cool down. Legs felt really good except a little tightness in my right calve. |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.70 | Nap Time: 1.10 | Total Sleep Time: 7.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 1 mile warm up, 4 mile tempo, 1 mile cool down. Felt really good. My legs feel about 85% recovered from the marathon. Should be good to go next week! |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.60 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.90 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| High altitude run, walk, hike. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Nice run along The Strand trail on the Redondo Beach. For being at sea level and having a few days off from running the required effort was much higher than expected. 2 mile warm up, 4 miles of 1/2 mile repeats followed by 1/4 mile recovery, 2 mile cool down. |
| Asics Gel-Nimbus 15 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.40 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 2 mile warm up, 2 miles of 1/2 mile hill repeats, 2 mile cool down. |
| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.40 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles easy after speed work yesterday.
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| Asics Gel-Nimbus 15 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.60 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Today was far from a good run. I've felt tightness in my left IT band for the past few days but figured that I could stretch and massage it into cooperation. That wasn't the case. My left Glute and Hamstring have felt a bit weak and strained and I'm sure that's where this IT band issue is coming from. Well I headed out and one mile into my easy warm up I started to feel a bit of tightness and pain in my IT Band. It wasn't bad so I kept going, trying to focus on form and hoping it would loosen up. It didn't. At all. I turned around at 2 miles. By the time I finished with 4.5 miles I was wishing I had walked back instead of running. So here comes a week or two of IT Band recovery routines. At least the run along the Colorado River was nice and peaceful. :-) I'm always up for suggestions on IT Band Stretches and Strengthening Routines if anyone has any input. |
| Asics Gel-Nimbus 15 Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 44.00 | 30.20 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.20 |
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| Saucony Triumph ISO Miles: 59.70 | Asics Gel-Nimbus 15 Miles: 16.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 88.30 | Nap Time: 1.10 | Total Sleep Time: 89.40 | |
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