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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

Quicker Quaker 5K January
Boston Marathon - April
??

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

Sat, Jan 15, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	20.00

Kind of a blah feeling to end my biggest mileage week ever.

I was looking forward to a fun long run incorporating the mesa trail and flatirons vista this morning...but from the moment I woke up I felt off. I finally got out the door at 7:30 instead of 7:00, noticeably not motivated. Kind of weird.

And I just felt slow. I couldn't find the motivation to push my heart rate even higher than 120 for any sustained periods for the first hour. Seriously weird. I didn't feel labored or anything, I just felt tired, and off, and not motivated. Nan thinks it was because I got 5 hours of sleep Thursday night. Perhaps so. Perhaps it is just that combined with a big workout Thursday. I don't know...its probably just one of those days, and I just need to take it easy for a day or two.

But anyway, by the time I got to mile 15 at the bottom of Dowdy Draw, while I was enjoying myself and feeling fine, I didn't have any desire or motivation to run the 1000' ascent up the Mesa trail on icy/muddy trails like I normally would have. So I went down the road on Eldorado canyon and back home on Marshall. Capping off exactly 20 miles at my doorstep in a pathetically slow 3:10:00 even. 9:30/mile average?? with only 1300' of total climbing. Yeah...I was definitely dragging. And my groin started to feel some twinges toward the end, I've noticed some knots building up in my right groin area that I need to have Richey target on Monday with some ART (not really looking forward to that, but it should be done).

And accentuating my slowness, I got home to find out that Nan ran 18 miles in under 2 hours...6:41 avg pace! And I'm truthfully very glad it was me that was feeling off today and not her, because she's got the Houston Half coming up in 2 weeks, and it's awesome to see her so fit and ready to rock it there. She's on track for some major butt kicking there from the looks of things.

So, while I was planning to do 2500-3000' of climbing and go out and rock a solid 20-22 miles, I settled for a more plain version of 20 miles. Some days its there, some days its not. No big deal. I still enjoyed the run. Met a couple of the assistant RD's for the san juan solstice and chatted for a while on marshall mesa. And got 3 hours of good education as I was listening to 'Parenting with Love and Logic' the entire time. It has been 3 years since I first read that and I noticed my parenting effectiveness slipping. The principles in that book work wonders if applied properly I've found.

For the week I ended up with:

63.25 miles - 9:51:11 - 5500' vertical - HR 133 avg

NB MT101 - Black 11.5 Miles: 20.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Burt on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 15:45:06 from 72.223.84.236

63 miles is your biggest mileage week ever? I mean it's good, but I could picture you doing 80 to 100 a week.

From jun on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 16:14:55 from 97.126.233.112

Great attitude about the run today. Keeping a level head even when your not feeling it is huge. That is what will carry you through ultras. It's all about attitude.

Great week, really. You killed it.

From Cody on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 16:22:51 from 174.52.244.185

I am with Burt!

You are a big slacker!

Alright, congrats on the milestone and dont sweat the off day. Happens all the time when you are increasing mileage. Solid run nonetheless.

From Scott Wesemann on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 16:27:57 from 75.162.89.170

Incredible week Aaron. Nice job pushing through and getting 20 miles even though you weren't feeling it.

From Aaron Kennard on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 16:48:43 from 98.245.117.176

Thanks guys! It was a solid enough week, and Burt, all in good time on the80-100...I'm pretty cautious about running too much too soon since I've only been running consistently for just over a year now.

From Burt on Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 18:04:28 from 72.223.84.236

I wasn't saying you were a slacker (Cody!), just that it surprises me that an ultra guy like you, has just a couple of miles more than my highest mileage week. And with the times you've been running lately, I'd like to see just what they're like when you do start running that much. If you do.

From Bryce on Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 00:00:35 from 67.186.213.216

I agree with Jun, feeling that "off" and still having the patience and mind to finish out 20 miles is a big deal. Sometimes it's as much about getting tough mentally as physically. Runs like today will get you through the long races. Nice job!

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 00:47:44 from 98.245.117.176

Well Burt, time will tell on the mileage. But 60 ish miles a week seems to be plenty for the time being to be able to get some good quality and a long run in each week. But I will most likely continue to increase that as my base builds over the years.

thanks Bryce. Its good reassurance from all you guys on days like today when I feel slow and labored and start questioning my ability.

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