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Location:

Saint George,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

15:28 5K, 31:25 10K, 1:07:11 Half-Marathon, 2:21:45 Marathon, 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials - DNF = bummer!, 50k - 3:59:03, 50 mile - 7:56:00

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 1:10 half by the summer.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running and fight off heart disease or diabetes that has been passed on for many generations. Try and break the cycle.

Personal:

I am currently 39 years old. I have a 11 year old girl, Norah, a 9 year old boy, Oliver, and a 6 year old girl, Myla, who are wonderful. I am a SPED Teacher at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. I also coach the cross country and track teams at Desert Hills High.

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Saucony Type A (2) Lifetime Miles: 63.00
Nike Pegasus 35 (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 366.75
Nike Pegasus 34 Lifetime Miles: 562.95
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral Lifetime Miles: 611.90
Nike Pegasus 34 Coral 2 Lifetime Miles: 308.95
Asics DS Trainer 24 Lifetime Miles: 77.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue Lifetime Miles: 336.05
Hoka Clifton 7 Black Lifetime Miles: 435.55
Hoka Carbon X Lifetime Miles: 263.50
New Balance Fresh Foam Trail Lifetime Miles: 97.50
Hoka Clifton 7 Blue (2) Lifetime Miles: 459.15
Hoka Clifton 7 - Gray Lifetime Miles: 341.00
Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 134.80
Saucony Kinvara (new) Lifetime Miles: 36.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 111.75
Brooks Launch 8 Lifetime Miles: 96.75
Total Distance
317.10
Brooks Cascadia Miles: 93.90Asics GT-2000 Miles: 47.55Brooks PureGryt Miles: 17.50Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 108.00Saucony A2 Blue (1) Miles: 27.20Nike Pegasus Miles: 12.00Brooks Launch (2012) Miles: 7.00
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Was up until 4am this morning from working the aid station. Got a little bit of sleep and then ended up driving home. Plain tired so I didn't get my run in this afternoon. I slept instead to catch back up.

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12.00

First day of cross country! Great turnout for the first day. Loads of kids so it should be an exciting year. Did almost 6 miles out on the trails.

Relaxed and spent the day with the kids. Ran out along the Snow Canyon Parkway in the heat of the afternoon. Slight breeze helped but it was still really hot.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 5.75Asics GT-2000 Miles: 6.25
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Total Distance
11.25

Second day of cross country! Ran on the trails with the girls today. They should have an incredible year if everyone stays healthy. I am very excited about this. Just over 5 miles easy.

Took care of some errands today so I ended up doing my track workout a touch later in the evening. I went to Snow Canyon High School and did a 1 mile warm up and then 2 x 2 miles with 5 minute rest in between. I hit 5:42, 5:35, 5:27, and 5:29 for my miles. Decent splits so I was happy with that. Did a 1 mile cool down after wards. 

Brooks PureGryt Miles: 5.25Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
15.20

Big boy run this morning with the crew. Loads of fun again except Clyde continues to swerve. That is his new nickname "Swerve." Kept it nice and relaxed.

Ran another 5 miles at practice on the trails behind the school. Still have quite a big group coming out. I am excited for the year.

Brooks PureGryt Miles: 5.00Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 10.20
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3.50

Nice and easy run with some of the girls today out on the trails.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 3.50
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3.75

Another easy run on the trails behind the school with some of the girls. Feeling okay about tomorrow. 

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 3.75
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Race: Utah Valley Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:37:36, Place overall: 4
Total Distance
27.20

Adam Wende emailed a few months ago and asked if I wanted to do a relay team (Flying Squirrels - you need to ask Adam about the story) for his last hurrah before he leaves Utah. I have not been doing my regular training due to graduate school but I have done a few races over the last couple years. I knew I needed something to kick me in the pants to get going again. I decided to do this race and see how everything goes. I didn't have any goal times but I just wanted to race smart and see what happens.

We had a great night last night eating dinner with Steve and his family along with Adam and his family. Great conversation and everyone was relaxed. I ended up playing pool with Adam for a little and just talked about his job and lots of other great stuff. It had been 5 years since I saw him last. Way too long!

Slept pretty good and then got on the bus at 3am. I thought I would be more tired but I actually felt alright. The temps were fairly cool once we got off the bus but it warmed up as we got started. My plan was to keep it nice and relaxed the first 8 miles, work up the bigger hill, and then maintain through the canyon with all of the rollers. The race started and I was in 5th place overall with Walter and Seth in front of me and then Bryant (who killed the course today) and some Kenyan guy. I didn't look at my watch at all. I worked closer to Walter each mile and caught him by mile 8. I worked up the hill and knew he was just behind me. Once the downhill started again we ran together until the halfway mark. We hit the half at 1:17. Not where I wanted to be but was still happy with how I was feeling. I started to pick it up a touch and Walter dropped from me. At mile 16, my left hamstring tightened up and I was a little concerned. I almost stopped to stretch but just slowed the pace down and it ended up lingering but was not terrible. I was sitting comfortably in 4th place overall and decided to just run for place. I felt fine aerobically but had nothing anaerobically. No fast turnover in the legs. That is due to the lack of speed work I have done. I started catching half marathon runners at mile 17 and just weaved my way through them all the way to the finish. I pushed the last little bit and finished in just over 2:37. The time could have been better but I was stoked to take 4th place overall and win $300. It was cool because our relay team (Flying Squirrels) took 1st place overall. 

Happy to not stress about splits and just run for the enjoyment of it. Great job to Steve, Adam, Walter, James and Amber G. (won the race with a 2:51). Good to be back again.

I realized how fun it was to run a marathon again. I haven't "raced" a marathon since the fall of 2010. That is too long. I am encouraged to see what I can do now for St. George.

SUMMER OF TRAINING! 

Saucony A2 Blue (1) Miles: 27.20
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Total Distance
12.00

6 easy miles on the trails today. We did some weights and plyometrics before practice.

6 more miles later in the evening. The sun was down but it was still 90+ degrees. The wind helped but it was still hot. Legs were still a little sore today.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 6.00Nike Pegasus Miles: 6.00
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14.00

Did our first Adventure Run of the year. We went south of the Southern Parkway and ran the trails towards the backside of Little Black Mtn. It was a good little run. Very happy with how the kids did. Just building capillaries right now. Going back and picking up kids helped me get to 10 miles for the morning. 

I think I will try a little speed workout this afternoon/evening.

I got to the track later than I wanted to. I ended up doing a mile warm up, 4x400m and then another mile cool down. 1:17, 1:14, 1:13, and 1:12 were the splits. Nothing exciting but needed to break up the junk in my legs.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 10.00Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
16.00

Usual Wednesday morning run with the guys. Felt good but the temps were quite warm. 70+ at 5:15am is too warm. Oh well. The joys of living in St. George. Legs are coming around again.

Resistance band and plyometrics before practice. 6 more miles on the trails with some of the boys for practice. Nice and relaxed. Glad to be done for the day.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 6.00Asics GT-2000 Miles: 10.00
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Total Distance
12.10

6 miles on the trails with the girls. I don't have a ton of them but the few who I do have are running very well right now. I am really working with them on running as a pack and they are finally getting it.

Decided to do a 3 mile tempo today within a shorter run this afternoon. It was pretty windy and very hot. When I started at 4:30 the temperature was 100 degrees. I did a 1.5 mile warm up and then my 3 mile tempo. The goal was to average at least 5:30/mile. I hit 5:23, 5:25, and 5:41 for 5:30/mile overall. The heat and wind were getting to me the last one and soon as I finished I chucked my sandwich and fluids from lunch. The joys of doing faster stuff in the heat. Oh well. Cooled down and got lots of fluids back at the truck. Happy with this workout. Will continue to work up each week.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 6.00Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 6.10
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Total Distance
6.25

Ran with the boys on the trails out towards Sunriver. Resistance band training before practice. Another great week with the team. I will relax this afternoon and look forward to running with the lads tomorrow.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 6.25
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Total Distance
20.00

Logan's Loop today from my house to the west side of town. Not an easy loop but I introduced it to the Circle. Fair amount of climbing and extremely honest route. I was glad to see the guys willing to do a 5 mile tempo in the middle. My splits were 5:38, 5:29, 5:27, 5:34, and 5:46. Little bit of climbing for the last little bit and plus I was just tired. Decent little section and happy to get it in. Slowly things are starting to come back together. Took a good nap after wards. Yeah!

Great week for me coming off the half marathon! Just need to keep it rolling.

Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 20.00
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Total Distance
12.25

Ran 7.75 miles with the boys around Coach Thatcher's house. This group continues to impress me more and more each day.

4.5 miles pushing Norah in the jogging stroller over to the splash pad this afternoon. Boy was it hot! 

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 7.75Asics GT-2000 Miles: 4.50
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Total Distance
15.10

9.6 miles off of Navajo Dr. in Bloomington. Great run and happy with how the team did. Lots of good stuff.

Had lots of stuff going on today and actually went scorpion hunting in Stone Cliff. 81 scorpions taken care of!

I finished reading a running book about the most famous runner ever, Quentin Cassidy, and decided to follow his example and still get in my speed work out. The time is irrelevant but it was late. I did a mile warm up and then 4x1600m on the track. My times were 5:27, 5:20, 5:11, 5:09. It was pretty windy for the first one and I also forgot to clear the track. I ended up running around a soccer goal and dummy sled for football. That cost me some time. Oh well! Solid workout after a long day.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 9.60Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 5.50
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Total Distance
17.50

Another great run with the lads this morning. We were minus Dave and he sure missed out on an eventful run. As we made our way down River Rd., we came upon a Western Family version of a lion in the middle of the road. It wasn't quite sure what to do and ended up running right in front of a large truck. Poor little Western Family version of a lion. We all had a moment of silence and that seemed to help. It was really sad. 11.7 miles since Clyde and I ran a little before Bill and Steve showed up. Nice and easy.

Ran another 5.8 miles with the girls today on the trails by Coach Thatcher's house. Loads of fun and great conversation. I am cautiously optimistic of how well the girls can do this year.

Glad to be done for the day. A nap is in store for me!

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 5.80Asics GT-2000 Miles: 11.70
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Total Distance
15.65

Easy run on the trails behind the school with the kids this morning. Tacked on a little more at the kids club. Good morning for running. 7.25 miles total.

Katey had something going on later this evening so I couldn't run with the guys. I ended up doing my workout in the heat of the afternoon. Yeah! I warmed up over towards the Bloomington Loop and then came back towards River Rd. for a 4 mile tempo. I hit 5:26, 5:25, 5:24, and 5:36. I averaged 5:28/mile. Happy with that. The last mile wasn't great but it was windy and hot. Ended up chucking with lunch for the second week in a row. Yikes! Cooled down back to the car and ran into Bill and Dustin. It was good talking with them for a little bit. 

Brooks PureGryt Miles: 7.25Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 8.45
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Total Distance
6.00

6 easy trail miles with the boys this morning. Can't wait to start some workouts with the kids next week. They are ready for it. 

Relaxed the rest of the day with the family.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
15.25

Met up with the guys and ran from Veyo Hill to the church down the marathon course. I was planning on going longer but I needed to get back so Katey could go on her run. 

We "eased" into it pretty quick. I just kept the first 8-9 miles easy and then had to take a pit stop at Snow Canyon. Yeah. I then hit 6 solid miles for some fast miles. 5:13, 5:20, 5:15, 5:10, 5:16, 5:04 for the 6 fast miles and ended up averaging 6:12/mile for the whole run. Great run for me to end the week. I am happy to finally be hitting some decent workouts the last couple weeks. Hopefully I can get it rolling throughout the summer.

Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 15.25
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Total Distance
16.50

Solid 10.5 miles with the boys this morning. I ended up going a little longer due to picking up one or two who were a little behind. Solid run for a Monday. Boys are looking strong right now.

6 more easy miles this afternoon over to Santa Clara and back. Ran by the old house which was kind of weird. No watch.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 10.50Nike Pegasus Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
14.25

 7 miles with the team this morning. We did our warm up and cool down on the trails and ended up playing on Webb Hill today doing some hill repeats. Great stuff from the team.

7.25 miles early evening. Went to the track on a cold day (93 degrees) and did a 1.25 mile warm up with some strides and agility drills and then did 5x1600m. Hit 5:19, 5:15, 5:06, 5:11, 5:13. Felt pretty good and ended up not chucking tonight so that was encouraging. Did a barefoot cool down on the turf. Another solid workout in the books.

Brooks Launch (2012) Miles: 7.00Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 7.25
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Total Distance
17.10

Fun run with the lads this morning + Tyson. Great kid! Felt a little tired this morning but it was an overall pretty decent run. Good to get some decent mileage in.

7 more miles at practice today on the trails. Lots of easy mileage today. Yeah. Good first couple days of the week.

Brooks Cascadia Miles: 7.00Asics GT-2000 Miles: 10.10
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Total Distance
12.25

Only did 2 miles on the team's warm up because we had our Vo2 max test today. 

Met up with Steve at his house around 7pm. I knew the weather was going to be hot. It ended up being 110! We did a little warm up and then attempted some tempo miles. I did the first two okay and then started dry heaving on the third mile. Ended up throwing up again this week. Three weeks in a row. Stopped at all the water spots. New rule. No tempo if the temperature is over 110 degrees. 10.25 miles total. Live and learn. 

Asics GT-2000 Miles: 2.00Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 10.25
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Total Distance
7.00

Had practice at Bloomington Hills North Park. We ran the region course and then did some barefoot miles. My legs needed it today. Nice and soggy grass plus how humid it was made me sweat quite a bunch. 

Now I get to travel up to Provo today for Katey's 8k trail race tomorrow. Love riding in the car! 

Asics GT-2000 Miles: 3.00
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15.00

Stayed up way too late last night talking with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Provo. We are up here because Katey did an 8k trail race. She rocked it out and did awesome. It started and finished at Big Springs Park up Provo Canyon so it was fun getting up to some beautiful country. The kids and I watched Katey come in and then I ran back to their house (it is near Rock Canyon). 

It was pretty dang hot once I started running around 10:00am. I warmed up to Vivian Park and stopped for a potty break. I decided to hit a 3 mile tempo along the trail and see how it would feel. I hit 5:28, 5:18, and 5:26. Not bad considering the temps were really hot. As I was running on the trail, I had a guy on a bike yell at me, "Stay in the runner's lane buddy!" I went around some people and apparently went in the bike lane. I was fired up and was really glad he was going in the opposite direction. Bikers drive me crazy!

I stopped to get some water at Nuuns Park and then kept going. I felt like I needed to hammer one more mile so I hopped back on the trail and hit a 5:01 mile. It has been a while since the legs have gone that fast. It actually felt pretty good. 

I kept it on cruise control back to the house and ended up averaging 6:40/mile for the 15 miles. Not a bad way to end the week. Now we travel farther up north to Logan for a few days and then to Huntsville. Should be a fun week with family! 

Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 15.00
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Total Distance
317.10
Brooks Cascadia Miles: 93.90Asics GT-2000 Miles: 47.55Brooks PureGryt Miles: 17.50Asics Gel-Lyte Miles: 108.00Saucony A2 Blue (1) Miles: 27.20Nike Pegasus Miles: 12.00Brooks Launch (2012) Miles: 7.00
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