Breaking the Wall

Week starting Feb 12, 2023

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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:	0.00	Year:	882.94
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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
70.00	0.00	2.00	4.00	76.00

Blue Crocs Miles: 76.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Sun, Feb 12, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Day of rest. Went to church as usual. Our local ward, then the Russian branch.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Mon, Feb 13, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-13 08:23:15
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:36:04.70Pace8:00.39
12 total. Usual distances, easy pace, for everyone except Stephen. Stephen was able to run 1 mile, though, which is good progress.
Leg 1: Distance8.000Time1:03:32.60Pace7:56.57ZoneEasy Miles
With Bonnie and Jacob.
Leg 2: Distance2.000Time16:00.80Pace8:00.40ZoneEasy Miles
Part with William and Matthew, part alone.
Leg 3: Distance2.000Time16:31.30Pace8:15.65ZoneEasy Miles
With William, Mary, and Bella. Part with Stephen.

Blue Crocs Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Tue, Feb 14, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-14 16:59:15
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:35:39.80Pace7:58.32
12 total. Did a mile pickup with Bonnie in 5:41.9. That is actually her PR for the down the canyon mile, although I think she could run 5:25 or even faster if she did it all out. It was hard for me, but I was able to keep up. Otherwise, usual distances except for Stephen and Leigha. Stephen ran only 1 mile. Leigha fell asleep early.
Leg 1: Distance8.000Time1:03:05.20Pace7:53.15
With Bonnie, part with Joseph.
Split 1:Distance4.230Time34:15.90Pace8:06.03ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance4.230Time34:15.90Pace8:06.03
Split 2:Distance1.000Time5:41.90Pace5:41.90ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance5.230Time39:57.80Pace7:38.47
Split 3:Distance2.770Time23:07.40Pace8:20.87ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance8.000Time1:03:05.20Pace7:53.15

Leg 2: Distance2.000Time14:54.40Pace7:27.20ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew.
Leg 3: Distance2.000Time17:40.20Pace8:50.10ZoneEasy Miles
With Matthew, Mary, and Bella.

Blue Crocs Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Wed, Feb 15, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-15 08:23:14
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:36:15.60Pace8:01.30
12 total. Jacob, Bonnie, and I did a 2 mile pickup. Jacob did it in 11:24, did not have much juice today. Bonnie did not either and ran 12:31 - probably tired from yesterday's mile pickup and only 14 hours or so between the runs. I stayed with her. Stephen did 2 miles. Usual distances, easy pace otherwise.
Leg 1: Distance8.000Time1:03:23.40Pace7:55.42
With Jacob and Bonnie.
Split 1:Distance4.230Time34:25.70Pace8:08.35ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance4.230Time34:25.70Pace8:08.35
Split 2:Distance2.000Time12:31.10Pace6:15.55ZoneThreshold Miles Cumilative:Distance6.230Time46:56.80Pace7:32.13
Split 3:Distance1.770Time16:26.60Pace9:17.40ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance8.000Time1:03:23.40Pace7:55.42

Leg 2: Distance2.000Time15:58.80Pace7:59.40ZoneEasy Miles
Part with William and Matthew, part alone.
Leg 3: Distance2.000Time16:53.40Pace8:26.70ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella and Mary, part with Joseph.

Blue Crocs Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Thu, Feb 16, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-16 08:20:32
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:31:37.70Pace7:38.14
12 total. Stephen was able to run 2 miles. Otherwise, usual distances, easy pace.
Leg 1: Distance10.000Time1:14:44.00Pace7:28.40ZoneEasy Miles
With Jacob, mostly.
Leg 2: Distance2.000Time16:53.70Pace8:26.85ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Stephen.

Blue Crocs Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Fri, Feb 17, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-17 09:27:05
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:31:09.30Pace7:35.78
12 total. Easy pace, usual distance for everybody if I remember right.
Leg 1: Distance10.000Time1:14:38.60Pace7:27.86ZoneEasy Miles
With Jacob.
Leg 2: Distance2.000Time16:30.70Pace8:15.35ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary and Bella.

Blue Crocs Miles: 12.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Sat, Feb 18, 2023

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	16.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-02-18 09:29:49
Workout Totals: Distance16.000Time2:12:10.10Pace8:15.63
16 total. Did 6x0.5 with 0.25 recovery, except 0.5 between 4th and 5th intervals because Bonnie was struggling. Did them with Bonnie. 2:47.9, 2:48.6, 2:48.9, 2:46.9, 2:46.5, 2:41.7. Bonnie fell back by about 1 s on the 4th one so we rested a bit longer. She fell back on the 5th one as well by about the same amount. On the last one I kicked in 78 for the last 0.25 as Bonnie was slowing down. She ran 2:47. William did every other interval. On the first two, he was falling back and running somewhere around 2:50-2:52. On the last one he kept up and ran 2:46. Jacob did 2:27, 2:30, 2:32, 2:33, 2:37, 2:35. He was struggling with the adrenaline. Joseph did every other one with him and was able to keep up. Matthew and Stephen did 4 - Matthew's heels were hurting, and Stephen is still recovering from an injury.
Leg 1: Distance2.050Time17:20.70Pace8:27.66ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up.
Leg 2: Distance4.500Time33:54.70Pace7:32.16
Workout.
Split 1:Distance0.500Time2:47.90Pace5:35.80ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance0.500Time2:47.90Pace5:35.80
Split 2:Distance0.250Time2:48.30Pace11:13.20ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance0.750Time5:36.20Pace7:28.27
Split 3:Distance0.500Time2:48.60Pace5:37.20ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance1.250Time8:24.80Pace6:43.84
Split 4:Distance0.250Time2:42.90Pace10:51.60ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance1.500Time11:07.70Pace7:25.13
Split 5:Distance0.500Time2:48.90Pace5:37.80ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance2.000Time13:56.60Pace6:58.30
Split 6:Distance0.250Time2:54.70Pace11:38.80ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance2.250Time16:51.30Pace7:29.47
Split 7:Distance0.500Time2:46.90Pace5:33.80ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance2.750Time19:38.20Pace7:08.44
Split 8:Distance0.500Time5:45.50Pace11:31.00ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance3.250Time25:23.70Pace7:48.83
Split 9:Distance0.500Time2:46.50Pace5:33.00ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance3.750Time28:10.20Pace7:30.72
Split 10:Distance0.250Time3:02.80Pace12:11.20ZoneEasy Miles Cumilative:Distance4.000Time31:13.00Pace7:48.25
Split 11:Distance0.500Time2:41.70Pace5:23.40ZoneVO2 Max Miles Cumilative:Distance4.500Time33:54.70Pace7:32.16

Leg 3: Distance7.450Time1:01:43.80Pace8:17.15ZoneEasy Miles
Part with Jacob and Bonnie, part alone.
Leg 4: Distance2.000Time19:10.90Pace9:35.45ZoneEasy Miles
With Bella.

Blue Crocs Miles: 16.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
70.00	0.00	2.00	4.00	76.00

Blue Crocs Miles: 76.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

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