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Location:

Westminster,CO,USA

Member Since:

Nov 11, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finally started learning how to run in '09 after totally botching it up for the 14 years prior and dealing with chronic IT injury...have had zero IT band pain since fall of '09 and have run way more than ever before in my life...loving it.

PR's

Road Mile: 4:44 - Pearl St Mile August 2011 

2K: 6:32 - Uni HIll 2K 2011

3K: 10:07 - West end 3K 2011

5K - 16:53 - Turkey Leg 5K 2011

10K - 38:38 - Butte to Butte Eugene OR 2003 

Half - Never raced a half

Road Marathon - 2:57:19 - 11/12/2011 - solo.

Trail Marathon - 4:48 - Kings peak August 2011

55K - 4:59:54 - Moab red hot 55K 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be healthy, run injury-free, listen to my body.

Sub 16 min 5K

Sub 34 min 10K

Sub 2:40 Marathon

    2012 Tentative Schedule

  1.  Quicker Quaker 5K January
  2. Boston Marathon - April
  3. ??

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get stronger, faster and more fit as a runner and biker to allow for bigger adventures as the years go on.

Still be running in my 80's.  

Personal:

I'm married to Nan Kennard and she kicks my butt at running.  She has beat me handily in every race we have done together except for a downhill mile we did once.  She is my running inspiration.  I'd like to run a marathon with her someday and actually keep up.  

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles: 282.68
Cycling 2011 Lifetime Miles: 291.40
Altra Instinct July '10 Lifetime Miles: 637.35
Altra Instinct Sep '11 Lifetime Miles: 481.45
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles: 157.50
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles: 27.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Did P90X plyometrics today for 1 hour.

Everyone told me, including the p90X people, that it was the 'mother of all workouts'.

not true.(for me)

The yoga kicked my butt twice as hard as the that.  I did double time on some of the plyometrics segments just to make it harder.  It's probably because the plyometrics is all in the legs and lungs and that happens to be the only part of my body that I consistently work out and I'm already strong there.  Whereas yoga is all core strength in which I have never consistently worked and at which I am currently a completely pathetic weakling (that I am going to change however).

In any case, it was still a great workout and worked muscles I would not normally have worked.  P90X is proving to be a pretty great overall strength/core workout...I'm digging it.

Average HR for the plyometrics hour:  133 (including warmup and cooldown)

I couldn't resist running barefoot in my shorts and tank top in the 60 degree sun afterward!  The inflamation in my heel is gone and it felt great to get out and run again after another week off.  I took it easy and ran on the sidewalks and grass around the neighborhood...it was a nice reward after solid workout.

Run stats: 3 miles - 26 minutes - 8:40/mile - HR: 147 avg - 331FT 

Bare Feet Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 183.40
Comments
From Scott Ensign on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 21:45:21 from 71.35.223.135

P90X... what is it? is it free or do you have to buy something? I am mystified by this but everyone else seems to be into it.

From Aaron Kennard on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 23:27:06 from 174.51.250.151

P90X is a home fitness program on 12 DVD's. It has been on infomercials and stuff. It's basically 12 different workout sequences that works different areas of the body each day and is highly focused on core strength and muscle confusion so that you don't plateau. It has a lot of the same principles as crossfit (crossfit.com) but its a lot simpler to implement imo. It costs about $150 for the 12 DVD's/nutritional guide, but I bought it on Craigslist (new) for $60. Well worth it, I'm cancelling my gym membership for now because I am getting a way more effective core workout now than I ever did at the gym and its a lot more convenient.

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