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Salt Lake City Track Club 5k

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 19, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

25 Marathons PR 3:16:08 Ogden Marathon 2014

1st marathon DesNews 2003  4:19 

Freedom 5K July 4th, 2010 18:26 (aided)

Desert News 10K July 24th, 2010 39:11 (aided)

Boston Marathon 2011 3:32:58 

Boston Marathon 2014 3:18:45

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run well at Boston 2020

Personal:

54 years old, married, love long runs on the road.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 4.19
Adidas Cobato Lifetime Miles: 376.77
Saucony A2 Lifetime Miles: 431.20
Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1067.28
Barefoot 2010 Lifetime Miles: 61.00
Red Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1381.19
Black Water Clogs Lifetime Miles: 26.73
White Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1053.87
Yellow Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1196.10
Asics 2130 #21 Lifetime Miles: 360.55
Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 145.25
Barefoot 2011 Lifetime Miles: 10.25
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 2936.63
Bike 2011 Lifetime Miles: 164.91
Saucony A5 II Lifetime Miles: 981.49
Saucony Fastwitch 5 Lifetime Miles: 1582.48
Lime Green Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1298.78
Bike 2012 Lifetime Miles: 92.40
Navy Baja Crocs Lifetime Miles: 566.20
Saucony A5 Lifetime Miles: 1498.90
Sandals Lifetime Miles: 164.95
Ocean Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 161.27
Bike 2014 Lifetime Miles: 111.00
Saucony Trail Lifetime Miles: 196.23
Barefoot 2015 Lifetime Miles: 0.25
Soucony A6 Lifetime Miles: 813.05
Bike 2015 Lifetime Miles: 45.00
Altra One Lifetime Miles: 2058.93
Topo Lifetime Miles: 82.35
Altra One Orange Lifetime Miles: 2152.40
Altra One Yellow Lifetime Miles: 1709.86
Altra One Black Lifetime Miles: 1380.53
Bike 2018 Lifetime Miles: 928.41
Topo Yellow Lifetime Miles: 46.76
Bike 2018 Conti Lifetime Miles: 113.24
Topo Black Lifetime Miles: 254.47
2019 Trail Bike Lifetime Miles: 29.56
Altra 1 Black #2 Lifetime Miles: 1301.84
Bike 2019 Conti Lifetime Miles: 1080.00
Asics Lifetime Miles: 1526.30
Bike 2020 Lifetime Miles: 136.42
Bike 2021 Lifetime Miles: 12.10
Asics #17 Lifetime Miles: 214.71
Hoka Mach 5 Lifetime Miles: 574.74
2023 Bike Lifetime Miles: 34.91
Total Distance
50.20
Navy Baja Crocs Miles: 6.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 39.55Trail Shoe Miles: 4.65
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles out and back from home.  very tired today, no watch, put the Crocs on for the first time in a month or so.  Felt good but it puts a lot of stress on my achilles tendon.  I think I need to stay away from the Crocs a while longer.

Navy Baja Crocs Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
4.65

4.65 pm miles, very tired

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.65
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am and 4.65 pm, still very tired.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am and 4.65 pm miles.  Very tired, no energy for extra miles.  I wonder if it's the cold, bad air.  I really don't feel well at all.  I can't believe I'm going to race a 5K Saturday. 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
9.30

4.65 am miles

4.65 pm miles.  Icy mess, had to walk about a half mile of this distance. 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.30
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Total Distance
4.65

4.65 miles, much better prepared for this mornings run.  Trail shoes with ice spikes.  A break in the inversion today, there is hope.  The air and lack of sun has negatively affected me.  Running for a few weeks in this inversion has been very much unpleasant.  5k tomorrow morning, I'm actually a little excited.

Trail Shoe Miles: 4.65
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Race: Salt Lake City Track Club 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:20:39
Total Distance
7.00

Oh boy, bad performance.  Turn back the clock, I'm back to 2009.  Every year I've gotten faster in this race, last year was 20:00.  I don't know what to think of this, I wish I had an excuse, like illness or injury.  Can't claim either.  I knew there has been nothing in my training to make me think I would PR but I was still thinking I might have a shot to be pretty close to 20.  I thought what I had been doing up to this point was enough to maintain my fitness.  Wrong.

My strategy today was to go out at a 19:59 pace and hang on for dear life.  First mile was right on target, 6:26. The first mile felt pretty good, I like how the race was going and at the beginning of the 2nd mile I started to struggle but I didn't realize I had slowed down, a lot.  I finished out the 2nd mile at 6:40.  I knew I was not going to make up the time during the last mile, no way I'm running a low 6 minute mile.  Quite the opposite actually, 6:54.  Too bad the race didn't stop here, I was 19:59.79.  41 seconds for the last 10th of a mile.

I'm motivated to correct this performance.  Looking forward to hitting the road tomorrow and working towards earning a PR at the Salt Lake Marathon.  Anger is good! 

 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.00
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Total Distance
50.20
Navy Baja Crocs Miles: 6.00Saucony Kinvara Miles: 39.55Trail Shoe Miles: 4.65
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