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Salt Lake 10 Miler

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Location:

Boise,Id,

Member Since:

Jan 30, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2:23 at St. George in 2004

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lower PR to an acceptable level

Long-Term Running Goals:

Win a marathon with enough cushion to run across the line with my kids

Personal:

Married with three children and one wife.

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U of U track @ East High

1 mile warmup, 1 mile strides, 800 m @ pace, 800 cldn 

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Race: Salt Lake 10 Miler (10 Miles) 00:53:45, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
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Warmed up with Chris. The goal was to run controlled over Little Mountain then fast but relaxed for the next few miles. I wanted to pick it up the last 3 miles if I felt good.

Started with Chris with Albert in front of us. A bandit ran past us then took the lead. The bandit had a good lead over Little Mountain. I ran a little too controlled, 12:30 for the first two miles. I decided to open my stride for the next few miles. 5:04, 4:42. I was surprised that I ran that fast for the fourth mile in training shoes. I started to feel my feet but not plantar. Instead my feet were getting warm because I tied them too tight. I held a steady pace to the end. My biggest goal for the day was to stay healthy and not concern myself with time or place. At 8 miles the bandit came out of a porta-potty about 10 seconds ahead of me. I caught him about 30 meters before the line. He let himself get caught. Albert came in 48 seconds later followed by Chad, Chris, Darrell, and Brad. Not a bad result for WRC.

It was good to race again.

15:41
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6:49
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5:04
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4:42
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4:55
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5:10
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5:31
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5:17
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5:18
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5:14


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Biked with kids in PC.

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Biked Emigration early.  My body was asleep until the base of the canyon.  Then I was passed by a commuter.  Pride is a dangerous thing.  Too much and you self destruct, too little and you never make it out the door.  I picked it up and had a good ride.  18

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Glenwild trail, PC.  Very easy.  My calves were tight but okay.  My left hip was barking pretty good.

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My hip was very sore.  Going camping for the next few days.

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My hip loosened up some on the run.  I just wanted to get loose then shut it down.

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Parley's loop, easy, am.  This was my first run in nearly a week.  I spent the last few days hiking in Olympic National Park.  Thursday I flew and drove to the park with Tim and Paul.  Friday we hiked to the beach and explored tidal pools (9+ miles).  Then we drove to the Hoh River Campground.  Saturday we hiked 13.3 miles to campsite 13.3 through old growth rain forest and set up a base camp.  Sunday we made our way to Blue Glacier (12+ miles).  We only saw two hikers on Sunday and none on the glacier.  Monday we hiked out and drove to Seattle.  I came home yesterday.  I'm pretty tired but the trip was great.

I didn't feel any of the nagging aches that have kept me running short and slow for the last month today.  Maybe I'll be able to string together a few weeks of easy running to buffer my body for better training later this summer.

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Treadmill, pm, easy.  The treadmill was a necessary evil today.  Between our anniversary trip, a kid birthday party, Amy's work, and an ice cream social tonight there wasn't any daylight to run in.  53 minutes.

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Footbridge, easy, am.  We are going camping later today.  I'm glad to have gotten something in.

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