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January 08, 2009

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Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men
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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
6.000.000.000.000.000.000.006.00

Single: Nothing easy about the miles today except that one of them was walking... I'm in Breckenridge CO for a conference now. The hotel is at 9600 ft, I can notice the elevation some but not as much as I expected. The sleep deprivation and work stress is probably more of a factor. That being said now that everything is lined up the work stress is much less. It will be one of the larger talks I've given with about 140 people in attendance so there is some stress with that but the talk is only 10 min so there is only so much that can go wrong. CO is such a beautiful state and the mountains are so amazing. After unpacking I went out the door and just headed up under the chair lifts. About the first 1.5 mi was "runnable" then I had to quick walk. I climbed 1900ft in just under 2.5 mi then took a winding service road down. Mi 6-R3 Avg. 13:18 HR 152

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 112 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 265 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / /  

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50
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