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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

May 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

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

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay in shape

Personal:

Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.006.000.000.0020.00

Met up with Fritz and Nate at the JRP close to the Davis County line. Idea was 20 in 6:30-7. I prepared mentally to run it in 6:30.  We were at right around 6:35 pace at the 10 mile mark and then we picked it up at the turnaround. After miles of 6:06, 6:01 and 5:53 (fell behind a bit here), I let them drop me. I stayed just under 6:30 pace and then met up with them just after mile 17 where they'd concluded their tempo. Ended up averaging 6:29 for the run and finishing in 2:09:36. Happy with the run - garmin gives it 100 ft of elevation gains and losses over 20 miles so as honest as they come. I a counting miles under 6:15 as marathon pace, so a few of those dotted in there.

Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SpencerSimpson on Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:29:57 from 63.82.19.2

great LR Josh. Love where your fitness is right now. you are catapulting to new levels. Fritz and Nate are great training partners and as fast and cool as they get out there. Look forward to you getting faster which will happen...

From Fritz on Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 12:46:29 from 50.198.178.113

Great run Josh. That's a solid effort for 20 miles. Also, good call on the route.

I forgot what it's like to run on flat ground for that long. I need to convince myself that elevation is overrated.

From Jake K on Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 16:05:06 from 67.177.11.154

That's a really solid 20 miler, and you definitely deserve a few MP miles in there.

Fritz's comment raises a good point. Elevation IS sort of overrated (at least at 4K feet) on flat terrain, when you're at marathon effort. Adding uphills to the mix obviously changes things exponentially, as does going up to ~6K feet, or running at LT effort.

But at our moderate elevation, there's no physiological reason a flat MP run would be significantly different than running at sea level. For someone acclimated.

Man, that's a lot of caveats! :-)

From Matt Poulsen on Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:21:51 from 174.52.216.185

Nice run!

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