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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Jan 17, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

yearly mileage totals (actual running miles, not crosstraining etc)

2008 - 1,317

2009 - 2,654

2010 - 2,578

2011 - 2,618

2012 - 3,083 (ran everyday this year. PR's in half and full marathons, at age 48!)

2013 - 1,177

2014 - 1,716

2015 - 1,060

2016 - 951

2017 - 786

2018 - 1,058

2019 - 1,211

2020 - 1010

2021 - 1064.9

2022 - 1135.9

Short-Term Running Goals:

reacquaint myself with my long lost running freak, and then proceed to get my running freak on

run faster

increase mileage in the Spring 

keep running

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

run

 

Personal:

born in 1964. married 25 years. one wife one dog

6 ft tall, nation wide

"Engaging in a little suffering — however self-imposed, arbitrary and contrived — before breakfast each morning tends to demand some humility and injects some marked relief into the rest of the day, making things sharper, more inspired, more immediately aware of the powerful presence of being. And that seems really worthwhile." A. Krupicka

 

"I cruised down hills, churned up hills, and floated over the asphalt, existing in a world that seemed to lack the confinements of such ubiquitous rivets as time, obligation, or pain. I knew then that this was destined to be one of those serendipitous runs for which so many of 
us strive yet so rarely achieve." J. Nevels

 

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Switchbacksblack Lifetime Miles: 176.50
Kinvara11(2) Lifetime Miles: 362.50
Kinvara11blue Lifetime Miles: 327.70
Rincon2 Lifetime Miles: 262.40
Spg 4’s Lifetime Miles: 135.50
Skechers Razor3 Lifetime Miles: 160.90
Rincon2(2) Lifetime Miles: 85.50
Asics Noosa14 Lifetime Miles: 73.00
Sauconyaxon2 Lifetime Miles: 73.80
Mach 4 Lifetime Miles: 34.50
Total Distance
253.00
Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 97.00Steenbergers Miles: 34.00Virrata 2 Miles: 52.00Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 43.00Virrata 1 Miles: 17.00Virrata Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
18.00

18 miles / 9:19 avg. from home to campus loops then north to cemetery loops, then worked my way to the shop (about mile 14) where i got some water and a bite of banana and shed my hat and jacket for the 4 miles back home. really pleased with how i felt for most of this run especially the last three miles which were mostly uphill and i felt a good surge of energy, running the last mile in 8:43. first long run in...years?

WT 63 miles

 

sixty-one

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 18.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles / recovery pace - pleased with how good the run felt today.

WT 64 miles

 

sixty-two

Steenbergers Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles of much needed rest today. iwaited out the storm and ran in the sun. slushy, breezy, and cold but much better than early this morning.

WT 53 miles

 

sixty-three

Virrata 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 for lunch / bird refuge - started off doing boardwalk loops but the boardwalk was covered in snow so after a couple of miles i moved onto the dirt parking lot and then the road as well. felt ok. still feeling the effect of sunday's run.

WT 55 miles

 

sixty-four

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 from work - 12 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave.

WT 55 miles

 

sixty-five

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles / from work - minority assbackwards loop. striders 10 miler tomorrow.

WT 55 miles

 

sixty-six

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
14.00

14 miles - 3 miles warm up. 10 miles striders winter race circuit (8:18 avg). 1 mile cool down. glad to have these first three races of this series behind me. the course is a real character builder. the half marathon and 30k are much flatter! looking forward to running these next two races. perhaps at or better than the pace i ran today. 

during my warm up i was in beaus park and ran a loop with a girl named Devra. she ended up winning overall womens race today. only beat me by 17 minutes - lol

WT 61 miles

 

sixty-seven

Steenbergers Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles easy. rio grande south. slow and tired today.

WT 47 miles

 

sixty-eight

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - park-n-ride loop. still tired...

WT 47 miles

 

sixty-nine

Virrata 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
12.00

12 miles - bluff trail from jensen park. felt a little better today - kept a real easy pace. my fastest miles was the last @8:19.

WT 56 miles

 

seventy

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 12.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:23 avg. from work - minority/whitesides/church loop. finally feel recovered from last week.

8:59, 8:47, 8:27, 8:15, 8:05, 8:47, 8:10, 8:28, 8:11, 7:49

WT 58 miles

 

seventy-one

Virrata 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / hill grind from home/all over north east streets. 9:15 avg.

WT 60 miles

 

seventy-two

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles from work - church/diamond loop.

WT 60 miles

 

seventy-three

Virrata 1 Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
16.00

10 miles / easy pace - from work - crestview/rite-aid/east rainbow/mortuary 8:57 avg.

pm - 6 miles from home/campus loops. 9:01 avg.

WT 62 miles

 

seventy-four

Virrata 2 Miles: 6.00Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
4.00

4 miles on the rio grande. good headwind from the south going out. temps in the upper 60's

wt 62 miles

 

seventy-five

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles from home - campustache/ cemetery loops. 

wt 63 miles

 

seventy-six

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles - from work/easy st.

WT 54 miles

 

seventy-seven

Virrata 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
22.00

22 miles / 8:58 avg. long run this morning. drove over to the relatively flat buffalo ranches trail in farmington and ran 6 loops (3.65ish miles each) plus a little out and back at the end to get 22. ideal weather with the temps around 45F at the start and 52F at the end of the run. this long run went as well as i could have hoped for. felt strong and energetic throughout the whole morning. the legs started breaking down around mile 18 but i knew i'd be fine extending the run because everything else was feeling good. just water and coffee before the run. my first water stop was after the third loop, about mile 11. a swig of water and a bite of banana. then i stopped for water and banana at the end of the next two loops. i also made two stops during the run to move some product. my fastest mile was my last @ 8:19. really good run in the "training for a marathon" scheme of things. 

WT 66 miles

 

seventy-eight

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 22.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles - from work easy st./minority loop.

WT 61 miles

 

seventy-nine

Virrata 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles easy from work/golden/church/etc. 6 x 30 second hill reps on golden ave. i went out this morning with the intention of running only two miles, i felt so worn down when i got up and i figured i was feeling wednesdays long run. once i got going though i started feeling much better as the run progressed which is something i know every runner relates to. still it feels really good to be recovering so well after each effort. i really want to push up the miles in april and so far things are looking good.

WT 62 miles

 

eighty

Virrata 1 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / 8:33 avg. from work - rio grande north out and back. after 4 miles i did 2 x 2 miles @ hm pace with an easy mile between. splits for miles 5, 6, 8, & 9 were 7:41, 7:29, 7:36, 7:35

WT 56 miles

 

eighty-one

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
10.00

10 miles / trail run! it's been a couple of years since i last did a real trail run, not counting last summers anomolous 15 miler at the Leadville Heavy Half. i ran on the shoreline trail north out of the kaysville wilderness park; the first 5 miles of the wasatch course and back. things have changed for the area since i was last there. super crowded parking lot, on a sunday even. used to be hardly anyone around especially on sundays. there is a bathroom facility built on site now too. since i now live less than 2 miles from the trailhead, i anticipate using the area frequently once i get past the ogden marathon and start focusing more on trail running again. my average pace today was 11:13 per mile! it took awhile to find my trail legs, but once i did i was having a blast out there. back to the roads tomorrow.

WT 62 miles

 

eighty-two

Virrata Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.00

5 miles from work - church/golden loop. really nice conditions the first four miles.50f, light rain, breezes and a little thunder here and there. quite peaceful. then in the last mile evrything got extreme quickly. gusty strong wind, thunder and lightning, and a soaking deluge of rain just beat down on top of me. since it was my last mile i was able to enjoy it. glad i didn't start the run any later.

WT 61 miles

 

eighty-three

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
13.00

13 miles / easy - from work - church/golden/rainbow/rite-aid/emerald/cherry/oakridge. lot's of hills on this route. my first 70 mile week in years.

WT 71 miles

 

eighty-four

 

Virrata 2 Miles: 13.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles - from work/minority loop.

WT 53 miles

 

eighty-five

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
3.00

3 miles. legs are shot and with the half coming up saturday i thought i'd better get some recovery/rest.

WT 51 miles

 

eighty-six

Virrata 2 Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles / easy. from work/church loop.

WT 51 miles

 

eighty-seven

Virrata 1 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Race: striders WRC half marathon (13.12 Miles) 01:42:19, Place overall: 102, Place in age division: 11
Total Distance
15.00

15 miles - striders winter race circuit half marathon. felt pretty good today. my time of 1:42:19 (7:48 avg) is a pr for me by 32 seconds over a half i ran three years ago. i don't know if it really counts as a pr though because todays course had a lot of downhill whereas the course from three years ago was pretty much flat. however i probably weigh a couple of more pounds now and i have aged 3 years so i'll call it a draw and hope to do better next time.  passed people throughout the run. faded the last few miles but still maintained. about a mile warmup and cooldown.

placed 102/867 (11.8%) overall, and11/44 (25%) old dudes.

7:54, 7:59, 7:51, 7:53, 7:37, 7:36, 7:31, 7:42, 7:54, 7:52, 7:48, 7:54, 7:54, .53 for the last .12

WT 56 miles

 

eighty-eight

Steenbergers Miles: 15.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles just ironing out the rough spots. rio grande - south and back. high noon.

WT 52 miles

 

eighty-nine

Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles on the roads around home.

WT 51 miles

 

ninety

 

Virrata 2 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
8.00

easy 8 from home - campustache/cemetery loops. still dragging. easy week and yardwork.

WT 46 miles

 

ninety-one

Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
253.00
Von Schrebels 4 Miles: 97.00Steenbergers Miles: 34.00Virrata 2 Miles: 52.00Pebblegripper 3 Miles: 43.00Virrata 1 Miles: 17.00Virrata Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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