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Location:

Clearfield,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 02, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

800M : 1:48 a few times in 2011

1500M : 3:48 CAL Berkely

10K : 30:10 NCAA Regionals Cross Country took 18th

Half Marathon: 1:08 TOU Half , 1:08 USA Half Marathon Championships

Marathon: 2:26 St. George Marathon

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:23 in the Marathon in 2014

Break 1:06 in the Half Marathon in 2014

2014 Schedule

Ice Breaker Tri (March 29th)

Boston Marathon (April 21st)

Utah Valley Marathon (June 14th)

Bryce Canyon Half Marathon (July 12th)

Deseret News Half Marathon (July 24th)

Hobble Creek Half Marathon (Aug 17th)

Top of Utah Half Marathon (Aug 24th)

Top of Utah Marathon (Sept 21st)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:20 in the Marathon

Get as close as possible to Olympic Qualifying standard

Personal:

I am married to my amazing wife and have an 8 month old daughter who will soon be walking!!!

Family is huge to me and their support is key in progressing in my running career.

I run for Skechers Elite Performance Team and I am doing all that I can to make them proud!!!

I train with Ogden Crew:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Skechers Ride 3 (HOU) Lifetime Miles:						350.00
Skechers Ultra Blue Lifetime Miles:						186.00
Skechers Ride 3 (BLK) Lifetime Miles:						279.95
Go Speed 2 (Gold/Grey) Lifetime Miles:						41.50
Go Speed 2 (HOU) Lifetime Miles:						122.90
Skechers GoRun 4 (RD/BLK) Lifetime Miles:						132.50

Thu, Feb 20, 2014

Total Distance

10.00

Easy mile and half warm up. Did a few strides and streches.

Today was my last speed workout before the Phoenix Marathon.

I was going to do mile repeats between 5:10 and 5:15 with active jog rest inbetween reps.

I went 5:11, 5:10, 5:08, 5:14, 5:13.

They felt good not to hard. I finally figured out pacing the last few and I got into a decent rythem and just tried to get the body use to that pace. That pace is about 10-15 seconds faster than what I want to run my marathon in. My goal is to get my body in shape enough where I can be running that pace and it feels almost familiar and easy so that it can sustain it for as long as possible. I did not have a ton of energy today but knowing that and still feeling the workout was not bad is a good feeling that I have gotten into much better shape than I was before the St. George Marathon. I am feeling confident about racing next week, I know that if I run smart and have the right mind set and stay in it mentally that I shoud PR again and get around the low 2:20's.

Cool down was another few miles

Comments

From Steve Shepherd on Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:42:14 from 168.180.136.241

Nice workout! I'm excited to see how you do down in Phoenix! I'm sure you have a low 2:20 in you. Good luck!

From Matt Poulsen on Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 16:20:28 from 50.168.224.197

Nice job! You are in for a great one in PHX. Go get 'em!

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