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SLC,UT,

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Apr 28, 2011

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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

Personal:

   

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18.000.000.00

AM - 10 miles. 6 x 1000m (60s recovery) in 3:04 average. Splits - 3:06, 3:05, 3:04, 3:04, 3:03, 3:03. HHS track. 3 up, 3 down.

PM - 8 miles. 6 mile AT Tempo in 32:20 (5:23/mile). Splits - 5:22, 5:27, 5:26, 5:24, 5:21, 5:20. Tempo loop. 1 up, 1 down.

Original goal for the morning session was 2:55 off 90s recovery, although that plan was scrapped after the first lap. I'm happy to have gotten in some substance today, but this is the nail in the coffin in terms of racing on the track in June. Luckily those flights were booked on Southwest and can easily be used for other trips/races. I promise that I'll quit exuding negative vibes now that I've made that decision and won't change my mind again! I shouldn't have gotten greedy after Indianapolis in the first place, and just stuck with the original plan. If anything, I'm disappointed in myself because I feel like I let Bam down by going semi-rogue these last couple weeks after he spent so much time creating and modifying workouts for me this year. We wanted to get through the winter ready to run 10 miles in 50 minutes in April without beating myself up from too many miles / long runs, but instead use some different types of workouts where I could step it up from that point forward. We pretty much nailed that first goal and I was exactly where I wanted to be. I admittedly tanked after that. No where in the training plan did it say - lose your confidence and become a mental basket case, quit doing ancillary / gym / physical therapy work, gain back all the weight you lost, and jack up your mileage for no specific reason! All that stuff is on me. By no means did I completely ruin my chances to run fast this spring. I got off track a little bit, which happens to everyone from time to time. You just have to get back up and keep running...

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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
20.000.000.00

AM - 20 mile long run at Jeremy Ranch w/ a top-drawer group of dudes. Especially Rob. Kept it easy - averaged ~7:10 pace. 

I thought Memorial Day was our four year anniversary of moving to SLC, but then I just looked back at some pictures and realized I spent Memorial Day 2010 skiing peaks; we drove out from Vail about a week later. I guess you don't really celebrate four year anniversaries, anyways. Next year, though... it's gonna get wild.

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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
16.000.000.00

AM - 8 miles.

PM - 8 miles.

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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
18.000.000.00

AM - 10 miles.

PM - 8 miles.

Good article from RW... run hard, live small, dream big.

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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
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AM - 10 miles. Ran to HHS and did 12 x 400m (200m) fartlek style (no split checking until I was done). Averaged 74.1 seconds. (?!?!???)

PM - 6 miles. 

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AM - 9 miles.

PM - 8 miles.

Best track meet in the USA starts tonight. And some thought-provoking comments from Vern Gambetta.

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AM - 9 miles. Plan was either 3x2 or 4 miles continuous at half-marathon pace, depending on how I was feeling. First mile was 5:23; I continued on for another minute then decided I was finished. Andrea was biking along and encouraged me to give it another shot. So after ~3 minutes easy I did a mile in 5:06, then took another 90 seconds jog and ran 5:15 for the last mile.

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Running MilesSwimming YardsBike Miles
114.000.000.00
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