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Location:

Ogden,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 22, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

800: 1:52.23 (Track @ University of Utah)

1500: 3:44.52 (Track @ University of Stanford)

Mile: 4:03.01 @ Sea Level 4:04.67 in SLC

Steeplechase: 8:38.03 @ NCAA Championships (All-American)

8k: 23:57 Big Sky Conference Cross-Country in Portland

10k: 30:40 Regional Cross-Country in Ft Collins

1/2 Marathon: 1:09:34 Snow Canyon Half

Marathon: 2:36:40 Ogden Marathon 2014

Short-Term Running Goals:

Well I'm back. No real goals for the rest of 2016

sub 2:30 Marathon in 2017

Half Marathon PR in 2017

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in all distances 5k and up. Run both road and trail races. Slowly build up my mileage (SLOWLY!!!!!!!) back up to 90-100 miles a week when my body is ready. Cut my weight back to 155 lbs (currently 165 lbs)

Personal:

Grew up in Colorado. Married to former Weber State runner Kayla Blackford and have a son Perrin born June 2016. Family of 2 cats and a dog in our quaint home on the Ogden Bench. Disc golf enthusist. Love camping and back packing. Snowshoeing in the winter. Love a good local beer after a long run

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Thu, Oct 24, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.960.000.004.5016.46

Speed workout today at the pond with Riley Ben Bret and Albert. 3 mile warmup. Changed shoes then strides and we got rolling. 12x600 with 90 seconds rest.started slower and rolled into pace. The odd numbers intervals were maybe 2 seconds slower with the same effort. Splits went as follows.

1:59.7

1:55.6

1:55.3

1:51.2

1:54.1

1:50.5

1:52.4

1:49.8

1:52.6

1:50.2

1:52.4

1:46.4

3.5 mile cool down. 1:52.5 aveage which is exactly 5:00 mile pace.

PM 4.5 miles after work.

Saucony Grid Cohesion Miles: 4.51Saucony Grid Phantom 4 Miles: 6.50Saucony Fastwitch Miles: 5.45
Weight: 156.50
Comments
From RileyCook on Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 09:32:42 from 206.29.182.254

Very nicely done Dave. I know it hurt and you were working hard but you appeared very happy at the same time. It was cool. I could tell you were happy to be out getting a good push in and working back into shape. Keep it up!

From Dave Olson on Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 09:36:47 from 66.87.113.64

It was fun to go hurt and know i hurt now but I got one more in the tank. I was pumped

From SpencerSimpson on Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 14:22:40 from 63.82.19.2

great effort. 600's are awesome...made it happen. SCH is gonna be fun for ya brotha...

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