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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
67.510.883.251.0472.68
Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 72.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Sun, Aug 06, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Day of rest. Went to church.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Mon, Aug 07, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-07 09:24:44
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:35:17.00Pace7:56.42
12 total. Easy pace, usual distances.
Leg 1:
Distance4.000Time32:41.20Pace8:10.30ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen and Matthew.
Leg 2:
Distance6.000Time46:58.00Pace7:49.67ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.
Leg 3:
Distance2.000Time15:37.80Pace7:48.90ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Tue, Aug 08, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.850.000.000.1612.01

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-08 07:19:21
Workout Totals: Distance9.000Time1:09:07.60Pace7:40.84
12 total. Mostly easy pace for me. Joseph and Jacob did an 800 time trial on the track and both got PRs. Jacob got 2:13.4, Joseph 2:13.7. Bonnie and Matthew did the fartlek 2 mile workout, Bonnie got 11:58, Matthew around 12:30.
Leg 1:
Distance9.000Time1:09:07.60Pace7:40.84
Alone.
Split 1:Distance8.845Time1:08:11.00Pace7:42.52ZoneEasy Miles
Cumilative:Distance8.845Time1:08:11.00Pace7:42.52
Split 2:Distance0.155Time0:56.60Pace6:05.16ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance9.000Time1:09:07.60Pace7:40.84
 
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-08 21:19:18
Workout Totals: Distance3.000Time26:29.50Pace8:49.83
 
Leg 1:
Distance1.000Time10:47.50Pace10:47.50ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, Bella, and Leigh.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time8:12.20Pace8:12.20ZoneEasy Miles
I think this was with Mary and Bella, or maybe just one of them.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time7:29.80Pace7:29.80ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Wed, Aug 09, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-09 10:01:00
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:38:43.20Pace8:13.60
12 total. Easy pace.
Leg 1:
Distance4.000Time34:00.10Pace8:30.02ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen and Matthew.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time9:58.90Pace9:58.90ZoneEasy Miles
With Leigha. Do not remember if we had Mary and Bella.
Leg 3:
Distance5.000Time38:59.70Pace7:47.94ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.
Leg 4:
Distance2.000Time15:44.50Pace7:52.25ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Thu, Aug 10, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.660.880.250.8812.67

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-10 08:21:45
Workout Totals: Distance12.000Time1:31:02.10Pace7:35.18
12 total. Did our 2 mile fartlek with Bonnie and Matthew. Matthew got 12:07, Bonnie 12:31. Jacob did it as well, I think he got 10:41.
Leg 1:
Distance0.980Time7:49.20Pace7:58.78ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up.
Leg 2:
Distance2.000Time12:07.50Pace6:03.75
Fartlek with Matthew, part with Bonnie.
Split 1:Distance0.250Time1:25.90Pace5:43.60ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance0.250Time1:25.90Pace5:43.60
Split 2:Distance0.250Time1:36.30Pace6:25.20ZoneMarathon Pace Miles
Cumilative:Distance0.500Time3:02.20Pace6:04.40
Split 3:Distance0.250Time1:26.10Pace5:44.40ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance0.750Time4:28.30Pace5:57.73
Split 4:Distance0.250Time1:38.30Pace6:33.20ZoneMarathon Pace Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.000Time6:06.60Pace6:06.60
Split 5:Distance0.250Time1:29.40Pace5:57.60ZoneThreshold Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.250Time7:36.00Pace6:04.80
Split 6:Distance0.250Time1:40.10Pace6:40.40ZoneMarathon Pace Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.500Time9:16.10Pace6:10.73
Split 7:Distance0.250Time1:26.70Pace5:46.80ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.750Time10:42.80Pace6:07.31
Split 8:Distance0.125Time0:48.90Pace6:31.20ZoneMarathon Pace Miles
Cumilative:Distance1.875Time11:31.70Pace6:08.91
Split 9:Distance0.125Time0:35.80Pace4:46.40ZoneVO2 Max Miles
Cumilative:Distance2.000Time12:07.50Pace6:03.75
 
Leg 3:
Distance3.020Time23:57.20Pace7:55.89ZoneEasy Miles
Distance.
Leg 4:
Distance1.000Time8:07.00Pace8:07.00ZoneEasy Miles
With Mary, I think.
Leg 5:
Distance5.000Time39:01.20Pace7:48.24ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.
Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-10 20:56:41
Workout Totals: Distance0.660Time7:28.50Pace11:19.55
 
Leg 1:
Distance0.660Time7:28.50Pace11:19.55ZoneEasy Miles
With Sarah at Flaming Gorge.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Fri, Aug 11, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-11 07:54:56
Workout Totals: Distance10.000Time1:24:27.90Pace8:26.79
10 total. Easy pace. At Flaming Gorge.
Leg 1:
Distance2.000Time16:14.00Pace8:07.00ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen and Matthew.
Leg 2:
Distance1.000Time10:30.00Pace10:30.00ZoneEasy Miles
With Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Bella, and Leigha.
Leg 3:
Distance1.000Time9:23.70Pace9:23.70ZoneEasy Miles
Same group minus Leigha.
Leg 4:
Distance6.000Time48:20.20Pace8:03.37ZoneEasy Miles
Alone.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Sat, Aug 12, 2023
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.003.000.0014.00

Fast Running Friend Workout - 2023-08-12 09:06:44
Workout Totals: Distance14.000Time1:44:27.50Pace7:27.68
14 total. Did a 3 mile tempo run down the canyon in 17:56 with Joseph. Jacob ran 17:01. We were going to do two intervals, but were feeling not quite 100%, so we decided to postpone the workout until Tuesday.
Leg 1:
Distance1.940Time15:35.80Pace8:02.37ZoneEasy Miles
Warm-up.
Leg 2:
Distance3.000Time17:56.40Pace5:58.80ZoneThreshold Miles
Tempo run.
Leg 3:
Distance5.060Time40:33.20Pace8:00.87ZoneEasy Miles
Distance.
Leg 4:
Distance4.000Time30:22.10Pace7:35.52ZoneEasy Miles
Alone in the evening.

Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 14.00
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
67.510.883.251.0472.68
Black Crocs 2023 Miles: 72.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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