| Location: syracuse,Ut,United States Member Since: Jan 31, 2012 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Half Marathon- 1:45 (Provo Halloween Half) 1:43:37 @ Thanksgiving Point 2012 1:42:51 @ Ogden Full 2012 Porter Rockwell 1/2- 1:31:52 (Aided)
Marathon- 4:58 (TOU) 3:43:57 @ Ogden 2012 3:34:19 @ Ogden 2016
5k- 23:37 (Hunter High Run For Funds) 22:06 @ Magna 4th of July 5K 2012 20:55 @ Draper Days 2012
10k 42:52 @ Legacy Midnight Run 2012
Short-Term Running Goals: Run A Sub 3:30 Marathon
Get Back into REAL shape. Long-Term Running Goals:
- Win the Clydesdale division in a marathon
- Qualify for and run Boston
- Run a sub 3 hr. Marathon
Personal: I am a former collegiate football player (offensive lineman) who took up running to lose weight, and in the process I have become addicted! I started running at 290 lbs. I am married and we are expecting our first child in September 2014. |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 101.75 | 60.20 | 161.95 |
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Gel-nimbus Miles: 7.50 | Brooks Launch Miles: 87.70 | Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 54.75 | Nike Pegasus Black Miles: 2.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 5.00 | 10.00 |
| Happy with tonight, went better than expected. 810 avg | Add Comment |
| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Crappy run, but it was something |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 |
| Happy with today's effort. 815 avg |
Brooks Launch Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 even effort miles. 850 avg |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 15.50 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
| Felt a little funny and had to cut it short. Not too happy |
Brooks Launch Miles: 15.50 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Good 7, cutting back this week |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 7.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Really wanted to get some fastish short distance in. It was tougher than I expected. I am going to have to tamper some expectations heading into Ogden next week. |
Brooks Launch Miles: 3.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| The runzzzz derailed the run |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 3.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Good run tonight. Nice and crisp 830 pace |
Brooks Launch Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| As was to be expected I had no legs this morning. 930 avg pace. Good end to a week that I needed heading into the race next week. |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 1.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 4.5 hour flight delay + food poisoning = perfect start to race week routine! |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 race tempoish, I'm in trouble y'all . . .food sickness lingers |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 4.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Taper taper bore bore |
Brooks Launch Miles: 3.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Boom, 2 |
Nike Pegasus Black Miles: 2.00 |
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| Race: |
Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:34:19 | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 26.20 | 26.20 |
| Well, this race today was about toughness, because it tested me mentally, emotionally and physically! I am very proud of my effort, even though I would have liked to have been faster, it was a huge PR!! It rained the whole day, when we got up there this morning it was a very light sprinkle with basically no wind. Then as everyone started to line up for the start it began to rain a bit harder and the wind started to blow right at us and so the March began! Mile 1-6 (7:58, 8:05, 7:48, 7:46, 7:51, 8:01) For these first 6 miles the wind was not bad at all, just a breeze compared to what was to come. I was trying to keep it conservative, and I really felt like I was. Mile 7-15 (7:53, 8:04, 8:10, 8:02, 8:16, 8:08, 8:23, 8:33, 8:44) Not necessarily represented in all of my splits but you can definitely see it. We really started to feel the storm about this point, and Everytime I said to myself, "this is really bad", it seemed to get worse! I was using a lot of effort to keep my splits decent and it was a battle. The rain was stinging our faces, smaller runners were litterally blowing in the air between steps! From mile 11 to 15 was the most miserable part of any run I have ever been on. I almost quit several times. I just kept saying to myself, "is this really worth it?" Followed by "Maybe the weather will be ok by the time we hit the canyon, just keep pushing!" I new it was really bad when we came to the aide station around 15ish and they were really monitoring all of the runners closely. Lots of verbal communication to make sure everyone was ok. I could see the concern in their eyes with me as I had the Bloodiest nips of all time, it was crazy!! Mile 16-26.2 (8:18, 8:15, 7:59, 8:05, 8:02, 7:57, 7:56, 7:45, 8:09, 8:39, 8:47, 2:35) A huge running miracle happened somewhere right after that aide station of death, I met Jeff the mechanical engineer! Jeff was my motivation as I was his. We cussed about the weather, we were mad and ran tough and angry! The weather began to lift a bit as well, and we started to push towards the canyon! When we hit the canyon we dominated! Our training paid off, and it was awesome. No more rain and very little head wind also helped in the domination, but we stuck by each other to the end. We ran out of gas a little bit on the trail from all the dodging of half marathon walkers taking up the whole trail. Not sure how the elites deal with it, but it is pretty tough. At the end of the day, this will go down in the books as an all timer. I wonder what kind of time I could have pulled off without that headwind and nasty weather, but I will never know. The toll it took on me was pretty severe. I think I had a 3:25 in me today, but the good thing is that there are plenty of races left in me and the best is yet to come. |
Brooks Launch Miles: 26.20 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 2.25 | 0.00 | 2.25 |
| Shake it off, kinda tight. Glad I got out, and just jogged around a bit. |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 2.25 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Felt like I needed the night off. | Add Comment |
| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Felt good to get a workout in, even if I did run a marathon on Saturday. Glad I took yesterday off. 8:43avg |
Brooks Launch Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Really took it easy tonight. 8.5 at about 930 pace. |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 8.50 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 |
| Well, after a mini holiday/hiatus back to the grind. I did not want to miss last Friday and Saturday, but I may have needed to. Today started rough with some indigestion. However my body figured out how to run and I decided to push the pace the last 6 with a 735 avg. #bqorbust |
Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| First back to back 10s in a minute. Slow, but felt great. |
Brooks Launch Miles: 10.00 |
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| Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | 101.75 | 60.20 | 161.95 |
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Gel-nimbus Miles: 7.50 | Brooks Launch Miles: 87.70 | Orange Gel-nimbus Miles: 54.75 | Nike Pegasus Black Miles: 2.00 |
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