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Salt Lake City,UT,

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May 22, 2012

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Age Division Winner

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5k - 16:40 (2014 SLCTC Winter Series)

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

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Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Merrell Road Glove Lifetime Miles:						92.47
Brooks Defyance 3 Lifetime Miles:						670.34
New Balance MR 1400 (2) Lifetime Miles:						469.02
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles:						552.10
Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Lifetime Miles:						238.47
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles:						270.14
UA Cold Gear Rubber Lifetime Miles:						398.72
Kinvara 5 Test Lifetime Miles:						537.10
Asics Hyper Speed 6 Lifetime Miles:						128.90
Kinvara 5 (May 2014) Lifetime Miles:						464.01
Altra Loan Peak 1.5 (free) Lifetime Miles:						109.83
New Balance RC 1400 Lifetime Miles:						414.63
Brooks PureFlow 4 (June 15) Lifetime Miles:						380.33
PT Lifetime Miles:						14.00
Brooks Launch 7 (9-15) Lifetime Miles:						234.59
Treadmill 2016 Lifetime Miles:						38.39
Brooks Cascadia May 2015 Lifetime Miles:						120.74
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles:						3.10

Thu, Aug 01, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.75	1.25	1.25	0.00	9.25

Woke up in The Woodlands at 5 am Utah time to get in a run. Already 78 degrees with 90% humidity. Tempo scheduled so I went out to try it out. The Woodlands is a maze of wooded forest and road. You never really know exactly where you are and it can turn you around in an instant. I am usually very good at knowing directions and where I am but not here.

So I studied a map and had an idea of where to go to run around "Lake Woodlands" which is a swamp with a wide opening I think. I got pretty good and lost and was lucky to get back to the hotel. I could not sustain sub 7 pace for any extended period of time. I was going to do two loops but I decided instead to go inside a finish a shorter run on the treadmill with some actual speed. 6.7 in 51:25 outside with 136 HR.

On the treadmill, I did 1.25 at 6 with a 156 HR and 1.25 at 5:44 at a 166 HR. So I am counting those as marathon and threshold.

Deposition today (not mine). Can't wait to get home tonight!

Treadmill Miles: 2.55	Saucony Kinvara 3 The Third Miles: 9.25

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

Comments

From SpencerSimpson on Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 09:48:13 from 63.82.19.2

josh, this is my backyard and pretty much where I grew up. The heat/humidity combo is rough. I spent a week at my parents in June this year. I did a 17 mile LR that was a variation of sub 7 to WU and then wanted to do 4-5 tempo on the way back with some cd miles. I got a mile and a half into the tempo at 6:10 pace only and thought I was going to die lol. I had to turn that 4-5 mile tempo into a fartlek. It is a beast going into that kind of climate for sure. Good effort today.

From Josh E on Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 08:48:11 from 205.235.104.4

Thanks Spencer. I was pretty soaked through and it's not pleasant to then pack up and put those clothes in the luggage. It's a nice enough spot in the world but I would certainly not want to ever live there.

From RileyCook on Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 20:52:18 from 174.52.234.49

Josh I had similar experiences in Ohio. It's not fun in the humidity. My co workers make fun of me because on the last day I hang my soaked running clothes out the window of our rental car so once we get to the airport they will be somewhat dry and then I toss them into a plastic bag before into the luggage.

From Josh E on Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 20:59:47 from 75.169.31.22

I was lucky to be gifted a pretty nice Under Armour bag. It has a shoe pocket that the clothes fit into well enough to compartmentalize the sweaty stinky awfulness. It even has a pull out mat in the bottom of it that I never use.

I am not sure I could ever get used to running in that humidity. Always nice to get home and that cool temperature this morning was the icing on the cake.

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