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Location:

Riverton,UT,

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:


PR Marathon

2:51:33 (St. George 2009)

3:01:00 (St. George 2008)

3:09:52 (St. George 2007)

3:24:48 (St. George 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Improve training. Get serious, lose weight.

Improve speed.


Long-Term Running Goals:

Lifetime fitness, including running.

 

Personal:

Married with 4 kids. I live in Riverton and work as an attorney downtown in Salt Lake City.

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Wed, Jun 03, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.002.007.00

 

Got a gift certificate from the in-laws so I stopped by Wasatch Running.  I couldn't resist getting another pair of the Elixir 3s.   Even though they are last years model, I have enjoyed my blue pair so much (last year I had Wasatch Running special order in the blue model even though they had the red ones in stock), at this point I don't feel any need to even mess with this year's Elixir 4.  (In addition, I was able to get them for only $50 on super clearance -- bonus.)

I slept in an extra hour (late nite for work) so I only got in 7.

2 easy at 8:30, random incline to 1.5%.

1 at 5:54, .2 at 8:30 (short recovery), 1 at 5:54,  2.8 at 8:30.  Wanted to throw in just a bit of speed, legs felt fine.

All on the notorious treadmill, of course.


Comments
From Cal on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 11:14:01 from 66.133.117.3

Bit of Speed? Those are smokin' fast!

(in my book) Way nice.

That's a great buy on your shoes.

From Paul Van Komen on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 11:18:24 from 67.42.27.114

Thanks Cal. They were tough, I won't pretend, and I wimped out from doing 3 (didn't help that a gym friend came by and wanted to chat on the next treadmill), but I'm still satisfied.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 11:24:48 from 67.42.27.114

Funky new comment put my full name. I'm testing this to see if it will go back to RivertonPaul with my manual override.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:10:53 from 67.42.27.114

Kristi, I went to user options and put "RivertonPaul" in my name field. I put my name in the address field, in case Sasha wanted it. I assume Sasha will change this sometime so that the Blog Nickname will be the default instead of user name at some point, but until then this was my workaround.

From Cal on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:12:04 from 66.133.117.3

i had the same problem with my name. (same solution too.)

From Teena on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:12:38 from 67.177.20.13

Gift Certificate? Was it your birthday? Check out those 5:54 miles. Man alive Paul!!!

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:13:25 from 67.42.27.114

Cal, I guess Sasha doesn't want us using names like Bandit. :)

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:14:25 from 67.42.27.114

Teena, Friday is my son's birthday, my birthday, and my father-in-law's birthday, all 25 years apart. It is pretty cool for my son.

From Teena on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:16:24 from 67.177.20.13

Serious?? How did that pan out??

I thought it was cool that my twins had/have the same birthday!!! :)

HA!

From MrsFIT on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:17:10 from 205.127.70.66

Thanks for the help with the "manual override!"

From Kathie Phillips on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 13:21:00 from 207.155.176.10

I can't post a comment at all unless I use firefox which I don't have set up or know how to use as well. I hope that is fixed soon.

Great run!

From Kathie Phillips on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 13:21:56 from 207.155.176.10

Oh I almost forgot I run in the elixir too and I love them!

From Susanna Lew on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 16:09:15 from 71.36.64.213

WOW! 5:54! WOW!

I'm thinking about getting a pair of elixir too. I run in the Inspire. That's a great deal you got there. HAPPY B'days to you, son and FIL and Anniversary! 25 yrs apart, very cool!

I tried over-riding the full name thingie. It didn't work, may be I'm missing something.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 16:21:38 from 67.42.27.114

Smooth, I have run in Ispires for years (and its predecessors) and still do currently in the blue Inspire 5. :) I love my Mizunos, and am glad you do. I'm in good company.

From DonGardinero on Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 21:38:28 from 152.216.7.5

Wow, Paul..Awesome speed work. And what a dela on the shoes. I wish I could get some Asics Cumulus at that price. No matter where I get them, they are always around $95

From allie on Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 01:34:32 from 208.110.151.113

-great run.

-awesome shoes!

-hilarious treadmill clip. i think the funniest part is the other lady is just watching her and cracking up. LOL. SO funny i just can't stop watching!

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