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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
0.000.000.000.000.00

Well...back to cycling for a while it looks like. 

Fortunately for me I love cycling or I might be tempted to be bummed out.

I'm actually looking forward to the excuse to ride up super steep canyons as the weather is now getting warmer.

I am still dreaming of running all the peaks on the Front Range that stare down at me every day, but for now I will take of advantage of enjoying riding again, up into the hills while my foot heals.

I'm not sure that I have a stress fracture, but I think I do, in my 5th metatarsal.  I'm going to get it checked out to be sure though.  In any case I'm going to bike this week instead of running.

 Just did a quick ride this morning with the time I had:

14.72 Miles  - 17.8 mph - HR 127 avg - 715 FT elevation. 

Cycling 2010 Miles: 14.72
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 186.00
Comments
From Danny on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 15:06:42 from 24.19.35.209

Dude, sorry to hear about the metatarsal. Maybe if you wore shoes like a normal person this kind of thing wouldn't happen :)

From Aaron Kennard on Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 15:28:44 from 174.51.250.151

haha - not going to happen amigo, I'm too hooked already to go back. Although, I may wear socks next time I run through foot deep post holes of snow on mountain tops...my ankles were exposed and got kind of thrashed..I've got scabs all over my ankles from the abrasiveness of the snow and ice.

And perhaps my self-diagnosis is wrong...we'll see I guess.

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