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Location:

Hurricane,UT,U.S.A.

Member Since:

Dec 25, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Highschool Champ

Running Accomplishments:

400 -- 53 secs (4x400 split)

800 -- 1:56 (open) 1:55 (medley split)

1600 -- 4:23

3200 -- 9:33

5k -- 15:30

10k -- 32:23

Half -- 1:14:10

Short-Term Running Goals:

State champion for cross-country and track

Break the school records for 3200 and 1600

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 4:00 mile

Run the marathon under 2:20


Personal:

I'm a junior at Hurricane High School. I love music. I sing in the chamber choir and I play the piano and the guitar. Other sports that I love include basketball, soccer, and racquetball. By the way, if anyone's up for a game of racquetball, I'm game! Anyways, gotta run...

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Sat, Feb 02, 2008
Race: Run for a Wish (3.1 Miles) 00:15:30, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.503.104.60

The race was down in Las Vegas on Fremont St.  There must have been over a thousand people running!  I started out running with three other guys, but by the first mile I realized I was going too slow.  I started picking up the pace and lost two of the other guys.  I finished with way too much energy.  I felt like I hadn't even ran at all.  Guess I've forgotten how fast 5ks are.  I still got a pr!

Later that night I just ran a quick 1.5 miles to relax a bit.  My legs are not sore, but I am still having problems with my right hip.  I also got a headache, but that's normal after a race in Las Vegas. 
 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Kelly on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:07:18

Congratulations on the 1st place finish and the PR!

From jtshad on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 10:19:34

Congratulations the the great race result. Keep running hard!

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 23:21:20

Congratulations on the win! Was this a certified course?

Some thoughts on your training. Overall, too much intensity, and not enough base mileage. There is no need to run sub-6:00 pace, or even 6:40. 7:00 is plenty fast. If you feel energetic, go more, or add a second run, instead of pushing the pace. Do not cut your runs short before non-key races. Just train through them. When racing, unless it is a half-marathon or longer, adopt the mentality of feast after famine as soon as you finish. E.g if it is a 5 K you warm up two-three miles, no more than that to keep your legs fresh, then race, and now is the time to pig out on the miles. Run another 6 or so.

I would recommend to spend at least the next month with pure base conditioning. Maybe a tempo run once a week if your legs are itching to go fast - 3-4 miles at 5:30 pace. Without speedwork you should be able to handle 60 miles a week safely. Afterwards, I would still recommend to do no more than one speed session a week. You might be able to do quite well with none at all if you race frequently. Just use the races as speed workouts and build base in between. Do not taper for races until the very last one where you really want to rock. What is going to happen is that in the first few you will run untapered worse that you would have otherwise, but later on you will start running better than you would have had you tapered for every one of them.

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