Jeff Banks

August 2010

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Member Since:

Oct 17, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

4.70 m pole vault

2:41:54 marathon

2:41:15 marathon (aided) 

1:16 half 

Short-Term Running Goals:

< 1:15 half

< 2:40 full

Long-Term Running Goals:

Give an honest effort to find my fastest marathon and half.

Personal:

Married, one kid, one cat

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336.500.0027.0023.50387.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

Back on land but I'm a bit sick now. Run felt terrible and I was really supposed to go 15 but between the heat and my body it was not going to happen.

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10.000.000.000.0010.00

Finally got a bit of bounce back into my step but my head cold is still not quite through. Tomorrow should be almost 100%.

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8.000.004.000.0012.00

My first workout in a while ... 5 x 5 min with 2 min recovery. Still a little bit of a cold which makes it harder, and it was pretty hot outside. All in all a tough workout but thats what I expected for the first time back in a while.

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8.000.000.000.008.00

Just a short recovery. Feeling OK and my cold is gradually getting better.

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5.500.004.500.0010.00

3 x 8 minutes. Felt pretty good but my shins are still a bit sore, and the cold is still not entirely gone.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

First day in Brian Head.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.000.000.000.0011.00

Running at altitude was pretty tough but I got it done.

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16.000.000.000.0016.00

Had to break this into two runs and it was questionably 16 but there you go.

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Long warmup, 5 x 5 min with 2 min rest, and a long cool down. My legs felt fine but I had some stomach problems.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

Just mileage. Felt pretty good but my usual route on the creek is under construction ... I'm really worried they might pave it!!

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Warmup and then 3 x 9 min with 2 min recovery. I got interrupted by the trail being closed and had to hop a fence. Also I ran the start of the last interval too hard and paid the price a bit near the end.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

Ultimate frisbee with the track kids and then easy mileage. Felt really good on the run even after spending too much on my workout yesterday.

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

Morning run with the cross team. This was their last summer practice ... man that went by FAST!

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20.000.000.000.0020.00

Went out to do 19 but ended up closer to 20 I think. The run was quite nice with overcast low clouds for the first 40 minutes and then cool temps with  light breeze for the remainder. I felt fine all the way through which surprised me because this was my first real long run in quite a while. I guess my fitness is better than I thought.

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

Recovering on the creek. It was a bit hot but I waited long enough that it was tolerable. 

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6.500.000.005.5012.00

Out on the creek for 5 x 6 minutes. Felt really good but the construction got in the way of one of the intervals ... oh well.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

Easy recovery. I ended up going out south of town on a loop I rarely do because I am tired of dealing with the construction on the creek. Rumor has it they will be done tomorrow though so that would be good.

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6.000.005.000.0011.00

3 x 9 minutes with 2 minutes recovery. Then back on the track for 4 x 200. It was hot today and I felt terrible by the end. Still the 200s worked really well. I started just a hair faster than my pace for the intervals and went 39,37,34,32 ... close to what I wanted. These 200s are kind of an experiment aimed at making sure my body knows how to run a little faster when its tired. Next time I'll have to hit the first two harder but for a first execution when I was exhausted it was not too bad.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Felt pretty tired and had to run after ultimate frisbee.

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Very tight hamstring at the start but it loosened up after a few miles. I'll be curious to see how that feels tomorrow. 

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Started with Ozzie, rand with Cara for a while, and finished on my own. Not a bad run but it started to get warm near the end.

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11.000.000.000.0011.00

Hot today and tomorrow is supposed to be really hot!! The run was fine though because I waited until fairly late and ran in the shade as much as possible.

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6.500.000.006.5013.00

5 x 7 min with 2 min recovery ... this was a tough one!! My car thermometer said 108 today at 5:00 and Ozzie said the bank thermometer still said 103 by the time I was done. I waited until 6:30 to start and managed shade most of the run. There was no way that this was going to be a great workout, and there were many ways to ruin myself so I went out very conservative. I forced myself to keep the cadence high but the pace under control. The final 7 minutes was actually probably the fastest interval, but I was definitely running out of gas. In the end this was probably one of the best executed workout I've ever done so I'm very happy!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.000.000.000.0014.00

It was still hot today but it seemed to cool down much quicker than yesterday so the bulk of the run was actually quite pleasant. I started out on my own for a little but met up with Ozzie for about an hour. Felt pretty good even in the heat and after yesterday.

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Finally it was cooler today ... 20 degrees cooler!! Out on the creek for 3 x 9 minutes and it felt great. The nicer temperature was great and they opened up the creek again. It was a good workout too.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Easy run with Ozzie and then on my own.

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9.000.003.000.0012.00

Ran a 20 minute tempo with the team to see how their fitness was. Not a bad run but probably not the best idea either. Went out after to finish up my mileage for the week.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
19.000.000.000.0019.00

45 on my own to start off and then finished off with Ozzie. Felt good the whole way through.

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12.000.000.000.0012.00

Recovery run and the weather was great ... nice easy day.

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6.500.000.006.5013.00

Out on the creek for 5 x 7 min. Man I was NOT feeling it today and it was a rough go all the way through. Good to have it behind me!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
336.500.0027.0023.50387.00
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