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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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Sat, Apr 04, 2015
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
22.450.000.000.0022.45

Awesome run across the natural sandbar from the causeway out to Fremont Island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake. Once on the Island, We ran to the top of the highest point. The run back was brutal as my legs were thrashed. Afterwards, Riley and I took Denver to Warren's for Breakfast for his birthday. We ate A LOT! The waitress said she had never seen any group put down as much food as we did. I swear I was ordering like a stoner. "Yeah and 2 sides of bacon, Oh and a side of biscuits and gravy..... Oh and scones we for sure need scones. 2 sides of those too." It was funny. I was so hungry.

Here is a link to the map of our run. It looks like we ran on water.

https://www.strava.com/activities/279197850

Brooks Cascadia 9 Miles: 22.45
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 13:00:07 from 73.207.133.226

what a cool run

From Jason D on Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 13:10:19 from 68.80.27.222

Looking at Riley's run in the Strava feed I thought you guys were doing a belated April Fool's/Easter/Walking on water joke. Really cool stuff. Easily the weirdest elevation profile I have ever seen.

Looks like fitness is coming around for you as well.

From Dave Olson on Sat, Apr 04, 2015 at 13:13:19 from 63.248.174.168

It was super fun. Slowly but surely the fitness is coming back. My legs are thrashed right now though.

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