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Logan,UT,United States

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Apr 08, 2005

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Former Course Record Holder (it was a good run while it lasted...)

Logan Peak Trail Race

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2016 Race Schedule

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AM: Workout Day.  Did a warmup to the Planet Walk then ran tinman tempo pace for 3 miles.  Ran 3/4 mile on trail and then turned around and went back (2-reps).  I went 6:27, 6:27, 6:30.  It is kind of hard doing a tempo on that trail as there are too many sharp turns on bridges and all the stopping and turning around.  After the tempo, I ran easy over to Logan High and started a VO2 Max ladder.  200,400,800,1200,800,400,200.  I wanted the 200's and 400's hard with the 800's and 1200 at about 5:30 pace.  The recovery was 200m (100 walk, 100 jog).

I went 35,74,2:48,4:12,2:49,72,32

Paul showed up in time to join me for my last 400 and 200.  He helped push me when I was hurting.  He also joined me for my easy pace back home.  In-all a decent workout for how tired I have felt lately. 

Total time: 1:13:31 (10.1 miles) (7:17 ave) Ave Hr: 159 

PM: I am in the Young Mens Presidency in my ward and a optional requirement for the Duty to God award is to run 3 miles in under 30 mins (14-15 year olds).  So today was the day.  We ran on the Planet Walk from the start to the half mile marker and back 3 times.  We didn't have too many show up to try but those that did ran pretty good.  The fastest was 22:30 and the slowest was around 40 mins.  I ran with the fast group for a half mile then waited for the last guy to hit the turn-around then ran hard to catch up with the leaders again.  I caught them around the mile mark and ran the rest with them.  After they finished, I ran the last mile with the slowest guy to help him along (13 min pace).  In all, I got in 4.1 miles, most at easy or very easy pace.  The fastest boy is going to join the Logan Cross Country team as he shows great potential (running 22:30 with no training whatsoever). 

Comments
From Paul Petersen on Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:35:24

Nice workout. These are the kind of days that will make you fast!

From 26.2runner on Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:42:01

Nice workout. I've read on your and Paul's blog about "tinman tempo". Will you explain what this is? Thanks, Joe.

From cody on Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:59:10

Paul can explain better than I can, but I will try. Tinman (some coach that writes articles on training) says that a tinman tempo pace is the pace you can hold for 3 hours. For me, that is essentially my marathon pace. The idea is that it trains your body to run faster/longer without wearing you out so much (not nearly as much as a faster tempo pace). I usually will do 5-8 miles at tinman tempo pace on my medium-long days(10-15 miles). It helped me a lot for Ogden.

From Paul Petersen on Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:41:06

Joe, you can read a formal definition here:

http://therunzone.com/BasicTerms.html

Cody pretty much hit it on the head, but I'll add that it's a tremendous aerobic workout and has advantages over "traditional" tempos in that you can do them for many miles in one session and you can do them frequently and during base-training phases. I rarely run LT or even marathon pace tempos - most of my tempos are tinman tempos.

From James on Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 13:06:45

I must have just missed you at the track, I got there at about 6:50 am. Good workout. I always like doing ladders, they give you a little variety.

From Jon on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 00:58:27

Were the young men impressed that the old dude could kick their butts?

From Brent on Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 21:44:23

Cody, I just read the Tinman tempos article, makes sense. Train you body to run harder, longer. Out with the long slow distance work. Your ladder workout is impressive after the miles on the trail.

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