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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

50k:  4:59 at Buffalo Run in 2010  (32 miles)

Marathon:  3:01 at St. George in 2009!

Half:  1:29 at Painter's/ St. George in 2009.  1:27 at Salt Lake in 2009 (aided course)

10k: 40:53 Greek Festival 10k at Sugar House park in 2010.

5miles: 32:10 Dam 2 Dam in 2009.  Master's winner.

5k: 20:00:00  19:54 in May 2010.

2008:  Ran the Slam + Boston

I need to update this!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Carpe Diem.

Don't trip over my own feet.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.

Personal:

1 wife

1 girl child

1 boy child

1 big dog

1 little dog

I'm a geologist for my day job.
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Wed, Aug 26, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.300.000.000.0010.30

A.M. - Ran to work via a "scenic route" for 4.2 miles.  Good thing I took a scenic route because my legs felt like lead for the first 3.5 miles which is a greater distance than the direct route.  ho hum.

 

LUNCH - 6.1 miles recovery pace.  Legs a bit better than this morning.

Comments
From DonGardinero on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 15:30:47 from 75.162.185.178

Wow, you just keep crankin' out the miles. Nice job. I wish we had a shower t work.

From Cal on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 15:56:51 from 66.133.117.3

How are you feeling Mark?

Just 5.5 weeks left 'til the big day...

From Rhett on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:21:39 from 74.32.212.114

Already 36+ miles this week? Are you pulling another 70 miler?

From Kathie on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 18:57:13 from 207.155.176.10

Wow big miles again this week!

From Teena on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 21:17:46 from 67.177.20.13

Crazy miles Fly!!!

May your legs be fresh tomorrow! :)

From MarcE on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 22:15:16 from 24.155.140.8

Great mileage...are you an RivertonPaul going to run together at SGM? Looks like you both have the same goal.

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 23:14:08 from 71.36.82.218

AWESOME 2-a-day taking advantage of whatever time you get to build such great mileage. It's gonna pay off at SGM!

From fly on the Wall on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:05:51 from 168.179.215.242

This should be another 70 mile week, but I still have 3 more runs to get in so we'll see.

When I'm not running I'm feeling great. Running wise, I only notice my left ankle (the one I sprained) when I run fast down hill (luckily St. George isn't a fast downhill course.... Doh!) But it is getting better and better so as long as I don't roll it again, I'm not worried about it. My left knee has also had a bit of pain on the inside, below and away from the knee cap. This has come and gone since ski season and doesn't seem to be affected by mileage or type of terrain. I can't figure out what the deal is. It flared up when I rolled my ankle but seems to be going away again. I'm monitoring it, but not worried about it.

My endurance seems good but the first 3 or 4 miles of my runs are often just drudgery. I'm not sure why it is taking so long to warm up. Is this a sign of over training or normal when building to a training peak? I don't remember taking so long to warm up during previous training cycles but my mind is good at forgetting such things and my old training logs are lost in cyber space.

I'm still lacking confidence for the sub-3 attempt. Race morning I'll probably just throw caution to the wind and go for it. But I look at Cal and Paul's training and races and can't imagine keeping up with them!

Thanks for all the kudos from everyone. They really help keep me going. Sorry for not reciprocating as much as I’d like to.

Left, Right, repeat….

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