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Location:

Santa Clara,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Swiss Days(5k)--19:47.5

Zion Centennial Fun Run (10k)--42:19 

St. George Half Marathon--1:36:45.4 

St. George Marathon--3:22:29

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to work on building up my base again and taking a crack at my 5k and 10k PRs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run to live. Live to run.

 

Personal:

I'm married with 3 cuties and a buddy. When I don't run, I'm ornery.  So for their sake--It's all for them--I run.

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Miles:This week: 6.00 Month: 104.50 Year: 374.00
NB 1400 Lifetime Miles: 275.75
Nike LunarEpic Lifetime Miles: 597.00
Nike Lunar Epic Oct. 2017 Lifetime Miles: 599.26
INOV8 F-Lite 195 Lifetime Miles: 544.25
Hoka Clifton 6 Lifetime Miles: 326.25
Bike Miles Lifetime Miles: 88.50
Erg Ks Lifetime Miles: 46.00
Hoka Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 417.25
Nike LunarEpic 2 Lifetime Miles: 176.25
Brooks L5 Lifetime Miles: 277.25
Desert Canyons Lifetime Miles: 106.50
PV Speedgoat 4 Lifetime Miles: 212.00
Brooks Launch 5 Lifetime Miles: 241.25
ASICS Cumulus 23 Lifetime Miles: 379.00
Brooks Glycerin 18 Lifetime Miles: 224.50
Brooks G20 Lifetime Miles: 148.75
Books 2022 Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Trail Runs 2022 Lifetime Miles: 103.00
Adidas Boston 10 Lifetime Miles: 254.50
Brooks G21 Lifetime Miles: 184.75
G20 Lifetime Miles: 147.25
Books 2023 Lifetime Miles: 50.00
Trail Runs 2023 Lifetime Miles: 106.00
Nike TK Lifetime Miles: 95.00
Altra Escalante 3 Lifetime Miles: 149.50
Altra Superior 5 Lifetime Miles: 175.25
Altra Torin 5 Lifetime Miles: 160.50
Tomir Lifetime Miles: 132.50
Kjerag Lifetime Miles: 134.75
Hoka Cielo Road Lifetime Miles: 25.50
Books 2024 Lifetime Miles: 14.00
Trail Runs 2024 Lifetime Miles: 20.00
BG 21 Lifetime Miles: 183.00
Total Distance
147.75
Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 30.75Nike Vomero NXR '17 Miles: 11.25Brooks Levitate Miles: 5.50Hoka Clifton 6 Miles: 12.252020 Books Miles: 5.00INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 32.00Hoka Clayton Miles: 13.75STB Miles: 4.50NB 790 (Feb. 2015) Miles: 19.00Brooks L5 Miles: 6.25Nike LunarEpic 2 Miles: 6.25NB 1400 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

pm--5 Anasazi/Cholla/Fishhook. Decent run after sitting around and planning all day.

Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
5.25

am--5.25 Up to Fort Santa Clara and back. I felt sluggish this morning but good to get a run. 

Nike Vomero NXR '17 Miles: 5.25
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5.50

am--5.5 Softball field loops w/ shoes. It's too cold for barefoot, now. Interesting morning of thoughts.

Brooks Levitate Miles: 5.50
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6.00

am--6 Canyons and back. I felt better this morning and ended w/ a 20-min. tempo.

I also finished my annual read of Ender's Game. I still love it.

Hoka Clifton 6 Miles: 6.002020 Books Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.50

am--7.25 Rim Circuit. It's been a while, and I realized that there is a certain comfort on these trails. It was a bit windy but warmer than recent days. When I left the trailhead, the bikers were converging. There wasn't enough parking space for all of them. Saw plates from a few different states. I'm wondering what these people are doing here on a random weekend in November. 

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead w/ Tom. Awesome as always. Kind of interesting that my 2 longest runs of the week were in the same day. Maybe, I should double a time or 2 every week.


 

 

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 7.25Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.25
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6.00

pm--6 Variation of usual morning route w/ a slip into a construction trench in the dark. No damage, thankfully. Other than some tenderness in my left achilles, I felt pretty good. 

Nike Vomero NXR '17 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.50

pm--7.5 Sidewinder and back from the blacktop. Nearly 800 ft. of climbing before flipping. I have about 800 m (~2,400 ft.) of vert in 10 days. It boggles my mind that someone on Strava has 27,000+ m in the same time. What do his quads look like? What does he do for a living? Fun to wonder.

Hoka Clayton Miles: 7.50
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4.50

pm--4.5 Tready w/ some Bundesliga on the tube. 
 

I finished Pride and Prejudice for the umpteenth time. 

2020 Books Miles: 1.00STB Miles: 4.50
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6.00

pm--6 Anasazi w/ Chipmunk. I've never taken that side trail before. It was just an old road, so maybe not as exciting as the route to the homestead, but was okay. My watch acted up for the first mile as far as the elevation gain goes. That's frustrating. I liked my previous Suunto for that exact reason, but this watch hasn't been quite the same standard. That being said, I got some decent climbing today. 

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.00
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6.50

pm--6.5 Anasazi to the homestead and back w/ Tom. Took it easy today and chatted about electronic music.

NB 790 (Feb. 2015) Miles: 6.50
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi to homestead at a decent place. Nice afternoon. 20x leg extensions, 20x  squats, 10x push-ups, and 30-sec. plank after. 
 

I finished The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King. It picks up the Dark Tower series quite a bit from The Gunslinger. The SK appeal is tangible.

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.252020 Books Miles: 1.00
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6.25

pm--6.25 New Heights loop w/ 20 minutes of progressive tempo, working from 7:45 to 7:15. It's fun to see that happen at the end of a run that starts out rough. 

Hoka Clifton 6 Miles: 6.25
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead. I'm feeling a little beat this week and a bit off. A run makes everything better, though.

Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.25

pm--6.25 I combined my newer morning route w/ some grass loops. Left the shoes on this evening because my achilles was a bit iffy. I figured it wasn't the wisest idea to barefoot anything. That being said, I felt pretty good most of the run.

Brooks L5 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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6.25

am--6.25 Cemetery and back. This morning was a bit of a slog, but Fridays have found me missing runs the last couple weeks. Even a slog is a win today.

Nike LunarEpic 2 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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6.25

am--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead w/ Andy and Tom. Beautiful morning. I hit a 10k everyday. Nice experiment. Perhaps, I'll keep it up.

NB 790 (Feb. 2015) Miles: 6.25
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead. Really felt some flow on the way back. I stopped to chat w/ a guy about the petroglyphs and got to pet his Bernese Mountain Dog.

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi again. I hit my 2,000 meters this month. Can I add another 1,000 this week? Quads willing.

Hoka Clayton Miles: 6.25
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi, again. Felt the best of the 3 days. Had lunch w/ a good friend who's in town for the weekend.

Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 6.25
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Total Distance
6.25

am--6.25 Anasazi for the 4th time this week. I took it easyish but could feel some fatigue. The trails are great. It's fun to see some regular denizens in the dirt. 
 

Happy Thanksgiving.

NB 790 (Feb. 2015) Miles: 6.25
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6.25

pm--6.25 Anasazi to the homestead for the 5th time this week. There's something beautiful and meditative about repetition. I saw Micah and his fam.

NB 1400 Miles: 6.25
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6.25

am--6.25 Anasazi all week. I also hit the 10k-a-day plan for the 2nd week in a row. Good convo w/Tom today. 
 

I also finished Leading with the Heart by Coach K.--it's one of the better coaching books I've read--and Romance of the Grail by Joseph Campbell. I need to remember to keep Campbell, probably Vonnegut, too, in a regular rotation. They keep me grounded.

INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 6.252020 Books Miles: 2.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.00

pm--7 Anasazi again w/ but extra than most days. I hit 3k climbing this month. It's a fun challenge to run on the trails and climb. 

Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
147.75
Hoka Speedgoat 4 Miles: 30.75Nike Vomero NXR '17 Miles: 11.25Brooks Levitate Miles: 5.50Hoka Clifton 6 Miles: 12.252020 Books Miles: 5.00INOV8 F-Lite 195 Miles: 32.00Hoka Clayton Miles: 13.75STB Miles: 4.50NB 790 (Feb. 2015) Miles: 19.00Brooks L5 Miles: 6.25Nike LunarEpic 2 Miles: 6.25NB 1400 Miles: 6.25
Weight: 0.00
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