Mike Kirk

Des News 10k

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2:23 at St. George in 2004

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lower PR to an acceptable level

Long-Term Running Goals:

Win a marathon with enough cushion to run across the line with my kids

Personal:

Married with three children and one wife.The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French [woman] named Chloe with webbed feet. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
71.500.000.000.000.0071.50
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

24-7-Jeremy Ranch Trail, 2 PM.  I ran easy and really enjoyed this trail even thought it was hot.  Saw a mom and baby moose 10 yds off the trail.

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5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Footbridges, AM, easy.  I knew that it was either run early or run at 6 PM tonight.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow.  My Des News PR is 32:32.

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Race: Des News 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:33:45
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

Des News 10 k.  Good warmup, 3mi.  I started fast but had no gas.  I didn't even run downhill fast.  No PR.  Ran back to the car with Mike Nielson.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.500.000.000.000.009.50

Burch to Point, PM.  I had no real soreness from yesterday's race except in my calves.   Out in 32, back sub 30.  That is my fastest time in a long while which is somewhat baffling for the day after a race.  I ran 6 minute pace without working on trail the day after a race.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Parley's, AM, 8. Nice weather but humid. Very slow.

 

Foothills behind the U, PM, 5.   

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.500.000.000.000.009.50

Burch to Point.  Humid.  I ran at 3 PM and there were puddles on the trail from last night's rain.  I haven't run through a puddle in Millcreek since May.  I started out at a decent pace then held it.  I backed off the last half mile or so.  A good steady run (sub tempo pace, Timnan tempo).  61 min, 164 ave HR, 175 max.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
15.500.000.000.000.0015.50

Red Butte +, AM.  I saw Neal on Wasatch getting in his first long run in a while at the beginning of my run.  Nice run for the first half.  My legs felt mostly dead after half way.  I'm still pleased with my week even with a blah result in Des News.  We're leaving for Yellowstone, Cody, and Billings tomorrow.  It is a good chance to back off for a week.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
71.500.000.000.000.0071.50


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