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Location:

Orem,UT,United States

Member Since:

Jan 27, 1986

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best marathon: 2:23:57 (2007, St. George). Won the Top of Utah Marathon twice (2003,2004). Won the USATF LDR circuit in Utah in 2006.

Draper Days 5 K 15:37 (2004)

Did not know this until June 2012, but it turned out that I've been running with spina bifida occulta in L-4 vertebra my entire life, which explains the odd looking form, struggles with the top end speed, and the poor running economy (cannot break 16:00 in 5 K without pushing the VO2 max past 75).  

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for the US Olympic Trials. With the standard of 2:19 on courses with the elevation drop not exceeding 450 feet this is impossible unless I find an uncanny way to compensate for the L-4 defect with my muscles. But I believe in miracles.

Long-Term Running Goals:

2:08 in the marathon. Become a world-class marathoner. This is impossible unless I find a way to fill the hole in L-4 and make it act healthy either by growing the bone or by inserting something artificial that is as good as the bone without breaking anything important around it. Science does not know how to do that yet, so it will take a miracle. But I believe in miracles.

Personal:

I was born in 1973. Grew up in Moscow, Russia. Started running in 1984 and so far have never missed more than 3 consecutive days. Joined the LDS Church in 1992, and came to Provo, Utah in 1993 to attend BYU. Served an LDS mission from 1994-96 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Got married soon after I got back. My wife Sarah and I are parents of eleven children: Benjamin, Jenny, Julia, Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, Matthew,  Mary,  Bella.  and Leigha. We home school our children.

I am a software engineer/computer programmer/hacker whatever you want to call it, and I am currently working for RedX. Aside from the Fast Running Blog, I have another project to create a device that is a good friend for a fast runner. I called it Fast Running Friend.

Favorite Quote:

...if we are to have faith like Enoch and Elijah we must believe what they believed, know what they knew, and live as they lived.

Elder Bruce R. McConkie

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 133.01 Year: 776.88
Saucony Type A Lifetime Miles: 640.15
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 450.37
Nike Double Stroller Lifetime Miles: 124.59
Brown Crocs 4 Lifetime Miles: 1334.06
Amoji 1 Lifetime Miles: 732.60
Amoji 2 Lifetime Miles: 436.69
Amoji 3 Lifetime Miles: 380.67
Lopsie Sports Sandals Lifetime Miles: 818.02
Lopsie Sports Sandals 2 Lifetime Miles: 637.27
Iprome Garden Clogs Lifetime Miles: 346.18
Beslip Garden Clogs Lifetime Miles: 488.26
Joybees 1 Lifetime Miles: 1035.60
Madctoc Clogs Lifetime Miles: 698.29
Blue Crocs Lifetime Miles: 1164.32
Kimisant Black Clogs Lifetime Miles: 720.62
Black Crocs 2023 Lifetime Miles: 1312.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
68.911.004.000.9874.89
Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 74.90
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church. Taught a lesson in the Elder's Quorum. The lesson was on Elder Ballard's talk on self-control from the last General Conference. With this being the Red Army anniversary, combined with the subject of the talk, I just had to start with with a joke.

There is a famous Soviet-era movie Seventeen Blinks of Spring about a Russian spy that has inflitrated the German ranks during the Second World War  known by the name of Strilitz to the Germans, but his real name is Colonel Isayev. Russians like to make up jokes about famous TV characters. Those jokes often have a political message expressing frustration with the system they live under. So here is the one that I told to start my lesson.

It is February 23. Strilitz locks hims in his apartment, puts the blinds down, and pulls out a case of vodka. A voice behind the scenes announces - "Only once a year did Colonel Isayev permitted himself to remember that he is a Soviet army officer."

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.930.000.000.1212.05

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-24 16:20:32
Workout Totals: Distance12.054Time1:32:08.20Pace7:38.62
Easy runs, usual distances, total of 12.
Leg 1:Distance2.054Time15:46.90Pace7:41.00
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Split 1:Distance0.930Time7:14.00Pace7:46.67
Cumilative:Distance0.930Time7:14.00Pace7:46.67
Split 2:Distance0.124Time0:39.70Pace5:20.16
Cumilative:Distance1.054Time7:53.70Pace7:29.43
Split 3:Distance1.000Time7:53.20Pace7:53.20
Cumilative:Distance2.054Time15:46.90Pace7:41.00
 
Leg 2:Distance6.000Time43:51.90Pace7:18.65
Part with the kids, part alone.
Leg 3:Distance4.000Time32:29.40Pace8:07.35
With Jenny and Julia.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.930.000.000.1212.05

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-25 09:01:05
Workout Totals: Distance12.054Time1:37:10.40Pace8:03.69
Total of 12. Did pickups. Matthew set a record in the 200 on the track - 37.2, William set a record in the uphill sprint - 48.3.
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time33:41.90Pace8:25.48
With Julia.
Leg 2:Distance2.054Time16:32.50Pace8:03.20
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Split 1:Distance0.930Time7:40.60Pace8:15.27
Cumilative:Distance0.930Time7:40.60Pace8:15.27
Split 2:Distance0.124Time0:37.20Pace5:00.00
Cumilative:Distance1.054Time8:17.80Pace7:52.30
Split 3:Distance1.000Time8:14.70Pace8:14.70
Cumilative:Distance2.054Time16:32.50Pace8:03.20
 
Leg 3:Distance4.000Time31:55.90Pace7:58.98
With Joseph, Jacob, William, and Stephen.
Split 1:Distance2.050Time16:41.70Pace8:08.63
Cumilative:Distance2.050Time16:41.70Pace8:08.63
Split 2:Distance0.250Time1:21.40Pace5:25.60
Cumilative:Distance2.300Time18:03.10Pace7:50.91
Split 3:Distance1.545Time13:04.50Pace8:27.77
Cumilative:Distance3.845Time31:07.60Pace8:05.72
Split 4:Distance0.155Time0:48.30Pace5:11.61
Cumilative:Distance4.000Time31:55.90Pace7:58.98
 
Leg 4:Distance2.000Time15:00.10Pace7:30.05
Alone.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.930.000.000.1212.05

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-26 10:59:24
Workout Totals: Distance12.054Time1:36:40.40Pace8:01.20
 
Leg 1:Distance4.000Time32:16.50Pace8:04.12
With Julia.
Leg 2:Distance2.054Time16:34.70Pace8:04.27
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Split 1:Distance0.930Time7:43.50Pace8:18.39
Cumilative:Distance0.930Time7:43.50Pace8:18.39
Split 2:Distance0.124Time0:37.80Pace5:04.84
Cumilative:Distance1.054Time8:21.30Pace7:55.62
Split 3:Distance1.000Time8:13.40Pace8:13.40
Cumilative:Distance2.054Time16:34.70Pace8:04.27
 
Leg 3:Distance6.000Time47:49.20Pace7:58.20
With Jacob.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.05
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.050.000.000.2512.30

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-27 16:23:29
Workout Totals: Distance12.298Time1:37:30.20Pace7:55.70
Usual runs, except Matthew did a 400 time trial on the track, almost broke 80, ran 80.6. This time he paced it more evenly - 18 high, 39, 59 high, and 21 for the last 100.
Leg 1:Distance1.050Time8:36.10Pace8:11.52
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Leg 2:Distance0.248Time1:20.60Pace5:25.00
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Leg 3:Distance1.000Time7:53.60Pace7:53.60
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Leg 4:Distance6.000Time46:08.30Pace7:41.38
Part with Joseph, Jacob, William, and Stephen, part alone.
Leg 5:Distance4.000Time33:31.60Pace8:22.90
With Jenny and Julia.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 12.30
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.1210.37

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-28 15:55:40
Workout Totals: Distance10.374Time1:24:28.60Pace8:08.59
Usual runs for the kids, a bit less for me, about 10 total.
Leg 1:Distance2.124Time17:17.30Pace8:08.37
With Joseph, Jacob, and Matthew.
Split 1:Distance1.000Time8:01.70Pace8:01.70
Cumilative:Distance1.000Time8:01.70Pace8:01.70
Split 2:Distance0.124Time0:40.80Pace5:29.03
Cumilative:Distance1.124Time8:42.50Pace7:44.86
Split 3:Distance1.000Time8:34.80Pace8:34.80
Cumilative:Distance2.124Time17:17.30Pace8:08.37
 
Leg 2:Distance4.000Time31:57.20Pace7:59.30
With Joseph, Jacob, William, and Stephen.
Leg 3:Distance4.000Time32:58.10Pace8:14.52
With Jenny and Julia.
Leg 4:Distance0.250Time2:16.00Pace9:04.00
With Bella.

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 10.37
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.821.004.000.2516.07

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2020-02-29 10:06:21
Workout Totals: Distance16.068Time1:57:42.60Pace7:19.54
Total of 16 miles for me. Paced William in a track 400 time trial in 72.5 - new PR. Paced Matthew in his 1 mile track "tempo run" in 6:36. Did 2x2 miles, first one in 11:32 down the canyon with Jacob, second one at very end of everything going down for 1.25 and up for 0.75 in 12:11.

Ethan came and did a video shoot of all of us running for his school film project, then filmed Benjamin during his workout.

Benjamin did 3x3 in the canyon, down in 15:54, up in 17:00, then down in 15:26.
Leg 1:Distance0.500Time4:34.00Pace9:08.00
Video shoot with the family for Ethan.
Leg 2:Distance1.050Time8:48.80Pace8:23.62
With Joseph, Jacob, William, Stephen, and Matthew.
Leg 3:Distance0.248Time1:12.50Pace4:52.34
With Joseph, Jacob, and William - 400 time trial.
Leg 4:Distance0.250Time2:18.80Pace9:15.20
Recovery with Joseph, Jacob, and William.
Leg 5:Distance1.000Time6:36.80Pace6:36.80
Matthew's "tempo run" with Joseph, Jacob, William, and Stephen.
Leg 6:Distance1.000Time8:20.40Pace8:20.40
Leg 7:Distance12.020Time1:25:51.30Pace7:08.56
Part with Joseph and Jacob, part alone.
Split 1:Distance1.000Time7:56.20Pace7:56.20
Cumilative:Distance1.000Time7:56.20Pace7:56.20
Split 2:Distance2.000Time11:32.60Pace5:46.30
Cumilative:Distance3.000Time19:28.80Pace6:29.60
Split 3:Distance6.770Time52:04.80Pace7:41.57
Cumilative:Distance9.770Time1:11:33.60Pace7:19.47
Split 4:Distance2.000Time12:11.70Pace6:05.85
Cumilative:Distance11.770Time1:23:45.30Pace7:06.96
Split 5:Distance0.250Time2:06.00Pace8:24.00
Cumilative:Distance12.020Time1:25:51.30Pace7:08.56
 

Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 16.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
68.911.004.000.9874.89
Neon Crocs 1 Miles: 74.90
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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