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Location:

Saint George,Ut,usa

Member Since:

Apr 26, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  •  PR'S
  • 5k 19:37 (6:18)
  • 8k 34:16 (6:53)
  • 10k 39:46 (6:23)
  • 1/2 1:27:39 (6:41)
  • Full 3:19:41 (7:36)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

GOALS FOR 2014

5K under 20:00- DONE 2013

10K under 40:00  DONE 2013

1/2 marathon under 1:30 DONE 2013

Marathon under 3:25 DONE 2013

5k under 19:00

10k under 39:00

1/2 marathon under 1:29:00

marathon under 3:15:00

Personal:

I have been married for 31 years. I have two daughters, 25 & 23 and a son 20.

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Torin-9 Lifetime Miles: 259.25
Torin-10 Lifetime Miles: 115.85
Torin-11 Lifetime Miles: 108.55
Altra One-1 Lifetime Miles: 153.05
Altra- Torin- Yellow Lifetime Miles: 28.00
Altra One-2 Lifetime Miles: 263.65
Altra One-3 Lifetime Miles: 326.25
Altra One-4 Lifetime Miles: 521.60
Mon, Sep 15, 2008
Total Distance
9.00

Starting my taper. Today I ran between a 9:00 and 10:00 pace and then mixed in some .10 to .20 mile sprints every once in a while. I was hitting between 4:26 and 5.30 pace on the sprints. If I could only maintain that kind of pace over a longer timeframe. I think that I will try to hit those times on wednesday morning for .25 to .50 mile sprints and start building up the distance I can hold the fast pace.

It was good seeing Clyde and Logan out on the trail this morning.

I went out and ran a couple of .25 mile sprints. 5:12 and 4:25 pace. I am trying to get a feel what it is to run that fast....... It was too hot for me this afternoon to push it longer. Maybe later tonight I will try a few more and longer.

Comments
From Superfly on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:00:00

Good to see ya out this morning. You caught us right when Logan was puking his guts out. Poor guy.

Don't taper off too much this week. We're still out 3 weeks. So keep it pretty solid this week and then taper off a little more next week and then a little more than that the week of the race. Sometimes people taper off too much or too soon and they get sluggish and run slower than they thought they would.

Just my 2 cents.

From scotthughes on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:08:01

Thanks for the 2 cents. My goal for the week was to cut the mileage back some. 69 miles was a lot for me when I had been averaging around 28. I am shooting for around 55 miles but work in some targeted fast miles in there to hopefully help get my average pace down some. I have been getting concerned about tapering too much this week. Everyone keeps telling me to taper now....I feel that I have some things to work on and as long as I feel good I am going to work hard this week just not as many miles as last week.

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