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2008 Deseret News Marathon
Here's how I trained for the 2008 Deseret News Marathon. I was on vacation for a whole month before this race, so my training was a bit strange. Also, I was combatting plantar fasciitis, and caught a chest cold a few days beforehand. Anyway, my goal was to for sure beat my previous best (3:21) and hopefully finishing under 3 hours.
The race was quite difficult because it was quite downhill for the first 5 miles or so, which really kills your leg muscles. Then there's a big hill, and then more downhill. It was fun to run along the same route the pioneers used as they went into the Valley. I also qualified for the Boston marathon if I so choose to run it.
Note: The decimal places are seconds, not hundredths of minutes. It was too hard to figure out how to do seconds in Excel (of course, what do you expect from Microsoft products?). So, for example, if you see 20.50, that means 20 minutes and 50 seconds, and not 20 minutes and 30 seconds.
| Date | Description | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar | 5 | 33.01 | |
| 24-Mar | 5 | 33.19 | |
| 25-Mar | 5 | 33.24 | |
| 26-Mar | 5 | 33.20 | Water Tower |
| 27-Mar | 8 | 54.54 | |
| 29-Mar | 15 | 104.00 | Pupukea |
| 31-Mar | 5 | 32.00 | |
| 1-Apr | 8 | 54.33 | |
| 2-Apr | Handball | ||
| 7-Apr | 5 | 33.50 | |
| 8-Apr | 5 | 32.48 | |
| 9-Apr | 4 | 26.44 | |
| 10-Apr | 5 | 32.20 | |
| 12-Apr | 2 | 13.00 | North Stake Fun Run! |
| 14-Apr | 5 | 31.29 | |
| 15-Apr | 8 | 54.56 | |
| 16-Apr | Golf | 56.00 | |
| 19-Apr | Laie Falls | 68.15 | 24.59, 36.56 |
| 21-Apr | 5 | 34.38 | Water Tower |
| 22-Apr | 9 | 61.07 | |
| 23-Apr | 5 | 32.36 | |
| 24-Apr | 8 | 52.34 | |
| 25-Apr | 5 | 34.00 | Water Tower |
| 26-Apr | Laie Falls | 64.31 | 24.26, 36.18 |
| 28-Apr | 5 | 31.49 | |
| 29-Apr | 5 | 33.32 | |
| 30-Apr | 5 | 32.52 | |
| 1-May | 10 | 68.00 | |
| 2-May | 5 | 32.44 | |
| 3-May | 16 | 110.00 | Pupukea |
| 10-May | 3.1 | 17.42 | Banana Man Chase! |
| 12-May | 5 | 32.45 | |
| 13-May | 10 | 69.46 | |
| 14-May | 5 | 34.00 | |
| 15-May | 9 | 59.44 | |
| 16-May | 5 | 34.01 | Water Tower |
| 17-May | 18.8 | 129.37 | |
| 19-May | 6 | 40.33 | |
| 20-May | 10 | 71.00 | |
| 23-May | Golf | 57.00 | |
| 24-May | 26.2 | 189.00 | |
| 26-May | 4.5 | 32.00 | Went with Nan |
| 30-May | 5 | 33.43 | |
| 31-May | Summit | 113.10 | 24.20, 36.10, 61 |
| 2-Jun | 5 | 33.36 | |
| 3-Jun | 10 | 73.10 | |
| 4-Jun | 6 | 40.52 | |
| 6-Jun | 3 | 16.07 | BYUH Fun Run. 1st Place |
| 14-Jun | 3.1 | 18.15 | Patriot 5k |
| 16-Jun | 5 | 34.35 | |
| 18-Jun | 5 | 34.49 | |
| 19-Jun | 8 | 58.38 | |
| 20-Jun | 5 | 35.08 | |
| 21-Jun | 17 | 124.17 | |
| 23-Jun | Laie Falls | 67.11 | |
| 25-Jun | 5.7 | 46.53 | Colorado |
| 26-Jun | 7.2 | 55.06 | Colorado |
| 27-Jun | 6.81 | 60.00 | Silverton, CO-9500 ft elevation |
| 30-Jun | 5.5 | 40.56 | Colorado |
| 1-Jul | 10.7 | 83.05 | Colorado |
| 2-Jul | 6 | 46.15 | Colorado |
| 4-Jul | 6 | 40.34 | Utah |
| 5-Jul | 10.5 | 76.02 | Utah |
| 5-Jul | 6 | 40.58 | Utah |
| 5-Jul | 3.52 | 38.30 | Utah |
| 7-Jul | 6 | 41.10 | Utah |
| 8-Jul | 11 | 79.49 | Utah |
| 9-Jul | 7 | 47.21 | Idaho |
| 10-Jul | 12.01 | 83.52 | Idaho |
| 11-Jul | 7 | 48.01 | Idaho |
| 12-Jul | 20 | 138.21 | Idaho |
| 14-Jul | 5 | 33.32 | Idaho |
| 15-Jul | 13.1 | 91.40 | Idaho |
| 16-Jul | 7.5 | 52.00 | Idaho |
| 17-Jul | 9.51 | 73.36 | Utah--hills |
| 19-Jul | 6 | 44.04 | Utah |
| 21-Jul | 5 | 34.00 | Idaho |
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