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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Lifetime PRs:

Marathon: 3:07:59 2013 Big Cottonwood Marathon

1/2 Marathon: 1:24:30 2008 St. George Painters

10K: 38:39 2008 SLCTC

5K: 18:44 2009 Nestle Art City Days

55-59 AD PRs:

1/2 Marathon:???

10K:???

5K:???

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 plans:

Work on core strength
Lose 5 lbs
Overcome lingering injuries
Have fun!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Beat Terry Bean at any distance at least one time before I depart this earth.

Take care of mind and body so I can be in it for the long haul. Don't do STUPID THINGS!

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and remember that EVERY RUN IS A GREAT RUN!

Peace of mind by striving to live like this

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 36 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.

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Miles:	This week:	18.60	Month:	65.20	Year:	360.20
Saucony Fastwitch #1 Lifetime Miles:						65.50
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #3 Lifetime Miles:						718.70
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #4 Lifetime Miles:						602.45
Asics Gel-Nimbus23 #5 Lifetime Miles:						209.75

Wed, Jan 04, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	4.00	1.00	11.00

Sunny and mid 40's for the run just before lunch. Sweet! Perfect for the speed session I had planned. Warmed up with Kim and ran down to the river bottoms to the stretch of straight flat road that is perfect for doing Yasso 800's.

Plan was to do 8-10 800's in the 3:00-3:15 time range. Didn't sleep the greatest last night so I been groggy during the morning and wasn't sure what to expect. But turned out feeling about as good as I've felt doing this type of workout. Actually I don't know if I've every actually finished the full 10 repeats until today. So I'm pretty happy with how things turned out.

First 3 felt super easy but I resisted the urge to go too fast too soon and end up not doing 10. Next 4 felt moderately hard but not too nasty. Last 3 were pretty hard the last quarter mile of each. Got the nausea, pukey feeling toward the end of each of the last 3 but was able to finish strong and make the last 3 sets the fastest.

Splits/aveHR: (HR monitor says my max HR touched 200, not sure if this is correct usually I max out around 192-195)

1 - 3:10/147

2 - 3:11/172

3 - 3:10/176

4 - 3:11/178

5 - 3:11/182

6 - 3:10/184

7 - 3:10/184

8 - 3:09/184

9 - 3:08/186

10 - 3:07/186

Asics DSTrainer #3 Miles: 11.00

Comments

From Andrea on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 18:02:08 from 72.37.244.100

Nice workout!

From TBean on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 18:45:39 from 63.241.173.64

Very nice! Those workouts are as tough mentally as physically. I think you're ready for a good race soon.

From Tom on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 18:51:30 from 137.65.56.2

Thanks Andrea and Terry. I'm excited to do some races here pretty soon. SG 1/2 marathon in 2 1/2 weeks but I'm a little bummed the new course has some nasty hills and is likely a lot slower than the usual mostly flat course. Probably means the sub-1:30 will have to wait until Ogden or UV.

From Clay on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 23:06:32 from 166.205.13.160

Nice job on the 800's Tom, there not easy to do that's for sure! Keep up the hard work your doing great!

From Brent on Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 23:03:08 from 66.7.127.67

Great work, being in 3:10 shape this early in the year, sweet. Also, you would have scored big time commando points for puking.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Tom on Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 23:49:23 from 67.199.179.59

Thanks Clay, Brent. I'll have to see if I can work in some puke training into my schedule.

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