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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
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Got up at 6 and ran 5 miles barefoot around the neighborhood in about 49 minutes.  Really slow and easy, felt really good.

I didn't feel like going fast at all today.  I wasn't paying attention to how slow I was going actually until it was clearly shown me by a fatter older dude who passed right by me running with his dog.  It was a great moment of internal laughter at myself, and contentment with my current slow pace.  It reminded me how much I love running however I feel like running in the moment...rather than always feeling pushed by some internal expectation inside my head that constantly told me if I wasn't running fast it was pointless.  It reminded me how glad I am to be rid of that mindset, because running has become really fun for me ever since I let go of my internal expectations to always go fast and started allowing myself to simply enjoy it and run however it feels best to me at the time.

Afterward I did p90X shoulders/arms/abs for 1:15

Bare Feet Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Nan on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 00:09:33 from 174.51.250.151

I like that. Could you teach me how to think that way too? That internal expectation can be annoying sometimes.

From Bryce on Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 00:06:42 from 174.52.190.220

Well put! that's how I finally feel about it too, just could never pin it down like that! it's a good spot to be in!

From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 00:11:51 from 174.51.250.151

Nan - the problem is you are too good. Because you actually win races, you have a different challenge than me I think. But at the same time, its probably good to let go completely of all expectations at least every now and again, just to refresh...it seems like you do that on your long runs.

Bryce - glad to hear you feel the same...I could tell by your posts and descriptions that you did.

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