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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Hood to Coast 2011 (31:32:39)

Wasatch Back 2011 (31:08:54)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZeUjUmr-o

Wasatch Back 2010 (30:21:29)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaoleQmhjoA

Wasatch Back 2009 (31:01:17)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBm5Bz2sp8

Wasatch Back 2008 (29:14:47)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yErvZKrPxGQ

Boston Marthon 2008 (3:07:55)

Deseret News Marathon 2011 (2:39:50)

Deseret News Marathon 2010 (2:40:14)

Salt Lake City Marathon 2010 (2:49:28)

Philadelphia Marathon 2009 (2:50:58)

Fight for Air Climb 2011: 31 climbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC7VrGf8oUU

Short-Term Running Goals:

To run as a member of Shoulda Bought Puts: Team of Sams for the 2011 Wasatch Back!

 

To have fun running three marathons (Salt Lake, D-News, and NYC Marathon) and a trail race (probably the XTERRA Trail Running National Championship) in 2011

 

To improve my agility/balance

 

To take constructive steps to eat healthier

 

To get more quality sleep

Long-Term Running Goals:

To increase my overall strength and conditioning

To return to Hopkinton for the Boston Marathon

To freshen up on my French to run the Paris Marathon

Personal:

Hobbies are studying for the CFA exam and recycling

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.900.000.000.0010.90

After a really long run yesterday, my plan was to keep this run short compared to my other Sunday morning workouts.  As a result, I headed out into the cold morning air and tried running off the soreness in my legs by going up to Olympus High School.  I then ran miles 10-16 on the Salt Lake Marathon Course before retuning to home.  In total, I was able to get in 10.9 miles at a 7:55 pace (the good news is that my last three full miles were the fastest with the following splits: 6:58, 6:53, and 7:17).  By the way, I run this route all the time and today every incline seem brutally steep. 

With this shorter run, I was able to watch the Sunday-morning news shows while getting in my non-running routine of 300 sit-ups, 30 push-ups, 10 metronomes, and a 100-second wall sit.  In addition, I was able to get in a short 3.5-mile bike ride in the afternoon to the store and back.

5-minute Plank Challenge:  2:00 (building up to another run at 2:40)

Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Daily Challenge:  banana, oatmeal mush (terrible), and a salad

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.17Total Sleep Time: 9.17
Comments
From Benn Griffin on Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 18:26:54 from 96.240.205.171

What is the trying to go out of your way challenge about? I need this! I want to be under 200 ASAP. It's so hard though because I'm always hungry!

From Rossy on Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 22:40:08 from 67.106.48.91

Hey Benn! Just another challenge to force myself into doing something that I find difficult; that is, having to write down my plank time seems to be working so far; therefore, I figured I should try the same approach to force myself to eat healthy. I really run like what I eat having found a strong correlation between eating junk food and my poor training runs. So I'm hoping that if I make a genuine effort (i.e., I'm pretty lazy, so I end up eating what is most convenient which is usually unhealthy food) to eat more fruits and veggies along with natural protein, the quality of my training will increase. You should join in on the fun! By the way, if you get below 200 to your goal weight (in other words, your fighting weight) you are going to be just tearing up the trails!

From Burt on Sun, Jan 02, 2011 at 23:18:11 from 72.223.84.236

I like this way of keeping yourself accountable Rossy. That's why I blogged and facebooked my P90X everyday.

Benn - you just got married. It may be years before you see anything under 200 again. LOL!

From Rossy on Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 09:55:51 from 167.138.234.16

Too funny Burt! Yeah, I'm just trying to follow your P90X example.

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