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Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2009 Provo River Marathon, 4:04:38

2009 Provo Canyon Halloween 1/2 Marathon, 1:27:22

2010 Ogden Marathon, 3:04:39

2010 Deseret News Marathon, 2:51:36

2010 Provo River 1/2 Marathon 1:19:01

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 2:52:24

2010 Just Cuz 1/2 Marathon 1:17:36

2011 13.1 LA 1/2 Marathon 1:19:43

2011 Timpanogos Half 1:16:51

2011 Treadmill Marathon 2:49:26 (pr)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 Boston.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles:						107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles:						454.20

Tue, Nov 15, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

A late flight, and a wife that has different views about what I should do in my spare time than I do made it so I didn't get my afternoon run in yesterday.

15 miles on the treadmill in 1:52:52 7:31 avg pace

I got on the scale for the first time since I started this little weight loss experiment last week. And guess what? I didn't loose a single pound. Seriously, I've ran 112 miles all between 7:30 and 8:00min pace in the last 7 days, haven't eaten great due to travel but it's not like I was eating at Chuck a Rama everyday and somehow I didn't loose anything. I don't get it, what is wrong with me???

P.M.

5 miles with my 9 year old after school around the neighborhood dirt roads. The hills and gravel roads where harder on him than I thought they would be so we were pretty slow.

5 miles in 40:54 8:11 avg pace

Nike Free Run+ Livestrong Miles: 5.00	Nike LunarGlide 3 Miles: 15.00

Comments

From Fritz on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 20:03:47 from 65.116.116.6

Nice work on the big miles. Calories in need to be less than calories out. :)

From Rob on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 20:33:44 from 166.205.14.72

I know your right Fritz, but I'm seriously not eating more than when I lost 70 lbs, and back then I could pretty much count on 1 lb per day, and I could only run 5 - 8 miles per day.

From Fritz on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 23:30:28 from 67.182.226.25

Yeah, I think it gets progressively more difficult as you get in better shape. You become more efficient while you run, hence burning fewer calories per mile, and you probably absorb more of the food you eat because your body needs it. But what do I know.

From Jake K on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:38:03 from 155.100.226.53

In my experience, Fritz is right. The more efficient you get, the less calories you burn per mile. And your body is always expecting to go for another 15 mile run, so it starts to hold onto everything and not be wasteful.

I think its one of those things that will definitely pay off, but you are not going to have immediate results. Its going to be a longer term thing.

From Rob on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:18:13 from 206.71.84.68

I'm starting to think maybe Ultras would be my thing. I'm just to efficient :)

I'm just getting frustrated, I can't keep up with skinny young guys like you two.

Really, I'm just trying to mix things up a bit in my down time and see what my body is capable of.

From Jake K on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:20:51 from 155.100.226.53

Rob - regardless of whether you lose 1 lb or 10lbs... you stay healthy with this mileage, and you'll run faster than you ever imagined you could!

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