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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.500.006.500.0063.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
31.000.000.000.0031.00

31 miles in 3:50:49, 7:27 avg.

No reason in particular for running that much today. I wanted to see what 50k felt like, and had the day open to convalesce on the couch.

I was kind of hoping I'd see leprechauns dancing around double rainbows or something, but mostly I was sore and bored.

It did occur to me that maybe my hamstring soreness is like a charlie horse that just needs to be worked out. After 31 miles, I am pretty sure it is actually plain injured.

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8.000.000.000.008.00

AM: 4 miles.

PM: 4 miles.

Was hoping for more on both runs, but the expected holiday week slowdown didn't materialize.

What did materialize was a dew point drop from 72 to 35 over the span of ~24 hours. Running felt incredible today despite the the long run yesterday. Every person I saw out there was running fast.

Surreal, exciting, annoying.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.500.006.500.0015.00

AM: 4 miles.

PM: 11 miles at track with Sean and Jim. Pretty deserted since Clearwater Turkey Trot is around the corner. I did a long ladder workout: 100s, 200s, 300s, 400s & 600s coming out to 6.5 miles of speed. None of it too fast, a lot around 5:30 pace.

 

 

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AM: 9 miles. I got Elise to run a mile with me while my wife was out running, and Anna rode in the jogging stroller.

Then I went out for the rest of my run. My mechanics have been noticeably off while I've been dealing with this hip/hamstring issue. I find myself clenching the opposite side fist, probably because of the weakness in the opposing side.

So ironically, I was running and really trying to focus on my form when I tripped and hit the ground hard. I was just concentrating too much on my upper body and not looking down.

Instinctively I turned my right shoulder down to buffer the impact. I was running low 6 minute pace, so the impact was considerable. I was able to jog home, but it was pretty clear something was wrong. Not time to linger on it - packing, drive to Jacksonville.

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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.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
56.500.006.500.0063.00
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