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Location:

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

Wed, Jan 04, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

I decided this year was starting off very badly since I haven't logged any real running miles, and also decided that I'd rather run slow than not at all.

18 minutes on the elliptical then I got on the treadmill to give my leg a try. I set the treadmill to 7 mph and incline to 3%. I ended up doing a progressive incline workout, keeping the speed the same but increasing the incline 0.5% every mile so I ended up doing the last mile at 6% (which was pretty brutal) Leg felt fine the whole time, and I felt like I got a really good workout. If my calculations are correct that comes to 1,478' of vertical climb over the 7 miles.

7 miles in 60 minutes 8:34 avg pace.

30 minutes of weights in an even more crowded gym than yesterday.

I am now officially signed up for the BigHorn 50 Miler, I see a lot more hill workouts in my future.

Nike LunarGlide 3 Miles: 7.00	Elliptical Trainer 2012 Miles: 2.00	Treadmill 2012 Miles: 7.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 11:57:15 from 155.100.226.54

That's a lot of climbing!

Look at this race, and imagine climbing something that steep for 7+ miles...

http://www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com/about/maps/

From Rob on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:04:45 from 206.71.84.68

Wow! Thinking about how hard my heart started going at 6% today and now thinking about increasing to 12% for the same speed and distance makes me sick. I'm not sure the treadmill does 12% but if it does I'm trying it tomorrow :)

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:07:00 from 155.100.226.54

Rob I get the sense that we have similar mentalities in terms of when someone puts an idea (especially a challenging one) in our heads, there's no stopping us from giving it a try!

From Rob on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:14:46 from 206.71.84.68

That is normally the case, until I started reading Dave Crocketts reports for the last few days. I don't think I will EVER try a 48 hour race :)

From Kam on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:16:53 from 68.66.163.179

Crockett's race reports are like a big commuter train wreck. There's lots of ugly carnage, but you can't look away. He's got quite a constitution.

From Jake K on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 12:18:09 from 155.100.226.54

Haha exactly! Its painful to read, but so entertaining at the same time!

From RAD on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 18:03:24 from 98.202.23.178

Wow, I was impressed at the 6% - now I can't wait for the 12% tomorrow!! Oh, and I think the TM's go to 15%, because I've walked at a 10%+ before - so you're all good to go :) Crockett is Crazy, that good kind of crazy that we all bow down and admire! Reading about the races makes me want to do them - it is reading the recovery (even a walk from the car to his desk HURTS!) that makes me shy away.

From Rob on Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 20:28:49 from 204.15.86.95

Maybe that's his strategy. Maybe it's actaully really easy to run for 48 hours straight in the hot desert with no sleep and limited food and water, he just makes it sound hard to weed out the competition.

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