| Member Since: Oct 28, 2014 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: Had an enjoyable HS career running for Mountain View was a part of the 2003 XC National Championship team.
Loved running in College won one conference championship in the indoor 3k and was 2nd in XC conference (probably my best race) and finished 50th at Mountain regionals in XC. Like most competitive runners never felt like I maxed out but have lots of great memories and made a lot of great friends.
800m - 1:54
1 mile - 4:09
5k - 15:14 Short-Term Running Goals: Take a crack at a marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Enjoy the Grind and stay fit Personal: Married with two little ones who are also my training partners! Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 123.50 | 96.00 | 219.50 |
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| On the treadmill 2 mile warm up then 6:30 pace for 5 miles.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 after work with Molly couldn't get Eve to come along
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7 miles on Mozingo Lake (7 Miles) 00:42:52, Place overall: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 7.00 | 9.00 |
| First post here we go! Got to give credit for T Bake for getting me on here he is a good man and a good friend.
I have been running 3 times a week hitting between 5-7 miles a day this summer mostly baby jogger miles. Saw there was a trail run nearby and figured I had to jump in to honor the XC season and relive some old memories. The race day was gorgeous heavy fog on the drive out to the course and the autumn colors in their prime. The course itself was grass path cut into rolling prairie hills heavy with dew. The sun had just started to cut through the fog when the gun went off. During an easy 2 mile warm up realized the course was very soggy and muddy in places. Saw one guy in compression shorts that was trim and fit figured it would be between the two of us.
I eased into a steady pace up the first hill not trying to push it probing my competition. As with any road race you just don't know who is going to show up and I was not in great shape with my longest runs being ~7 miles @ 6:30 pace. I was hoping to hold something like that and see if it was enough. I started to get separation without straining and got a shot of racing adrenaline and started to push a little. Soon it was just the sound of my breathing and soft foot fall on the wet grass. This course didn't have 100m of flat anywhere all up or down with lots of 90 to 180 turns. Just got into a good rhythm and let my mind go numb. Never really saw anyone I caught a few 5k walkers. Felt good to feel the sweat drip in my eyes. It was fun to get the win found out the runner-up coaches the HS team in Maryville and had run in college a little and was just getting back into it. This race was everything I love about running (except for the team/partner aspect) great weather, course and felt the blissful rush of a runner's high. Made for a great rest of the day! The race rekindled my desire to take a shot at the Maryville Marathon next June hoping to build up to 60 miles a week and will need this log/blog to keep me motivated. Thanks to Sasha for creating this site.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Easy shake the legs out run. Nice nippy weather.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 miles with the jog stroller it was cold out and they wanted to head home...retry in the morning :)
Did get abs and upper body conditioning in.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| Raining outside and 40ish so hit up the tread for a quick 5 miler go into low 6's for the last 3 miles or about my goal for the marathon.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Put in an hour of moderate running with the jog stroller. My mom just got me the weather shield for the stroller and it keeps the girls nice and toasty plus cuts down a bit on the wind drag. Figure I got about 8 miles.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Started the day and week off right with a good 50 min run with the girls. Felt really relaxed. It was mid 50's and the extra light was great from daylight savings. Still feeling really motivated for the marathon we will see where I am at in 3 months :)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Hit 45 min this AM with jog stroller a little faster pace than usual. Feeling good.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| I really shouldn't even log this but I had a lot of fun getting this mile in. Ran it with the scouts they are doing there physical fitness test and I paced them because my best boy stops to walk and then sprints and was running in lane 2 for the first lap. I paced him to a 7:30ish mile.
Did abs at work during lunch with light upper body and then repeat with the scouts. If there was a climbing gym here I would be really tempted to get into rock climbing a few times a week.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| Got up a little earlier than usual and went solo. Was near marathon pace for the bulk of the run. All I can say is doing that 3 more times in a row is going to hurt! Good thing I got 7 months.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Got a nice long run in did my opening loop that is 7.2 miles with the girls and then hit another 2.3 at hard effort finished in ~65. Good overall week to really launch the marathon campaign. Hoping to stay 30-35 miles this month. Bump up 5-10 per month while keeping good intestity. Want to be at 60-70 for 1-2 months before the marathon with 18-20 mile long run. A lot of work yet to go.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Really didn't want to get out of bed but it is the last day of nice weather for at least a week as we are having an artic blast come through which will drop temps by 20-30 degrees. I'm handling 40 degrees fine but it is not going to happen in the teens right now. Lots of treadmill the rest of the week. Calves are feeling it from Saturday but didn't hinder me today. That is what blew up on me in my half marathon so need to get them stronger.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Had the alarm set to beat the girls up and get most of the run done while they were asleep but they got up around 6. After getting sippies filled snuck downstairs and cranked out 8 miles. After a slow 2 mile warm up got down to averaging 6:45's. After the good sweat weighed in at 151.5. Have been steady at 154-155 Hope to drop down to 150ish by time the marathon goes down. Still trying to wrap my mind around just how long the marathon is...
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| Legs feeling great glad for a day off I'll enjoy it while it lasts soon it will be 6 days of running. Need to build up comfortably.
Logging ab workout to track progression
Sit-ups 50, Side crunches 40, Leg lifts 40, side 30, plank 1 min, bicycle 45
Pull-ups and push-ups
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 |
| Up at 5 not tired not sure why?! Decided to try a newer staple workout the treadmill tempo. 2 mile warm up nice and easy ~15:45 Then started at 7 min pace and increased the speed by 1/10th every half mile eventually getting down to sub 6 min pace for the last half mile. Goal was to stay relaxed for as long as possible listening to some Enya. Felt great through 5 didn't really start to work hard until about 6:18 pace at about 8 miles. Legs feeling recovered. I would love to get to where I can start at 6 min pace and work down to 5 min pace making a 10 mile tempo but not until late winter. Girls slept through the noise which is a plus.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Ran 70 min in a blizzard! We got 2 inches of snow took the girls they had a good time and stayed nice and toasty. The roads were pretty slick and without a lot of traction it was a pretty controlled effort.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
| It was all of 7 degrees outside with ice on the roads so more treadmill. Wanted to get 10 but was bushed so cut it short at 7 averaged 6:45's. I tanked yesterday the girls were up at 4 am and by time my alarm went off it just wasn't happening.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Bad running week was up yesterday to go but my foot was killing me couldn't put weight on it. I tweaked it ~2 months ago playing raquetball but hadn't had a problem with it for awhile. I canned the run but 15-20 min later it was pain free. Kind of odd but finished off a poor week. Hopefully get 10 tomorrow and start stronger next week.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Just tried to scavange something from the week
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Getting back on track
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
| No local turkey trot so figured I would do something a little quicker today. 2 mile warm up and then averaged lower 6's. Ham-string a little tight at first but loosened up well. Nice to have the day off.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Just normal loop getting some miles. Great weather actually a little warm got a good sweat going. Not super consistent re-thinking the insanity of doing 60+ mile weeks just not sure it is going to happen but loving running just the same.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Felt nice and easy but motivation suffering some...
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Felt good just got up to late to get more miles in.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Cool day but getting use to the mid 30's. Another salvage week but the body feels really good.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Up in time to run but had that foot pain again. 15-20 min. later it was gone. If it happens again I will see if I can run through it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Another treadmill tempo a little faster but didn't get the full 10 miles in due to time. Felt pretty good. Hopefully can build a decent level of fitness for when warmer weather arrives. 6 min miles feels a little fast on the treadmill I need to get comfortable at that pace.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 |
| Freakishly warm this morning was about 50 degrees so ventured outside in shorts and t-shirt felt good to be in the open air. Body feels okay just need consistency.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Just trying to keep things going nice and easy 7 min pace
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 avg 7 min pace
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 at ~7 min pace
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 4.00 | 6.00 |
| Haven't been hitting it very hard with family out last week, cold weather and it being so dark. Body felt great after 2 mile warm up avg 6:30's and felt easy could of gone 10 if I had the time. Still not super ambitious but want to stay in decent shape so when it warms up I will have an okay base if I want to do anything with it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 123.50 | 96.00 | 219.50 |
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