| Location: Lake Havasu City,AZ, Member Since: Sep 29, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: 23 marathons
6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)
3 Half Ironmans
2 Ironmans
3 50 Milers
1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim
Marathon PR:
2:59:00 St. George 2008
2:58:03 Boston 2010
1/2 Marathon PR:
1:25:41 Havasu Half 2009
1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010
Half Ironman PR:
5:25:02 HITS Havasu 2014
5K PR:
18:23 LHC Turkey Trot 2014
18:22 LHC Turkey Trot 2017
50 mile PR:
7:56:14 Avalon50 2016 Short-Term Running Goals: Break 3 hours again
Doing it a Boston would be sweet!
It was sweet!
UPCOMING RACES
Long-Term Running Goals: Have fun!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 417.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 417.00 |
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| Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00 | Altra Superior Miles: 110.00 | Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 25.00 | Sketchers Ultra Miles: 88.00 | Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00 | Sketchers Sonic Miles: 90.00 | Asics Tarther Miles: 27.00 | MonTrail Miles: 12.00 | Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 35.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Ditto yesterday.
Avg HR 136
I picked up some new trail shoes while I was in Utah, some Altra Superiors. I have tried them the last couple days and really like them. They have a very large toe box and lots of cushion in the forefoot and are very light and flexible for a trail shoe. So far they're great.
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| Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00 | Altra Superior Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 more miles
8 road/ 4 trail
Avg HR 133
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| Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Another 12 miles
Different trail than usual
Avg HR 133
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 |
| 25 miles on a beautiful morning.
I did the first 7 solo and then Blake joined me for the last 18. It was great to get out and do a nice slow long run with Blake again. It's good mental therapy for me. :)
Avg HR 136
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| Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00 | Sketchers Sonic Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 trail miles.
The first hour was in the dark, using my knuckle lights to navigate the very technical desert trails. I was happy how good my legs felt after yesterday's 25 mile run.
91 miles for the week! Another new all time weekly high for me.
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| Altra Superior Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| My usual 12 before work.
8 road/ 4 trail
Avg HR 138
Legs felt nice and peppy after my day of rest yesterday.
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| Asics Tarther Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Same as yesterday, but different trails.
Avg HR 135
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Finished up with seminary a little early this morning, so I got a little crazy today and did 13 miles instead of my normal 12.
8 road/ 5 trails
Avg HR 136
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| Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 13.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 16 miles on the trails in the dark.
Avg HR 137
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| Altra Superior Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.00 |
| I did my own little 50 K this morning before work.
31 miles. 15 on the road followed by 16 on the trails.
Avg HR for the first 15- 135. I took off the HR monitor of the trail miles.
Felt good. Total time: 4hours 32 minutes.
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| Sketchers Sonic Miles: 15.00 | Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 16 trail miles this morning before the sun rose.
My legs were tired, as expected after running 31 yesterday, but not sore. I was very happy about that.
I just hit my first 100 mile week ever! Tomorrow will be a well deserved day of rest.
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| Altra Superior Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 16 Trail miles in the dark. Went down 3 times, not too hard though...guess my legs were still tired.
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
| After falling 3 times on my trail run yesterday, I needed a mentally easy, turn my brain off run, so I ran 2 miles to the gym, jumped on the TM with my headphones on, set it to 7.5 mph, ran for 2 hours on cruise control, then ran back home.
Total run 19 miles
Avg HR 132
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| Sketchers Sonic Miles: 19.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| I felt much better today on the trails after yesterdays mental break on the TM.
16 miles, finished fast and strong, and stayed upright the whole way.
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| Altra Superior Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Another 16 on the trails. Felt pretty good again today.
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 33.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.00 |
| 33 easy miles
First 15 solo, followed by 18 with Blake
Avg HR 136
4 hours, 34 minutes
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| Brooks PureConnect Miles: 15.00 | Sketchers Sonic Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| I was planning on following up my 33 miler yesterday with a 20 miler today, but...
An extreme, acute pain in my lower right abdomen woke me this morning about 1:30. I tried all sorts of things to see if it would go away but the pain just kept increasing. At 3:30 AM I checked myself into the ER thinking I might have an appendicitis. After some blood work, a urine sample, and a CT scan, it was determined I was passing a kidney stone. They game me some real nice drugs, monitored me for a while, and sent me home. I was back in bed feeling pretty good by 6:00.
I woke up a little before 9:00 and was feeling good, so I threw on my trail running gear. When I walked into the kitchen, my wife looked at me like I was crazy, heading out for a run after the night I had. I went anyways but cut my previously planned 20 miler to a 12 mile trail run. It was a beautiful morning and I felt really good...probably the lingering effects of the narcotics.
One funny thing at the hospital...when they first sat me down and hooked me up the the machines, the nurse had a panicked look and ask me if it was normal that I had a really low heart rate. It was at 42. I simply said, "yes, I run a lot." Then for the rest of the time I was there, I kept hearing him warn everyone who would come into my room, not to worry about how low my heart rate was.
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| Altra Superior Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 on the trails in the dark.
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 more on the trails.
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 35.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 35.00 |
| 35 miles: 15 solo followed by 20 with Blake. It was a beautiful morning in Lake Havasu around 50 degrees, with clear skies, and no wind. I felt really good at the end and finished the last few miles uphill, but my fastest miles.
4 hours 55 minutes
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| Asics Tarther Miles: 15.00 | Sketchers Sonic Miles: 20.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
| 21 not so easy trail miles in winds gusting up to 40 mph. I few times the wind almost knocked me over.
2 weeks till race day!
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| Altra Superior Miles: 21.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 easy trail miles.
Weird how I feel like a slacker only running 10 miles after all the high mileage weeks I did.
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Same run as yesterday. 10 on the trails
Avg HR 135
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| Sketchers Ultra Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| My last longish run before my race.
TM for 20 miles at 8:00 pace.
Avg HR 131
Let the serious taper begin now! 10 more days.
I find this run quite remarkable. Six months ago I started doing all my running by HR keeping at or below 141. Six months ago, to keep my HR at or below 141 for just 1 mile on the TM, it took me 8:30. Today I did 20 miles at 8:00 pace and averaged a HR 131. I think that is crazy.
Oh, and I went over 400 miles for the month today. I had never gone over 300 miles for a month before this month.
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| Brooks PureConnect Miles: 20.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 easy on the trails.
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| Altra Superior Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 417.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 417.00 |
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| Asics DS Racer Miles: 7.00 | Altra Superior Miles: 110.00 | Adidas Adios Boost Miles: 25.00 | Sketchers Ultra Miles: 88.00 | Reebok Reelflex Miles: 7.00 | Sketchers Sonic Miles: 90.00 | Asics Tarther Miles: 27.00 | MonTrail Miles: 12.00 | Sportiva Trail Miles: 16.00 | Brooks PureConnect Miles: 35.00 |
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