| 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 | | 172.50 | 4.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 193.50 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 20.00 | Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 21.00 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 83.50 | Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 45.00 | Saucony Ride 6 Miles: 12.00 | Nike Lunarglide 5 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 103.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 103.00 | Weight: 142.74 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 easy miles from my house.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 3.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 142.70 |
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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.15 Miles) 01:07:16, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 18.50 |
| A good race for me. Felt very good and strong the entire time. Even set a course record.
My St. George Marathon was a disaster. But this time, my legs felt great, which was a huge thing for me (since they felt horrible and flat during the whole St. George Marathon). I admit that I have not taken the smartest approach with my recovery after the SGM. But, I have really been upset about SGM, and hitting the roads running is the only way I knew how to deal with that frustration. Ok, enough whining.
From the gun today, the lead pack consisted of 6 runners: Jacob Howell, Ben VanBeekum, Dave Olson, Walter Brown, a 21 y/o from the southern Utah area (I can't remember his name), and me. There was an impressive headwind for the first 3 miles of the race, which made for a relatively slow start. There were several lead changes during the first 3 miles. I decided to take the lead at 3.5 miles, and I was feeling great. That mile split was 4:50. We then turned into Snow Canyon. I knew the next 3 miles were quite aided and would be fast. I picked up the pace, fully expecting the others to go with me. My mile 5 split was 4:38. I was shocked at this; it felt like 5:00 effort. I thought, "don't over-react; don't go too fast, Matt." But, I felt great, so I decided to roll with it. And, I no longer heard footsteps behind me. I knew there was a strong field of runners behind me, so I never let my guard down. Jacob Howell beat me at the Hobble Creek 1/2 Marathon in August (he put a minute on me during the last 5k), so I knew I had to be focused if I wanted to keep my lead.
I had a 4 mile split (miles 4-7) of 18:57, and a 5k split (miles 5-7) of 14:35. Probably a bit fast, and I probably paid for it a bit later in the race, but again, I felt good; so why not roll with it?
Miles 8-13 were tough. A lot of uphills and sharp turns, which certainly slowed my pace. I felt strong the entire time, though. I averaged 4:56 through 8 miles, had a 5:01 average through 10 miles, and had a 5:07 average for the whole race. I ran the last 2/3 of the race alone, which is always a bit tougher than having company.
My splits: 5:08, 5:24, 5:03, 4:50, 4:38, 4:43, 4:46, 5:20, 5:05, 5:12, 5:31, 5:25, 5:20, :44 (.15)
My garmin said 13.15 miles, as did most the other runners' garmins. This course may have been a bit long (I likely would have just broken 1:07), but I'm not concerned about this in the least.
This course is certainly aided, but it was definitely more difficult than I expected (the course description online made it sound like it was screaming the whole time). Those rolling hills the last 5 miles are tough. A lot of the race was on paved trails.
This was such a fun and gorgeous race. I'm convinced there is no 1/2 marathon anywhere in the world that has more beautiful scenery than this one does.
Many great races today! My wife, Elaina, crushed her PR by 4 minutes! Ben tore it up and ran a PR! Dave ran very well also! (I enjoyed finally meeting Dave) Rachelle also ran unbelievably well and crushed her PR! Other great performances (I'm sure I'm forgetting someone; if so, sorry): Jacob Howell, Jeff L., Spencer, Collin, Walter, and Amy Cook!
Thanks a bunch to Riley for his cheering and encouragement!
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 2.00 | Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 16.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 0.00 |
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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 from Scott's home with Steve, Chris, Chad, and Dan.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 145.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Unfortunately, no running for the rest of the week for me. (See details in the comments section for my race report from the Snow Canyon 1/2 marathon).
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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 | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 easy miles from Scott's house. Painful abdomen (from surgery).
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 8.00 |
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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 | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 10.5 easy miles from my home.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.50 |
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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 | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy miles along Jordan River Trail. I cut the run short because my knee acted up.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 6.00 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running. Sore knee.
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running. Sore knee.
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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 on the Murdock Canal Trail. Knee improving.
It's been a rough couple weeks, but that's Ok. Tough things make us tougher. As I mentioned previously, I had to have a giant kidney stone surgically removed last week. Not fun, and it took more out of me than I thought it would. The surgeon left a 2.5 foot long stent in place, which I had to remove 4 days later (I'll tell ya, that was a lot of fun :). He absolutely wouldn't let me run until the stent was removed (because he said it could become dislodged by doing so). So, I took last week off from running. I then started back running this week. It was tough and painful (because I was still recovering from surgery). Then, for some reason, my knee really acted up on Wednesday, and I felt it would be wise to take a couple days off. I decided to test it today, and my knee felt improved, for which I'm very grateful. I'm sick of not running.
In a weird way, I am glad I experienced the brutal and unrelenting kidney stone pain (although I'd be fine with never experiencing it again :). The reason is that distance runners need to become well-aquainted with and seek after pain. It's part of our world. Maybe it will make me tougher :)
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 140.90 |
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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 Scott's house with Toni, Brandon, Mike, and Scott.
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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: 142.30 |
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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 miles easy from my home with Mike, Brandon, Reed, and Chris.
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| 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: 142.30 |
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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 Chad.
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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: 142.20 |
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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 in Provo canyon with Zak, Reed, Brandon, Mike, and Toni.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 10.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 | Weight: 141.70 |
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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 |
| 10 easy miles from my home with Mike on the Murdock Canal Trail.
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| Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 10.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 140.70 |
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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 |
| AM: Fun 15 mile run from my house with a healthy crew: Scott, Zak, Mike, Toni, Reed, Chris, Brandon, and David. We initially met at the Orem soccer fields, with the intent of running up Provo canyon, but the chilling 30 mph winds deterred us, and we drove up to my house for our run.
Every once in awhile, it's good to be humbled (even though it's not fun). Well, I was humbled today. After warming up 9 miles, we did a 3-4 mile tempo. I did 4 miles at 5:22 average (5:14, 5:15, 5:26, 5:39 (hill). I'll admit it -- it was tough. It hurt. Scott and I essentially ran together. I got worked by Mike and Zak, who looked great. They did a 3 mile tempo in 5:14, 5:00, 5:00. Today was my first speed session since the Snow Canyon 1/2 (3 weeks ago). This is my first real week back running since my surgery. So, I guess the way I felt today is not unexpected. Still not fun though. Being humbled is a good thing :) The guys looked great today.
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 15.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | Weight: 142.50 |
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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 from Scott's house.
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| Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 10.00 |
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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 | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| 10.5 easy miles from my house with Zak, Toni, Chris, and Reed.
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| Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 10.50 |
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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 | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 easy miles along the Jordan River Trail with Zak, Karl, Chad, and Spencer.
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| Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 143.20 |
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Orem International Thanksgiving Day 4-Miler (4 Miles) 00:20:40, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Fun Turkey Day race. Happy about my performance. Didn't quite know what to expect given my last few weeks of craziness. I did a tempo run last Saturday (which was my first speed session in 3 weeks), and I knew based on how that went that I am not in top form. But, that's Ok... time to get in better shape.
My time for today's 4-mile race was 20:40 (5:10 average). It was essentially a bone-flat 4-miler. Splits: 4:57, 5:08, 5:24 (headwind, slight uphill), 5:04). Mike won it in 20:04; he's in great shape and looked strong. My hat's off to him. A BYU cross country runner took 2nd, and Zak was 3rd in about 20:30.
I felt better as the race progressed. I was in 6th place at the 3 mile mark, and I was able to gradually accelerate to the finish. Given my current training and the wild last 3 weeks, I'm happy with how it went.
Definitely a lot of fun today. Hanging out with many friends was the highlight.
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| Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 4.50 | Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 144.30 |
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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 up and down Provo canyon with Zak, Karl, Scott, Mike, Chris, Steve, & Reed.
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| Saucony Ride 6 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 143.60 |
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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 in Salt Lake City with Fritz, Adam, Nate, Josh, Scott, Mike, Zak, and Karl. Fun run, great company.
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| Nike Lunarglide 5 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 143.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 172.50 | 4.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 193.50 |
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| Saucony Kinvara 4 Orange Miles: 20.00 | Nike Lunaracer 3 Miles: 21.00 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 83.50 | Nike Air Pegasus 30 Miles: 45.00 | Saucony Ride 6 Miles: 12.00 | Nike Lunarglide 5 Miles: 12.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 103.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 103.00 | Weight: 142.74 | |
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