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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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Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
Thu, May 23, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.001.50

Today's workout was all uphill.  Started on the treadmill at 5% incline, after 1.5 miles I got really bored with that and decided to try something new so I went to the stair master (the kind with the actual stairs that go around and around) I wanted to see what all the rage was.  Being on my toes the whole time really helped with my heel pain but I can tell my calves are going to be screaming tomorrow.

200 floors in 35 minutes, followed by weights.  The tallest building in the World only has 163 floors, the Empire States Building has 102.  So I climbed the Empire state building twice according to the machine.

Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 1.50Elliptical Trainer 2013 Miles: 4.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Thu, May 23, 2013 at 09:24:47 from 163.248.33.220

I think a stair master is one of the best cross training workouts. I like the type with the individual "foot paddles" not the actual stairs. I'm always slipping and landing awkwardly on those.

From Rachelle on Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:03:13 from 199.190.170.21

Pretty impressive Rob!

From Rob on Fri, May 24, 2013 at 07:20:49 from 206.71.84.68

Thanks Rachelle, but I really don't think it was that impressive. About the same anyone would do after 35 minutes on the machine. I was just curious how it compared to actual stairs :)

Yeah Rob, there were a few times I felt like I was going to loose a toe cause I stepped to far in. I definitely would have been better served finding a really steep mountain to climb instead.

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