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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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Rode around West Mountain again, this time with Morgan.  He had not been putting in too many miles this summer.

The last part was quite eventful in that we joined the Utah half tri and got passed by some.  We were in 11 and 12 place--we were awesome,  (some guy was counting how many passed him on the out and back bike route.  We were passed by some super fast guys--for a 56 mile ride, they were flying.

Then we got passed by many groups of bikes going the other way.  They were on some long ride.  They were drafting (which touring bikes do) and were going on the same course as the triathlon--which they can't draft.  I wonder if that will cause problems.

I went over the rail road tracks, but there were 6 bikes with flat tires after the tracks.  Poor riders.

My knee seemed to be acting up.  I just might not be destined to do longer distances.

Comments
From Tom on Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 14:58:24

Nice job on the long ride John. Hope the knee will be kind to you.

From walter on Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 12:38:23

Im jealous of not being able to swim and bike right now. Im going to do a few more running races and then get my hernia operation after SGM and train for some tri's next year.

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