| Member Since: Nov 25, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I've been running since junior high. Ran middle distance in college with a PB of 1:52 for the 800 meters, then continued running with varying degrees of seriousness throughout my 20's and 30's. Moved up in distance and even ran three marathons (2:43 PB). Now just trying to stay in shape and find balance in life in my 40's.
Short-Term Running Goals: Work out 30 minutes a day, six days a week
Long-Term Running Goals: Stay healthy and consistent.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 96.75 | 5.00 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.50 |
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| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 47.50 | Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 26.00 | Saucony Progid Guide Miles: 10.00 | Asics DS-Trainer Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Canal banks - 26:02 Quick run at twilight. Busy evening so kept it short. Knee about 85%, and quite a bit better than yesterday. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 3.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Run to Rosehill and back - 56:35 Longest run in quite a while. Didn't feel that hot, but made it through. Even after 2 days off, the knee is still acting up. |
| Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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Canal banks - 32:41 Steady pace on the canals and in the neighborhoods. Felt pretty good. Knee ok, but not great. Week 2 Summary - 25 miles Disappointing that the knee is not doing much better, so I'll keep at the easy mileage for a bit longer. Maybe 30-32 miles this next week.
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| Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| BK Track + canal banks - 29:56 Felt Ok. Got the pace down to about 6:30-6:35 for a bit on the track. Any faster than that hurt the knee. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Canal banks + neighborhoods - 30:06 Felt pretty rough at the start, but better by the end of the run.
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| Saucony Progid Guide Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Neighborhoods - 22:55 Ran at 9 p.m. as it was getting dark. Knee feeling a little better today so I was able to keep a decent pace. |
| Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Canal banks + neighborhoods - 29:53 Nice evening with some high winds during the run. Felt a little better as the run went on. Miles of 7:49, 7:38, 7:33 and 6:51. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Canal banks + neighborhoods - 22:41 Right at twilight. Started slow but picked it up a little the last mile.
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| Saucony Progid Guide Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Camelsback trails - 45:25 Ran two loops on the trails out of Camelsback Park. Great evening - lots of hikers, bikers and runners out this evening. Knee hurting quite a bit on the rolling terrain, even though I purposely avoided any big hills. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Canals + BK Track - 30:05 Ran at 8:30 a.m. Did not feel smooth at all, but still averaged 7:22/mile on the couple of miles I timed at the track. Week 3 Summary - 28 miles Pretty frustrating that the mysterious knee injury (doing lunges? mountain biking?) is not improving, even with low mileage at an easy pace. Next week I'll keep trying to add a few minutes per day and shoot for 33-34 miles.
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| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Canals + BK Track - 28:53 Felt ok this afternoon. Very hot out (compared to what I'm used to). Did a half mile pickup at the track in 3:07. Couldn't really extend my leg due to my knee being sore and stiff, but it was at least easy aerobically. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Neighborhoods + Borah track - 30:14 Mostly a really easy run, but did a 1200m pickup at the track in 4:31. Couldn't really fully extend my knee, but the pain was minimal during the run and post-run. I think I can start adding some minutes to my training runs (40-45 minutes?) now. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Treadmill - 32:15 Really easy pace on the treadmill at home. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Neighborhoods - NT Had to run an errand....and that was my glorious 1.5 mile day. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Canal banks + Borah track - 44:51 Steady pace with 2 miles of progression (cutting down each lap) at the Borah track. Last half mile in 2:57. Bad news is that I'm seriously out of shape. Good news is my knee felt pretty good at faster speeds. Week 4 Summary - 20 miles Really poor week. Sore knee and poor motivation were both to blame. This week will be better. "Got to stop wishing, got to go fishing." - Jimmy Buffett
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| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Polecat Gulch - 49:55 A great evening run out on the trails. I hadn't run out here forever. Felt really strong, but I just kept the pace relaxed. Still a good time for the run. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Canal banks + neighborhoods - 33:50 Felt ok this evening, but definitely not great. Overall pace just under 7:40/mile. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Borah track - 38:23 Did a couple of up-tempo miles at the track in 6:22, 6:16 and 6:07 for a total of 18:46 for 3 miles. Knee felt fine during the run, sore after. Effort was pretty easy, which was nice. |
| Asics DS-Trainer Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Canal banks - 22+ Squeezed in a 3 miler after before tonight's graduation ceremony. Glad to be able to blow off some steam! |
| Saucony Progid Guide Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Week 5 summary - 20 miles
Another crappy week of running. Not much else to say.
Last 15 weeks = 20 mpw average. Really time to start getting the miles up a bit!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| McBride Creek - 31:58 Easy run up McBride Creek Rd and back at 9 a.m. |
| Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Poorman Creek - 1:30+ A hike, run, bushwhack up the creek canyon with Joel at 7 a.m. Made it about halfway to our destination before having to turn around. Most of it on elk trails or just up the side of the canyon. Great fun! | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Hillcrest loop - 50:59
Didn't feel that great on the run - definitely harder than the watch indicated. Did a light 3 mile tempo in the middle with miles of 6:33, 6:21 and 6:12. |
| Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Greenbelt - 1:02
Started at Park Center and ran past Barber Park and back - 90% of it on dirt. Really warm out this evening and my stomach was full from a late lunch with our work staff. Kept the pace really slow with a last half mile pickup at around 6:05/mile pace. |
| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 96.75 | 5.00 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105.50 |
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| Nike Triax Structure Miles: 47.50 | Mizuno Wave Alchemy Miles: 26.00 | Saucony Progid Guide Miles: 10.00 | Asics DS-Trainer Miles: 5.50 |
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