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Location:

St George,

Member Since:

Mar 10, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Best 10K:  2013 Spectrum 10K 40:34

Best Half Marathon:  2012 Dog Town 1:29:57

Best Marathon: 2013 St George 3:12:15

Best 50-miler 2012 8:36

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep Running!!!

Personal:

I am married with eight children.  All of them are ours. My wife is so awesome!

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Miles:This week: 11.00 Month: 69.30 Year: 161.30
Tue, Mar 02, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.003.500.0011.50

I ran an easy with Hyrum for 2 miles at lunch.  This was his fastest time yet of 18:51.  He was very pleased with himself!

At the track, I ran with the triclub for a little speed work.

Speedwork with the triclub

1 mile warm-up
4X100 with a 300 meter recovery (about 20 sec each)
2X200 with a 200 meter recovery (38 and 39 sec)
6X800 with a 400 meter recovery (3:15, 3:18, 3:22, 3:14, 3:14, 3:10)
2.5 mile cool down

Comments
From Kelli on Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 17:33:04 from 71.219.89.82

Ah, this time of year in St George has got to be perfect for being outside. I am jealous!!!

You seem to be doing great, Hyrum is kicking butt, and you are doing p90x---hardcore stuff!!!

Are you running the same half that your wife is?

From ben on Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 17:56:05 from 209.33.248.15

The days and evenings in st george are perfect right now. This should last for another 3 months before we fry!!!

I opted out of running Dallas with cathy due to the long drive and the rock-n-roll races are so darn pricy!!! I have plenty of races coming up to keep me busy. Oceanside Ironman 70.3 is in 3 weeks. I am totally ready and excited!!! Cathy and I will be running the Odgen Marathon this May. Are you running Odgen?

I noticed your weekly miles are up there. I always think I can keep up with you but anything over 50 miles a week is enough for me. I do a lot of swimming, biking, and other workouts that probably reduce my running mileage. BUT... I am having fun!!!!

From Kelli on Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 21:30:30 from 71.219.89.82

I am not running Ogden, I wanted to do the half but I procrastinated way too long! However, my husband is going to pace our neighbor for the last half of the full marathon, so I will be there cheering everybody in. I may let some of my kids do the kid race if they want!

I have a new running strategy---high miles and slow speed! it is working for me so far. In the past I crashed and burned at about 60 or more, but I can do this as long as I keep most of it easy. Our running group is ramping up the workouts, but I am just lagging behind putting in the miles!!!

Best of luck with the ironman!

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