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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

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 on the path to recovery. Refocus on how to maintain running as one of the many priorities in my life. Get into shape in '09 for a killer race in '10.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:30 without breaking myself.

Personal:

Married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

Miles:This week: 3.00 Month: 16.00 Year: 16.00
Asics DS-Trainer #3 Lifetime Miles: 180.00
Saucony Rides #1 Lifetime Miles: 445.00
Saucony Rides #2 Lifetime Miles: 451.50
Adidas Adistar (flats) #2 Lifetime Miles: 4.00
Saucony Rides #3 Lifetime Miles: 395.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.001.002.000.000.000.000.0011.00

Single: Long day. In the morning went to Antelope Island. Then into work. After that some family time and then made dinner.  Was hoping for it to cool off but still at 7:45pm the computer said 92F so I went out anyway. I wanted to do some speedwork. I wasn't exactly sure what I was going to do but was thinking some MP miles on the SLC course and some quarters on the track. For the MP miles I wanted MM 4 and 5 back to back. I looked up 2:30 pace for those miles on the course tool and it was a 5:11 and 5:24. With the heat I wasn't sure but I went for it anyway. Both are down 21 but the first is obviously more down. It does have a lot of "hairy" spots though when the course is not closed. I managed a 5:15.2. But I was dead after that I decided against the second mile back to back. I continued on to the track and did 8x400 with 200 job recovery. I was just thinking 75-80 or goal 10K pace.
78.8
77.2
78.0
76.4
79.0
76.2
76.9
76.2
Overall, I was happy with the workout. The effort felt much harder than I would have liked but with the heat I'm not surprised. I then continued on the marathon course to about the 8MM and straight back home. Mi 11-T2 Avg. 7:37

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 368 / / Saucony Rides #1: 374 / / Saucony Rides #2: 361 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 175

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From Chad on Jul 18, 2008 at 00:00:02

Adam--I'm impressed that you ignored the thermometer and went out and nailed the workout. Nice effort.

From wheakory on Jul 18, 2008 at 14:13:32

That's impressive with the weather conditions the way they are. Nice run. Way to get out there and get some flying miles done.

From Adam RW on Jul 18, 2008 at 17:56:40

Thanks guys. It has been hard finding time this week. I haven't really checked any other blogs. My life should get back to normal routine next week...

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