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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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Race: Salt Lake Running Company 5k 00:17:29
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.903.100.000.0021.00

It was a 5:00 am wake up today, in order to get out of the house by 6:20 am to jog 3.4 miles down to the Salt Lake Running Company for Fun Run 5k.   This was the summer version of this race sponsored by New Balance and the registration was free (just have to be one of the first 750 to register online when registration opens).  I also competed in the spring version of this free 5k race which was sponsored by Nike.  After picking up my sweet florescent lime green shirt (the women runners received florescent pink), I headed down to the starting line which was around 2400 South and 600 East.  I love this course in that it’s just a nice and flat 5 out to Liberty Park and back.  Consequently, it is a great course to get a true 5k time on.

Just after 7:00 am, we were off.  I was in the lead pack for the first half mile talking to my SLRC buddy Adam who totally had the Pre look going on.  Then everyone seemed to drop off.  As a result, SPRC owner, Guy Perry (it was great to finally meet him), paced me for the rest of the race on his fancy cruising bike that had pink rims.  With the exception the Running of the Leopards 5ks (which is a straight downhill course), in the hand full of 5ks that I have run since I started running marathons and all my 5ks in high school, I had actually never run a sub-18:00 3.1-miler.  I knew I just need to be healthy and have a flat course to do this because I have been running just under 18:00 for three miles on some of my treadmill workouts.  So it all came together today and with a really aggressive push toward the finish mile I finished with a 17:29.  My splits were: 5:28, 5:41: 5:47, and 0:33.  It felt great!

After touching base with a number of my running friends (Amy, Eric, Rob, Elizabeth, Adam, and BJ just to name a few).  I ran to The Gateway shopping center then back (on the way, meeting up with my friend Lisa at Liberty Park to jog down to 3300 South together) to home for a total of 14.5 miles at an easy pace.

My daily non-running workout consisted of 300 sit-ups.

Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 30 second plank and side planks

Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge:  a serving of mixed fruit

Night Sleep Time: 5.67Nap Time: 0.17Total Sleep Time: 5.83
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