A Balance-Slowly but surely

September 05, 2008

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Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men
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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Top 10 finishes at Salt Lake City, Top of Utah and St. Louis marathons.
Ragnar Del Sol Relay-Course Record 17 hrs 4 min (leg 7/'08)
Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay-2nd overall 17hrs 54 min (leg 9/'08)

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, Aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, Aided '08)
5K 16:44 (Track sea level '00)
5K 16:08 (Magna Classic, Aided '08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Continue the year injury free for ~3000 mi.
Aug 30th SL Half ? (Finish)
Oct 4th St. George (with the 2:30 group, 2:33.33)

Long-Term Running Goals:

One marathon per year until I'm 80-yrs old, then two per year ;')

Personal:

Married with one daughter. Wife is also a runner but thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

Wed, Jul 23, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesNight Sleep TimeNap TimeTotal Sleep TimeTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.000.000.000.007.500.007.505.00

Single: Knee still not happy but I'm as ready as I'm going to be for tomorrow, not ready that is... We'll see, hopefully I'll be eating my words. Dropped Paula off at the airport this morning so my routine will start to get back to "normal". SH loop. Mi 5-R1

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 368 / / Saucony Rides #1: 406 / / Saucony Rides #2: 389 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 175

Comments
From Phoenix on Jul 23, 2008 at 16:14:08

Good luck with your race. I hope to do some small 5ks in a few months.

From Adam RW on Jul 23, 2008 at 21:42:36

Eric, Hopefully sooner than later...

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