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SLC,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

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Running Accomplishments:

PR Table and Notable Races

Marathon:
2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)

Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

All race results:
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
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16.500.000.00

AM - 16.5 mi. Started at East High track and ran up Emigration Canyon. Easy (7:05 pace) on the way up, then came back down quicker (5:27 pace). Wanted to get my legs used to a little more downhill pounding. Was actually surprised I was running sub 5:30 pace b/c it felt a lot easier. That's a good thing! I think my downhill running form is getting a lot smoother.

Today marks the end of a streak for me. I count my weekly mileage starting on Monday and ending on Sunday... for the previous 27 weeks (starting November 15th), I haven't run less than 100 miles (GRAPH). The average for those 27 weeks was 124 miles / week. (This week I'm at 95 and I'm not running again today... and I'll cut back quite a bit more in the next 12 days). This is pretty incredible if you knew my injury history from 2003-2008... I don't think I was ever able to run triple digits for more than 3-4 weeks w/out something going wrong. 

So no matter what happens at UVM, I've already accomplished what I set out to do... I got myself back in the game. After falling below expectations in college, and then not even running a single race from summer 2008 until 4 months ago (and running maybe 45 mpw during that time), I've gotten myself back to a competitive level, I'm totally healthy, and I love running more than I ever have (but I'm not obsessed with it like I used to be). I have a much better balance in my life these days (and Andrea gets 99% of the credit for that!). My next 5-10 years will be my best years of running... I truly believe that.

Comments
From Fritz on Sun, May 29, 2011 at 22:21:06 from 67.182.226.25

That's an amazing streak! Some day I will do my first week over 100 let along 27 in a row. :) Good luck at UVM.

From Scott Wesemann on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 13:53:11 from 75.162.67.166

Those are some incredible numbers that I really can't even comprehend. Nice work getting back into the game. Very impressive.

From Superfly on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 13:54:03 from 74.211.21.81

Great job on pushing through a impressive streak of mileage. I use to run 120's sometimes 130's but anymore 100 or under seems pretty good.

From Andrea on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 14:35:12 from 69.131.218.205

You should've mentioned that in addition to the 100+ mpw, we went skiing on Sat. and Sun. of pretty much every weekend from Nov - end of April!

From Jake K on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 14:57:52 from 67.177.21.60

Yeah, I should have mentioned that... all the backcountry skiing helped heal my PF, and climbing and climbing and climbing at 10K feet really helped the aerobic system. Actually I give you only 90% credit for keeping me balanced, at least 10% should be thanks to skiing! ;-)

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