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Location:

St. Petersburg,FL,

Member Since:

Dec 30, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 3/8/14 - Armadillo Run - 15:58
10k - 2/7/15 - BDR, Safety Harbor - 33:17
15k - 2/21/15 - Gasparilla - 51:05
1/2 - 12/14/14 - Holiday Halfathon - 1:13:31
Marathon - 10/04/15 - Twin Cities - 2:38:46

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Races

Clearwater Halfathon - Jan 11
Donna Hicken Marathon - Feb 14
Gasparilla 15k - Feb 20
Florida Beach Halfathon - Mar 6
??? Chicago Marathon ???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find balance. Run with my girls. Break 15 in the 5k.

Personal:

Born in 1973 in Southern California.

Ran in high school for Arcadia. They have a famous cross-country team now. In my day, we were famous for dodging our coach during runs.

Over the next 15 years I ran very little, but life was awesome. I lived mostly in Northern California, where I met my wife. We moved back to her native state of Florida in 2005, where I gradually started running more seriously.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

I woke up on Thanksgiving and couldn't raise my arm, so I went to the ER. The good news is that nothing is torn or broken. I have a strained ligament in my right shoulder, and the doctor told me to expect 2-6 weeks off running.

Thanksgiving was Elise's 7th birthday, and we had a great time celebrating that and the holiday with Allison's parents and sister's family.

I put off thinking about my running situation completely and had a good time. At some point I'll deal with running realities, but at the moment I can barely move my arm, so why bother.

Comments

From Tom K on Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 08:22:30 from 66.87.148.239

Oh man! Sorry about the shoulder. That stinks! Being that i'm in jax. Too, i know that it has been super hot and off-and-on rainy. So, i'll say you're not missing much good fun times running. Heal up soon.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 08:29:55 from 24.10.247.181

Sorry Drew!

On the bright side, If I run 2,000 miles in December, I'll catch you on the mileage board.

From Mike M on Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 08:11:58 from 24.73.33.200

Sorry to hear about this again, Drew. You don't deserve that kind of thing happening. Period.

Maybe it's actually a good omen to help take away some of the miles as your form gets back into gear. Might be preventing a future injury in a sense.

I hope you have a sweet scar too from the fall. :)

From SlowJoe on Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 16:55:52 from 45.18.50.53

Hopefully he's just confusing the timetables for returning to being a MLB pitcher vs returning to running.

Speedy recovery!

From Bret on Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 17:12:12 from 99.1.220.106

Oh no! So sorry to hear that Drew. Maybe it's a silver lining - this will allow your other injury time to properly heal as well. :).

From Drew on Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 05:17:57 from 173.171.218.92

Thanks guys! Already feeling better, expect I should be back to running in a couple days.

Bret - my wife said the same thing!

From jtshad on Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 08:08:42 from 173.198.176.201

Sorry about the injury, hope the recovery comes quickly. What is it with us old guys tripping while running lately?

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