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July 2010

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Location:

Holladay,UT,USA

Member Since:

Mar 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2011 Salt Lake City Half  1:42  

2010 Buffalo Run 25 K  2:25  

2010 St George Marathon 3:48  

2011 Mid Mountain Trail Marathon 4:27 

2011 Squaw Peak 50 mile 14:00:49 

Short-Term Running Goals:

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Personal:

married, 4 children

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Peregrine 6 Lifetime Miles: 569.92
New Balance 1080 Lifetime Miles: 43.22
Saucony Peregrine 6 Blue Lifetime Miles: 565.84
Peregrine 8 Lifetime Miles: 332.00
Saucony Peregrine 2019 Lifetime Miles: 251.24
Brooks Cascade 14 Lifetime Miles: 345.28
Brooks Cascading 15 Lifetime Miles: 260.39
Saucony Peregrine Lifetime Miles: 181.64
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
76.670.0076.67
Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 9.38Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 40.06Brooks Cascadia 5 Miles: 20.23Saucony Progrid Miles: 7.00
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3.230.003.23

Wanted to get out for something longer, but just couldnt get out of bed.  Only time for a short jaunt before the neices neighborhood parade.  avg 8:27

Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 3.23
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5.650.005.65

Midday run in the heat with Kentucky hill to 39th and loop to home.  This after a good waterskiing morning with Oreo and HD.  Nice holiday weekend.  avg 8:45

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 5.65
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8.000.008.00

Early"ish" run for me, 0730 start haha.  Nice to beat the main heat of the day.  Decided to do some road miles after mostly doing trails for the longer runs lately.  Went up past the Old Mill to Porcupine grill and back.  Felt a bit sore and uncomfortable upper body, but good run with avg around 8:45

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 8.00
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4.110.004.11

Head was dripping like a fire hydrant on first two miles of this run up and back out of Neff's canyon trail by mt olympus.  Havent been up there before.  Steep trail for two miles then ran out of time so went back to car.  Will get up here again to see where this trail goes.  Some cool views.  Rocky trail coming down was a beast, and I dont quite know how it happened but I somehow kicked up a small cantaloupe sized rock that came down on top of my left foot.  Hurt like a bugger.  Might have broken one of the bones in there.  Kept running though be cause I needed to get out of there.  Icing it now, will see...

Brooks Cascadia 5 Miles: 4.11
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7.000.007.00

Hot and Heavy Mother today!  Post call run in the sun, Old Mill and back.  Avg around 9

Saucony Progrid Miles: 7.00
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2.000.002.00

2 mile slog after dinner.  Full of some awesome pineapple, mango, salad.

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 2.00
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4.670.004.67

Running in a blast furnace this morning.  Body definitely out of running mode with a week off and 30% of my body replaced with straight sugar, pepsi and mountain dew products.  Sweet Powell time with Nick, Anthony, Sam, Taylor. Died in the heat everyday from noon to 5 pm but sweetest ski of my life on Friday, so...not a bad tradeoff.  Thinking the skyline half might be a much better idea than full in mid august.  heat just too much for this puppy with the training I have or haven't done. avg 8:40

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 4.67
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10.120.0010.12

Did an out and back on Pipeline trail from Burch creek to the overlook and back up the canyon.  Beautiful day with lots of hikers, bikers and dogs.  I love going on the trail up the canyon so you can view the south pine covered slopes across the canyon.  Felt just ok...but glad to be out.  The Powell Big Toe injury started surfacing around mile 5 and Energy flagging by mile 8 even though hit the GU bomb at 6 mi...Chocolate thunder baby!  Forgot the glide so that was another issue, but overall a beautiful time out in Millcreek.

Brooks Cascadia 5 Miles: 10.12
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3.780.003.78

Hot and sweaty to be sure...and my body is still beat to a pulp from tubing behind our neighbors boat Thurs night.  So felt crappy to be sure.  Days like today I am not sure I am a runner at all..anywho I realized we have no real 24th July traditions so we're going to start the BS outing(Books and Shakes)...my kids are all readers and in need of a book...so off to Barnes and Noble and then Shakes...just need a new Shake place in SLC...Iceberg ok but need something better or just different and fresh...any ideas?

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 3.78
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5.510.005.51

Went out at 8:30 pm for a rare evening run...but long day at the hospital and couldnt resist the slightly cooler temps after the rain.  Need a treat! 

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 5.51
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6.000.006.00

Went with a friend of mine to Pipeline trail this afternoon, was going to run 6 but had to walk a bunch of the last 2 because he was getting overheated in the afternoon sun.  Great outdoor venture though.  Will try to get a longer run in this weekend.

Brooks Cascadia 5 Miles: 6.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.150.006.15

Pipeline trail this morning from Burch Hollow to Elbow Fork and back.  I was proud of myself for continuously "running" the uphill to elbow.  Usually I have to walk some of those stretches...now I was going very slow but a moral victory nonetheless.  Tried to push it on the downhill, ran into a deer just standing on the middle of the trail, only about 15 feet away from me, we startled each other about the same time...love at first sight...actually she took off..avg 9:45 or so

Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 6.15
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10.450.0010.45

Extended Big Titty Loop this late hot sweaty morning.  I knew I was in trouble when I realized I had put my running shorts on inside out.  I was overheated almost from the beginning.  Didnt feel good for most of this run, just sucky lower back fatigue and flagging energy, also one of those days the music was boring on the ipod, I need a new bunch of songs.  Anyway, needed a desperate potty break at mile 8 and found a porta potty, but luckily noticed there was no toilet paper before got started.  SO dying a slow death for the next mile until another lovely porta surfaced...it may have been a mirage, but at least I imagined that there was TP and all.  Finally home... slow dog avg of 9:30

Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 10.45
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
76.670.0076.67
Brooks Cascadia 4 Miles: 9.38Saucony Progrid 09 Miles: 40.06Brooks Cascadia 5 Miles: 20.23Saucony Progrid Miles: 7.00
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