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Location:

St. George,UT,U.S.A

Member Since:

Apr 02, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

97th at Boston

1:09:40 Half Marathon

2:25:50 Marathon

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get healthy enough to enjoy a run again.

Long-Term Running Goals:

To be able to do it... long term. 

Personal:

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift" -Steve Prefontaine

Live your life. Take chances. Be crazy. Don't wait. Because right now is the oldest you've ever been and the youngest you'll be... ever again.

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Sat, Aug 24, 2013
Total Distance
1.00

103.4 mile bike ride. Left the house at 3:29 a.m. Headed out for an airport run before joining a group at the DC at 5 a.m. The air felt heavy and slow early on. I felt like I was working super hard and was sweating up a storm. Temps weren't too hot (74F) but it was muggy for the first 30 or so miles. On the way back in I stopped at home and reloaded the bottles and food supply. Hit a 20.9 mph avg on this section.

Meet the group of mostly laddies at the DC. With the gals I took it super EZ through Green Valley all the way out to the reservation. Plan was to ride to the summit of Utah hill and then back. I thought I'd try and hit this section pretty hard. It's a steady climb from town at the DC park all the way out to the summit at just over 23 miles. About 2,786 ft of climbing on those miles out. When I got to the top I turned and my gps which I was running off my iphone was only tracking the last section and had lost the first of my ride. I was ticked. Headed back to the DC. 46.2 miles on this section at a 19.8 mph avg.

From the DC I just did the exact same airport run from early in the morning. So back home then out the the airport and then... back home. 28.6 more miles to finish off the day. I got "on it" here and rolled this section at 22.0 mph.

Ended the 103.4 mile ride w/ Utah hill climb at a 20.9 mph avg. Nothing crazy but a solid effort all morning. AND- NO issues outside of the gps crap. Had a fun time this morning. Felt stronger than ever. Butt had less issues. Shoulders got less sore. Stayed on top of food/drink so that kept me from bonking.

Question is... Could I lay down another HUNDY after that? OMG- Lotoja is gonna rock my world.

Finished another big week with 304.8 cycling miles and just over 60 running. Two weeks to Lotoja. Now I'll start to taper a little next week.

Venge Bike Miles: 103.40
Comments
From Christie on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:54:01 from 66.111.126.9

That means LOTOJA is a go then? :)

2 solid weeks in a row. nice!

From Superfly on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:08:22 from 74.211.21.81

Yeah I was always gonna go... I was just being grumpy after Park City:)

From JPark on Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 16:11:15 from 50.160.19.124

Solid riding man. From my vantage point, you look way ready for a good Lotoja. You've put in a lot of solid work on the bike. I think you could win your cat 5 group. My advice to you for what it's worth would be to be very patient and conservative the first half. If you fall back due to a flat or potty break. Don't try to catch up. Let the race come back to you and take back time on the hills with your climbing prowess. Don't stop at Preston and eat something about every half hour. It'd be cool to end up in the same start group as you, though I'm pretty sure you're in a position to whoop me.

From notoldjustolder on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 14:29:38 from 216.241.199.43

Nice ride Clyde. Good luck at LOTOJA. My only advice would be to get a good taper and find a group to ride with and "ride them like Seabiscuit" Let others do as much of the work as possible. In a race that long you shouldn't even be racing for the first 150 miles, I would think. Just lay low and don't show your "hand".

You probably remember STG 2007 when someone rode you the whole race in the rain. Have fun.

From Bob on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 16:49:31 from 67.176.195.62

Your work ethic is solid regardless of race results. Now wonder will u start swimming as well? My daughter just joined a local club and I'm thinking of taking the plunge myself. It would be awesome to swim so smoothly.

From Superfly on Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 20:42:05 from 74.211.21.81

Thanks guys.

Ryan- the raining year was 2008 when Pepe road me like Seabiscuit.

Bob- I'm not sure when I'll get in the pool. I really wanted to hit a full distance tri before winter but my options are running out. So it may be spring until I can compete in one again. If that's the case I'm in no rush to swim.

From Superfly on Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:38:27 from 74.211.21.81

Justin- Dude I don't know about whoop ya. At this point in my cycling career I'm just looking to finish this race. I'm gonna set in, ride wheels and hope my butt can take the duration of the trip. Looking forward to seeing ya up there.

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