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Phoenix 3TV 5k

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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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Race: Phoenix 3TV 5k (3.11 Miles) 00:17:06, Place overall: 18, Place in age division: 2
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I was in Phoenix this weekend with the kids and friends and had always wanted to run this race.  I really wanted to run the 10k but I didn't feel recovery was far enough along and I knew a good effort on a 5k would probably be good for me.  Shake up the marathon shuffle a little.  This race is huge and one of three on the same day, a 5k, a 10k and a half marathon.  I would love to come down and run all three during a year when I wasn't dead from a season.  The 5k is also the USATF Masters Championship so there's bound to be some good competition.  I knew the Master's course record was 17:11 so I aimed for that pace but got out a little too fast with a 5:08 first mile.  I paid for that, hadn't ran that pace in months so I died pretty quick.  Just before mile three John Reich passed me and I pretty much let him go.  I ended up breaking the Master's course record only to have John set a new one passing me, lol!  It's funny how a 5k can be so long and then be over before you can do anything.

It felt good to run at some speed again and I hope this means it is time to start training and stop limping around.  Gotta lose a little over 10lbs too..

 

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Marathon pace 5 miler on the treadmill at 6 min miles.

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8 mile recovery run, 30 minutes push ups and crunches.  Getting some strength back and not a huge amount of soreness.

3 mile easy run late evening

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4 miles on the treadmill at the Denver airport gym then the treadmill broke and the other ones had large TSA ladys walking on them so the last thing left was a stairmaster.  I have never tried one of these so it took a few minutes to figure things out.  Wow!  These things rock!  I was exhausted, heart rate at least 170 the whole time and no pounding on the joints.  Why have'nt I tried these before?

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20 minutes lifting, 5 miles on the treadmill, 5 miles on the stairmaster.  Sweet workout!

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45 minutes of good lifting at the gym followed by 8 miles at 8mph on the treadmill.  Feeling it in the quads after the stairmaster two days!

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8 miles on the treadmill after core lifting at 6 min pace. Finally shaking off all the pain with running the last few months.  I think I'm about two weeks out doing this same kind of stuff from this week until I can startback into marathon training.

Spent the afternoon hiking up the ski runs at Beaver Mountain Resort and skiing down.  I got four runs in which is almost what I've been able to do on a busy weekend!  Completely dead now.

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