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Location:

North Ogden,UT,U.S.

Member Since:

May 23, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K- 14:58, 10K- 31:05, 1/2- 1:06:47 Marathon- 2:23:29

3rd- Park City Marathon 2008

3rd and 4th Ogden Marathon 2010; 12'

5th, 3rd, and 7th- Utah Valley Marathon 2011;14'; 16'

9th, 3rd,11th, 8th, 5th, 8th St. George Marathon 2010, 11',13',14',15'16'

2nd- Deseret News Marathon 2015

1st- SandHollow Marathon- 2016 (CR***)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 POTENTIAL RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

                                                                          -Helen Keller

              

 

Personal:

Married to Nikki we have 4 children. Jaerdan, Korver, Grady and Lyla McKell

Head XC/Track Coach at Weber High

Graduated from Weber State with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Athletic Therapy.

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 257.46
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.400.006.000.0011.40

Track Workout

Well I have to admit that I took this workout from Matt Poulsen and the crew from their workout yesterday. For me it just seemed fitting and right after I read the post from yesterday.

Workout was 3X3200 meter with 400 meter jog for rest

Splits 5:13, 5:10(10:23); 5:03, 5:07(10:10); 5:06,5:02(10:08)

Overall my legs felt fantastic and felt way different then last Saturdays race. Today was a good boost in the right direction. Hoping for more workouts like this in the next 5 weeks.

Cooled for 2.80 miles

 

Adidas Boost Miles: 11.40
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Steve Shepherd on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 08:38:43 from 168.180.136.164

Great workout! Hopefully this workout will give you some new momentum. Are you going to come out and race in Hooper tomorrow morning? I need to know how much to run before the race :) If you're coming out and racing I'll probably only run 5 miles before the race but if you're not going to be there I'll probably run 10-12 before the race.

From JPark on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 09:40:18 from 76.8.212.219

Impressive!! Man you've got speed. Nice work Ben!

From Trevor Baker on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 10:36:26 from 155.98.164.38

excellent job!

From Superfly on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:02:50 from 64.255.89.100

That's a killer job Benny Boy!!!! Super speedy for sure. I kind of want to do that workout now... but would be too embarrassed to post my times following your throw-down session.

From Ben VanBeekum on Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:57:50 from 73.52.142.160

Thanks everyone! The body is way weird! Hoping for great workouts in the next up and coming weeks.

Also Steve I am not running the 5K tomorrow. So have and race hard ;)

From Matt Poulsen on Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 10:06:10 from 50.168.224.197

Great workout, Ben! Looking very good. You did our workout and smoked it better than we did :) Nicely done.

From mikenelson on Tue, Sep 02, 2014 at 09:36:10 from 174.129.27.27

Nice work Ben! You're in great shape. That workout kicked my butt last week.

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