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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 26, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Placed 33 in the 2008 Spudman (1500 athletes), Sub 40 min in the Speedy Spaniard. Sub 19 in several 5Ks. 18:26 on May 26, 2008, fastest 5k in the last 10 years.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve swim from 16 min 800 meter to sub 15 min (accomplished 1/29/08, need to replicate). Now want a sub 30min 1600m swim. Race at over a 23 MPH bike. ~~Run a~~ ~~sub 43 min 10k on a tri leg~~. Ran a 42:20 at 08 Spudman. ~~Run a 18:30 5k~~ 18:26, 5/26/08 MVP run, run a 38: 59 in a 10 K.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Don't get injured. Stay in the game!! Train for old age.

Personal:

Married to Kelly. Have three daughters. Professionally, I am involved with health promotions, so it is great to see people active. Coached track and cross country many years on the Jr. high level.

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Fri, Mar 21, 2008

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
0.00	0.00	20.00

I did another time trial today to set a benchmark for the bike, and to train. I went to the new ball parks and started at the first light pole and went out 10K and back 10 K. This course only featured one turn, two hills (one an overpass), one rr tracks and a 4 way stop. Most of it flat and straight. It took me past the Benjamin church and park. I turned around about 30 yards before a driveway with a newer house facing East.

I hit 16:34 out. Average speed on my bike computer was 22.2. Back was 17:00 (had to stop at the 4 way stop so that cost me 10 sec.) With the goal of 23 MPH, I have some work to do. I thought my new bike was going to give me a boost, but I have not documented any. My bike computer on my old bike was a little sweet so I am not sure how I compare.

I need to work on getting faster. As I use just a little bit bigger cog, I can get up to the 23 MPH and sustain it without creating latic acid but not for long. That is my dilema on the bike, how to increase my latic threshhold. I usually train just below or right at LT, but I have never done much of over LT. If you go over LT, in a run or long training run, I never recover.

Comments

From Tom on Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 12:08:20

Good job on the bike workout. You were looking strong when I saw you.

From Scott Zincone on Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 12:45:45

After reading your bike and swim workouts I am amazed I ever completed a triathlon. You are showing me so much stuff I did not even know I was supposed to know.

From Johna on Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 12:57:51

My first tri I had a borrowed bike, I back stroked the whole swim--sprinted to tie for last place in the swim. I had boards laced to the bottom of my bike shoes. I did not know anything about anything (but, I was a heck of a runner then in 1986). (I took 3/17). So the requirement to do a tri is quite low, to become very good at a tri, is different.

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