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Location:

Orem,UT,

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k:

CJC 21:47

10k:

Payson Onion Days
9/08	47:13
9/09	47:09

(aided Spectrum 43:18)

Half Marathon:

Hobble Creek
8/08	1:41:50
8/09	1:39:01

Painters 1-17-09 - 1:39:49

Marathon:

1: 2005 Toronto 3:55
2: 2006 Marine Corp. 4:40 (ouch)
3: 2007 St George 3:46
4: 2009 St George 3:43

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy!

Would like to BQ - need to shave 23 minutes off PR.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.

When I started running my wish that turned into a goal was to qualify for Boston. Just so I could say "I qualified for Boston."

AFTER BQ, I think I will do some Tri events. For sure some Half Ironman events, and see where that takes me.

Personal:

Married to Kelly (with a 'Y')

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Cumulus 11 (Aug 10) Lifetime Miles:						155.95

Thu, Jan 29, 2009

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
5.25	0.00	0.00

Ran in the fitness center again. Tried to get my second mile down to 7:00 minute pace. Today I concentrated on getting the pace the whole mile. As I thought about the run the other day I realized that I had some slower laps that brought my mile speed down. Today I made sure I kept it going the whole mile. Stupid mind games! But I made it.

Laps 8:04, 6:44 (yeah!), 7:37, 7:29, 7:16

37:07/7:26 pace

Asics Cumulus 10 (Jan09) Miles: 5.25

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From tarzan on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:29:23

Great Job, Jon. I think that is one of the biggest challenges in running. If you don't focus, the body takes the easy way out.

From britta on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 16:28:33

Wowie wow wow!!! Good Job!

From Kelli on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 16:51:34

Holy flippin' speedy fast!

From Smooth on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 20:49:50

WOOHOO!!! 6:44!!! HIP HIP HOORAY ZIPADEE SPEEDY JonA!!! Doing the happy dance for ya. :)

From jun on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 21:07:18

nice work. mind games is the one piece of running i really don't understand yet and one that i know i need to get control of. its nice to see other people have similar problems.

From jona on Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:51:42

Thanks for all the speedy comments!

Jun, I've delt with the stupid mind games before, have been successful, but that one caught me off guard.

I'm like Pavlov's dogs. I do this stupid little mind trick while I run, and it has helped me during marathons/long runs. When I run I almost always have two places picked out ahead of me that I'm running to. So I will have location A, then location B, and when I get to A, B becomes A and a new B is chosen. So there is this constant ladder of locations. When I hit those "walls" either on marathons or long runs I fall back on A and B and tell myself in my head "go to 'A' then 'B', go to 'A' then 'B'......" Before I know it I'm done. So, I'm looking for a trick to help me focus on staying at a particular speed. Know any?

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