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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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Total Distance
45.20
Total Distance
3.00

I ski'd from 4 to 8:30. My legs were burning it was my first time skiing for the year.

Great cross training for the thigh's and legs.

I converted a few hours of skiing to 3 miles of running.

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Total Distance
8.00

Today was a great easy run with a bunch of guys. It was one of the largest Ogden crew runs I have ever been a part of. It was Riley, Bryant, Bret, Jon, Ken,Me, and John Coyle joined us from Idaho.

We ran an easy 4 miles out then turned around, ran into the wind for a little bit then it was at our backs the rest of the way. On the way back we did a 2 mile push at race pace. 1st mile was a 5:35 2nd mile was a 5:13 or so. It felt pretty good, I was happy my legs felt alright after skiing until 8:30 last night.

I am getting really excited to race the PHX Marathon this Saturday, if my mind stays positive I know that I will run a PR and run in the low 2:20's.

Ran a few miles as cool down.

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Total Distance
4.00

Easy 4 miler on Mountain Road. So weird how the body knows when a race is coming.

Legs always feel a little tired or sluggish as I cut mileage for a race. Even though that means they are feeling great and cant wait to race and use all of its energy. Today on the run I was breathing a little hard it was weird. I know I am in the best shape of my life but it was confusing breathing hard even when running slow, I dont get it.

I am getting excited to race and have the opportunity to be in nice weather. Well hopefully it does not rain on us on Saturday, weather people say there is a 90 percent chance of rain.

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Total Distance
4.00

Easy 4 miler with Riley and Dave around Riverview Park in Mesa. Close to the finish of the race.

Legs felt a little heavy, this always happens before I run a Marathon as my legs know there is a long race coming and they are use to higher miles.

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Race: Phoenix Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:24:52, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
26.20

 On my way to the race I was just excited that it was not raining as the weather report said there was a 90 percent chance of rain. I met up with Riley and Dave and we loaded the buses. As we got off of the bus it was cold and very windy. We sat down on a bench and watched many people try and sneak onto the shooting range and this guy was getting mad at everybody who got close.

We took a few bathroom breaks before we started. As we were going to the starting line, we did not get a warm up in and I did not stretch very much. We were more worried about staying warm and going the bathroom. About a minute before the race starts it starts to rain. I was thinking oh crap, I hope it does not rain hard the entire race. It rained for about 10 min or so then it stopped and was on and off the rest of the race.

The race started off really slow and there was about 10 guys at the front. The race was windy and Riley and I decided to switch off taking the lead so we could draft off each other. About mile 5 or so we had another guy with us and he was drafting off of us as well. I was thinking to myself who is this dude? Can he really run with us the entire race. Riley told me before the race that he wanted me to run with him through the first half of the race. Up until about mile 13 we continued to switch off the lead every half mile or so. Around mile 15 or so I saw my family and got a huge adrenaline rush and dropped a very quick next mile then I ended up suffering for it.

Riley passed me around mile 16 or so and I tried to go with him but my legs would not move any faster. I kept looking down at my watch and thinking to myself dont die, stay around 5:30 pace as long as possible. It was around mile 22 that I started to fade really bad and I kept looking back to see if anyone was coming up to pass me. The last 6 miles or so I had to weave in and out of half marathoners I was not a fan of that it through off my rythem and made it harder to keep a solid pace. I am really happy I went as fast as I did as long as I did. At St. George Marathon I died to around  6min pace for the last 6 miles or so. Where as this race I only died the last 4 miles. I know if I increase my mileage I will be able to finish the race around 5:30 pace. I was very happy with this race and know that it was a great learning experience and better races are to come.

Splits went 5:28, 5:22, 5:27, 5:17, 5:36, 5:46, 5:13, 5:19, 5:14, 5:16, 5:19, 5:22, 5:29

14th to 26 5:21, 5:14, 5:17, 5:23, 5:27, 5:30, 5:30, 5:27, 5:36, 5:44, 5:57, 5:56, 5:56

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Total Distance
45.20
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