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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

 

5k  18:44  4 July 2012 C-ville 
10K  38:22  24 July 2012 DesNews
Half  1:22:30  18 Aug 2012  Hobble 
Full  3:00:35  29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Trails Lifetime Miles: 551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles: 72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles: 2225.20
Stroller Lifetime Miles: 438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles: 378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles: 1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles: 494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles: 461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles: 216.90
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.900.0048.90
Stroller Miles: 6.20Green Mirage 2 Miles: 22.40
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
12.400.0012.40

5:50 pm  Regular 10k x 2.  The first lap was with Jackie-doo in the stroller.  He spent the first 15 minutes singing some mash-up of "Let it Go" and "Scripture Power" at the top of his lungs.  Then it began to rain lightly.  The singing turned into complaining about getting wet.  We made the turnaround and came back, waving and shouting hello to all the dogs.  To entertain the lad, I picked up a stick, which he used to hit all the mailboxes and utiility boxes he could reach.  His aim wasn't very good.

I dropped him home and headed out for lap 2.  'Twas quite cool and windy, especially with the aforementioned rain.  This lap went more quickly, as I turned up some music, and didn't have to push him.  

Stroller Miles: 6.20Green Mirage 2 Miles: 12.40
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
10.000.0010.00

5 in the morning, 5 at night.  Just like a newlywed.

Green Mirage 2 Miles: 10.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.500.006.50

pm run with Tami.  We went to the track.  She did stuff, I did stuff, including a 21:48 progression 5k.  Not that great, but well under goal marathon pace on a perfectly flat course.  Plus it felt pretty easy until I kicked in the last couple laps.

There were a lot of bugs, so we couldn't stop running.

Long run tomorrow:  home to Liberty Park, around 19 miles.  State Tennis Semi and final matches.  I hope my son plays twice!

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
20.000.0020.00

Long run today with Ash on her bike, and Andy for 11 or 12 miles.  We eventually made it to Liberty Park, finding there is no good way to travel east/west through Salt Lake without hitting a lot of red lights.  The starts and stops during the late stages of the run weren't much fun.  I feel encouraged by this run, as it was a solid pace for totally flat (mostly 7:45s), and I felt well enough afterward--we even mowed 7 lawns this afternoon.  

Ash did her longest ride ever, and drank a super size pina colada slurpee to celebrate.  She's such a good sport.  I told her when she gets old, if she ever decides to run a marathon, I will ride a bike along side her and carry all her drinks.  She didn't seem to care about the offer very much. :)

State Tennis was fantastic.  My son split his matches, taking second place in 1st doubles, as a sophomore, no less.  The rest of the team performed well enough that Viewmont repeated as 5A champions.  

The Liberty Park drinking fountain is to die for, but the wood chips kept ending up in my shoes, so I ran on the ruts in the grass.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
48.900.0048.90
Stroller Miles: 6.20Green Mirage 2 Miles: 22.40
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