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August 2009

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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
137.85
Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 32.00Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 64.35Asics 2130 (Red2) Miles: 21.00Saucony Guide Miles: 4.00
Total Distance
7.00

Hello everyone!  I am still alive and back running finally.  I read the book "Born to Run" and have really just enjoyed the running lately and not worried about my pace and how far I've gone.  My Garmin is currently collecting dust in my house and I am just worrying about making sure I start my Timex on time.

 I have been running anywhere from 3-20 miles a day over the last couple months.  It helped once cross country got started so I can run with my kids everyday (I have 40+ this year!)  I have been mostly doing a lot of trail running.  I am going to try a trail race sometime soon and see how I like it.  I hope everyone can forgive me for not blogging for a while.  Sorry!  I have missed all of you!

The great news about the last couple months is my wife Katey is pregant.  We are a expecting our first little girl in January!  I don't know if Katey really likes the name Prefontaina for a girl though.

 I ran 7 miles this afternoon with the cross country kids.  We did 2 meat grinders up Webb Hill.  The team did well expect I lost my lunch after the first one.  Oh well!


Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
4.00

4 miles with the cross country team.

It went nice and easy because we have the meet tomorrow.

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
16.80

Nice long run this morning with Clyde and Paul H.  I had to hit the last couple miles hard so I could get to work on time.  Only if I didn't have a job and could run all day?  Felt really good this morning.  I am thinking of doing St. George with Clyde as a training run to pace anyone to shoot for under 3 hours.  We are serious about doing this!

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 16.80
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles in the hot afternoon with the cross country team.  I am trying to get the boys to run in a pack more and push each other.  It is a work in progress.

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
3.00

Another hot day.  Close to 110 degrees when we started running.  It was a nice 3 mile run with the cross country team to shake the legs out.

Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 3.00
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Total Distance
21.00

Today was a breakthrough run for me.  I am looking at doing more trail races to see if I would like to do them.  I was planning on doing 3 hours out on the trails with the wildman, Kamm Davis.  

We started over by the Jacob Hamblin home and did 1 hour loops on the trails by the Santa Clara River.  We would come back each hour and refuel so we could go out for another loop.  I was curious to see how I felt.  This was one of the funnest runs I have done in a long time.  It was really peaceful and quiet since it was just Kamm and me out on the trails.  I didn't wear my Garmin so I didn't worry about my pace at all.  

I am really excited to keep training on the trails and see how a race goes.  My legs were a little sore afterwards but I think I will survive.  The only casualty I had was that I got sunburned on my back pretty good. 

The leg felt good so I will see how everything goes as I slowly started putting in more miles.  This was probably the best week of running I've had all year.  To bad it is already August!  Enjoyed spending time talking and running with Kamm though.

Asics 2130 (Red2) Miles: 21.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles with some of the girls on the cross country team this afternoon.  We did some 2 minute pickups in the middle and it felt good to get the girls really moving.

Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
15.00

7 miles with the 2nd group of boys today.  It was another hot one but it was fun pushing them a little bit.

Another 8 miles out on the trails by the high school with Kamm.  It was really hilly but we did about 10 minutes worth of pickups which wasn't too easy with the amount of hills we were dealing with.  It is always quite fun running with him.  Their is never a dull moment.

Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 15.00
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Total Distance
6.00

6 miles this afternoon with the kids.  We ran out into the desert for a nice warmup and then did hills at Hidden Valley Park.  Loads of fun and the kids pushed really hard today which made me happy.

 I was planning on running this morning but I wasn't feeling 100% (kind of sick).

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
20.40

15.40 miles in the morning.

5 miles in the afternoon.

I ran with Clyde this morning from his house and then around towards Pine View and then back on the trail.  The temperature felt great as we ran along the river.  It was good conversation and lots of fun.  The leg felt good and I was happy to get out this morning.

Another easy 5 miles with the cross country girls this afternoon.  First double in a long time.  Yeah!

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 20.40
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Total Distance
4.00

4 easy miles with some of the cross country kids due to our meet tomorrow in Cedar.  Nothing exciting to report.

Saucony Guide Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
16.50

I woke up early and ran with Paul H. and Clyde this morning down the marathon course.  We had a few guys show up late so we ended up having to push the pace faster than I really wanted to go.  I needed to get back for the high school cross country race so we stopped the car, touched our toes once and then we were off.

We were around 6:30ish/mile pace for the first couple miles and then slowly picked it up.  Paul H. did a great job running with us today.  With just under 5 miles to go Clyde started to lay the hammer down and chew up the course a bit.  I pushed it but am wanting to not overdo anything right now.  

I got done and averaged just about 6:25/mile overall.  My quads were a little tight but that was most likely due to not having a ton of miles in the legs just yet.  I am slowly feeling better each day the leg has responded quite nicely.

 I made it just in time to get on the bus for the meet and I ended up stretching for most of the ride up to Cedar.  I did a .50 shuffle around the course to see my kids run.  Nice end to the week. 

I will try and throw in a few more doubles next week and keep the mileage right around 70 again for next week.

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Total Distance
10.15

7 miles with the cross country team in the afternoon.  We did some nice pickups on the track.  I then went and did 3 more miles on the treadmill at the high school since it was so blasted hot outside.  I slowly moved the pace up to under 6:00/mile.  It felt good to get the legs moving.  Little cool down after wards.  

 Not a bad start to the week.

Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 10.15
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Total Distance
137.85
Asics DS Trainer 12 (2) Miles: 32.00Asics 2130 (BLUE) Miles: 64.35Asics 2130 (Red2) Miles: 21.00Saucony Guide Miles: 4.00
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