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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 MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
69.720.001.502.7573.97
Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 73.97
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Sun, Jul 02, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church. Our ward, then the Russian-speaking branch. Fast Sunday.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Mon, Jul 03, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.070.000.000.0012.07

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-03 08:11:12
Workout Totals: Distance12.070Time1:37:17.90Pace8:03.67
12 total. Easy runs, usual distances, more or less.
Leg 1:
Distance10.000Time1:16:54.40Pace7:41.44ZoneEasy Miles
Part with the kids, part alone.
Leg 2:
Distance1.070Time11:19.00Pace10:34.58ZoneEasy Miles
With Leigha, Mary, and Bella.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time9:04.50Pace9:04.50ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary and Bella.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 12.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Jul 04, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.070.000.000.0012.07

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-04 08:48:50
Workout Totals: Distance12.070Time1:37:03.70Pace8:02.49
12 total. Easy pace for everyone.
Leg 1:
Distance10.000Time1:16:57.80Pace7:41.78ZoneEasy Miles
Part with the kids, part alone.
Leg 2:
Distance1.070Time10:51.30Pace10:08.69ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Leigha.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time9:14.60Pace9:14.60ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary and Bella.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 12.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Jul 05, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.690.000.000.0012.69

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-05 08:47:01
Workout Totals: Distance10.000Time1:17:53.80Pace7:47.38
12+ total. Easy pace. Taper for the boys.
Leg 1:
Distance10.000Time1:17:53.80Pace7:47.38ZoneEasy Miles
Part with the kids, part alone.
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-05 21:03:03
Workout Totals: Distance2.685Time24:54.00Pace9:16.42
 
Leg 1:
Distance1.070Time10:48.60Pace10:06.17ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Leigha.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time8:41.30Pace8:41.30ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary and Bella.
Leg 3:
Distance0.615Time5:24.10Pace8:46.99ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 12.69
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Jul 06, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.002.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-06 08:45:01
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:30:54.00Pace7:34.50
12 total, did 2 down the canyon in 11:28 (5:45, 5:43). The boys did a light morning jog before the 3000 in the regionals tonight. Julia ran with the little girls.

Regionals results (Pocatello):

Jacob 9:52.32
Joseph 9:54.70
William 11:23.44
Matthew 11:40.41
Bonnie 11:40.49
Stephen 13:26.10
 
Leg 1:
Distance5.480Time43:40.30Pace7:58.16ZoneEasy Miles
Distance.
Leg 2:
Distance2.000Time11:28.60Pace5:44.30ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Fast 2 miles down the canyon.
Leg 3:
Distance4.520Time35:45.10Pace7:54.58ZoneEasy Miles
More distance.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Jul 07, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.070.000.000.0012.07

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-07 09:16:27
Workout Totals: Distance12.070Time1:37:32.40Pace8:04.87
12 total, easy pace.
Leg 1:
Distance3.000Time26:20.10Pace8:46.70ZoneEasy Miles
With Julia.
Leg 2:
Distance7.000Time51:30.60Pace7:21.51ZoneEasy Miles
Part with the kids, part alone.
Leg 3:
Distance1.070Time11:15.90Pace10:31.68ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Leigha.
Leg 4:
Distance1.000Time8:25.80Pace8:25.80ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary and Bella.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 12.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Jul 08, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.820.001.500.7513.07

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-07-08 07:44:11
Workout Totals: Distance13.070Time1:44:13.80Pace7:58.49
13 total. Did 3x0.75 with 0.125 recovery down the canyon with Matthew 4:16, 4:24, 4:36. Jacob did the same workout but with a longer recovery between the second and the third interval waiting for Joseph. He had 3:43, 3:50, 3:39. Joseph did the first and the last interval.

Mary and Bella raced the 800 in Pocatello in the regionals. Mary got 3:20.40, Bella 3:26.92. Bella had a shoe malfunction - we forgot to buy her new Crocs, so she ran in the old ones that were broken, and one fell off at the start.

Benjamin did 16x0.25 in 66-68 in Austin.

Easy runs otherwise.
Leg 1:
Distance0.980Time8:15.50Pace8:25.61ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up.
Leg 2:
Distance2.500Time15:52.20Pace6:20.88
Workout.
Split 1:Distance0.750Time4:16.10Pace5:41.47ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:16.10Pace5:41.47
Split 2:Distance0.125Time1:07.60Pace9:00.80ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance0.875Time5:23.70Pace6:09.94
Split 3:Distance0.750Time4:24.90Pace5:53.20ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.625Time9:48.60Pace6:02.22
Split 4:Distance0.125Time1:27.10Pace11:36.80ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.750Time11:15.70Pace6:26.11
Split 5:Distance0.750Time4:36.50Pace6:08.67ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance2.500Time15:52.20Pace6:20.88
 
Leg 3:
Distance2.520Time22:05.40Pace8:45.95ZoneEasy Miles
Distance.
Leg 4:
Distance6.000Time47:21.90Pace7:53.65ZoneEasy Miles
More distance.
Leg 5:
Distance1.070Time10:38.80Pace9:57.01ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Leigha.

Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 13.07
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
69.720.001.502.7573.97
Kimisant Black Clogs Miles: 73.97
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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