| Location: Lehi,UT,USA Member Since: Dec 02, 2012 Gender: Male Goal Type: Half Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments: Races:
- 2014 Running of the Leopards 5k: 15:11, 3rd overall
- 2014 SLC Winter Series 15k: 49:18, 4th overall
- 2014 SLC Winter Series 10k: 33:18, 4th overall
- 2014 Hale Freezes Over 10k: 31:57, 1st overall
- 2014 SLC Winter Series 5k: 15:48, 7th overall
- 2014 St. George 1/2 Marathon: 1:11:09, 6th overall
- 2013 Orem International Thanksgiving 4-Miler: 20:40, 4th overall
- 2013 Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon: 1:07:16, 1st overall
- 2013 St. George Marathon: 2:28:45, 16th overall
- 2013 Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon: 1:06:02, 3rd overall
- 2013 Deseret News 10k: 31:47, 14th overall
- 2013 Hobbler 1/2 Marathon: 1:10:35, 2nd overall
- 2013 Provo Freedom 5k: 16:18, 6th overall
- 2013 AF Canyon 1/2 Marathon: 1:08:49, 4th overall
- 2013 Utah Valley 1/2 Marathon: 1:10:54, 5th overall
- 2013 Provo City 5k: 16:30, 2nd overall
- 2013 SLC Winter Series 10k: 33:19, 3rd overall
- 2013 St. George 1/2 Marathon: 1:13:16, 7th overall
- 2012 St. George Marathon: 2:37:45, 20th overall
- 2012 Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon: 1:14:28, 8th overall
Long-Term Running Goals: Minimize injuries and do some serious damage on the running scene. Personal: I am married to Elaina and we have four children. I am an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine (knees, shoulders, fractures, etc.). After residency, I did a sports medicine fellowship at the University of Kentucky with their teams and physicians. My website: http://www.poulsenortho.com
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 243.00 | 40.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 288.50 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 37.00 | Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 74.50 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 107.50 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 26.50 | Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 28.50 | Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 144.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 144.00 | Weight: 143.80 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| 8.5 miles from Scott's house with Mike, Scott, and Reed. 4 mile warm-up. Then, did 3-mile tempo at 5:21 pace (5:20, 5:21, 5:21). Felt great. Time to shut it down :)
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 8.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 140.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles from my house with Chad, Mike, and Scott.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 140.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles in St. George with my son.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 easy miles in St. George.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:28:45, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 5 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.50 |
| Congratulations to so many FRB-ers today!
I ran a PR, but that's the only positive for me today. Not a good race for me. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for a PR; but I'm definitely not happy with my race. I have no answers or excuses. I am frustrated and at a loss. I feel I did everything right in my preparation for this race. My legs simply did not have it today. They were thrashed, even early on. My calves were already sore after 3 miles, and I hoped that would be no big deal. I was wrong. By mile 9, my legs were done; thrashed and destroyed. I have no idea why. I was in survival mode the rest of the race. I tried, numerous times, to mentally will my legs to go faster. But to no avail -- it was not possible today. It felt like a piece of cake cardiovascular-wise the entire time; my legs were just thrashed and didn't have it.
I ran with Zak, Jon Kotter, and Iain Hunter for the first 7 miles. Our splits were conservative, but they felt significantly more difficult than they should have. I knew something was wrong. I ran a 5:53 up Veyo (which is actually a decent pace), but Zak, Jon, and Iain gapped me by ~ 10 seconds. I quickly decided that I needed to stay with them to accomplish what I wanted to. So, I caught them during the next mile. I then stayed with them for the next couple miles, but then it was over for me. I kept thinking I could keep it together and take it mile-by-mile, and I sure tried, but such was not the case. My legs simpliy didn't have it today (calves and hamstrings).
I was still in the top ten after the half, but a lot of guys passed me during the 2nd half. The screaming downhills around miles 14-18, that should have been close to 5-flat miles for me, were 5:30's and 5:40's. Something was definitley wrong.
My splits: 5:37, 5:39, 5:16, 5:12, 5:22, 5:21, 5:20, 5:53, 5:40, 5:27, 5:45, 5:40, 5:34, 5:47, 5:31, 5:28, 5:30, 5:35, 5:49, 5:51, 5:40, 5:56, 5:54, 6:06, 6:16, 6:24
1st half: 1:12:21, 2nd half: 1:16:24. Ouch!
Currently, my legs are more thrashed than I think they've ever been. My calves are a disaster (and my left hamstring is horrible). I'm guessing I altered my stride because of my calves, which aggravated my hamstring terribly (my hamstring would not let me lengthen my stride during the last 5 miles). I'll need to be very careful during my recovery.
It's tough when you don't have answers. It makes it difficult to know what to change. For now, I won't change anything. I know I'm in much better shape than what I showed today.
This much is clear: you ain't seen the last of me yet.
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| Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 26.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 easy miles in St. George.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 7.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles from my home.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 145.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 easy miles from my home.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 144.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| AM: 12 easy miles from my home.
PM: 6 easy miles on treadmill.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 18.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 145.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| AM: 12 easy miles from my home with Scott, Mike, Jeff, Chad, and Brandon.
PM: 6 easy miles up and down Provo canyon.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 18.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 143.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| 15 miles in Orem and Provo with Scott, Mike, Chris, Calvin, and Ty. After 10-mile warm-up, did 4 mile tempo in 5:24 average (5:19, 5:20, 5:26, 5:29 -- same effort for each mile, just different terrain). Nothing fancy -- just getting the heart beating.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 15.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 143.70 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| AM: 12 easy miles from Scott's home with Mike, Chad, Chris, and Scott.
PM: 6 easy miles with Jake (Saucony Kinvara 5 testing; they're gonna be some incredible shoes).
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 145.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 16.50 |
| AM: 10.5 easy miles from my home with Reed, Chris, and Mike (Thanksgiving Point loop).
PM: 6 miles. Did a 2-mile cross country race at Orem Kiwanis Park. Decided to use it as a workout. It was a very hilly course with a lot of sharp turns. Warmed up and warmed down 2 miles. My time was 10:20 (4:56, 5:24 -- second mile was much more hilly). I won the race . It was fun; it was my first cross country race since college. There were a lot of runners, but they were mostly kids. There were a couple adults who ran. My son had been begging me to run one of these (he is in junior high, and this race was part of his team's series of races). For weeks, the race director has been asking for parents and adults to run.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 3.50 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 145.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 easy miles with Chad along the Jordan River Trail.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 142.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles from Scott's house with Brandon, Mike, Reed, and Chris.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 143.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles from my home with Mike and Reed.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 142.70 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 2:30 am, 10 easy miles from my home. Had to get it in early today because I'm going hunting with my Dad, brother, and son.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 143.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles from Scott's home with Spencer, Mike, Jeff, Scott, Reed, and Chris. After a 4 mile warm-up, I attempted a tempo run. I could never get a rythm going because I had major GI issues. I had to make 3 pit stops during the tempo (definitely not like me). After the 3rd pit stop, I called it quits with respect to the tempo. And, I barely finished the run before I had to make another pit stop. Rough run. Kept a good effort during the tempo, but it was definitely not fun. Oh well, sometimes you have runs like that. They make you appreciate the good ones.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 143.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 10.5 easy miles from my house with Scott, Mike, Chris, and Jeff (the "mother" loop).
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 10.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 144.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles along the Jordan River Trail with Chris, Mike, Chad, Reed, and Ty.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 143.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 10.5 easy miles up and down Provo canyon with Zak, Brandon, Mike, Chris, and Reed.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 10.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 143.90 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 10.00 |
| Track workout, mile repeats, Lehi High School; with Scott, Mike, Brandon, and Jeff. 4-mile warm-up. Then, did 3 x 1 mile repeats with 800m jog between intervals. Splits: 4:57, 4:58, 4:55. Felt progressively better for each repeat (I was surprised how good the 3rd one felt). I did this workout for rust-burning purposes. My legs have felt very fatigued for almost 2 weeks, so I wanted to give them a test run. They felt better than I thought they would.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 | Weight: 144.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 3:30 am, 10 easy miles in Vernal before hunting.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy miles from Scott's house with Chris, Chad, Mike, Scott, and Reed.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 146.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles from Scott's house with Mike and Spencer. Warmed up 4 miles. Then, did 3-mile tempo in 5:22 average (5:20, 5:25, 5:20). Felt good.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 144.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles from my house with Chad, Jeff, Scott, Mike, and Ty.
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| Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 143.60 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles from my home.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 243.00 | 40.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 288.50 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Miles: 37.00 | Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 74.50 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 107.50 | Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 26.50 | Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 28.50 | Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 144.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 144.00 | Weight: 143.80 | |
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