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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
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Not feeling it on the running scene this week, for the first time in months.  Actually not feeling it ever since last Thursday when I was totally feeling it.  I cranked out a really fast run last thursday (for me) and maxed pretty hard going up the last hill for a really solid 7 mile effort.  And it felt great.

But ever since then my calves have been sore, and my left hip kind of tweaky.

Saturdays run I just never did feel quite right.  Didn't run again until last night, and I just went REALLY slow (9:11 pace), and felt very minor twinges periodically in my left hip.  

I don't like that.  Rolled out my glut and hip a bunch and it feels better.  I doubt its a big issue, but I don't want to have any nagging pains at all going into the Steamboat 50 in 2.5 weeks. I think I'll hit up some ART this week.

Five Finger Sprints Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jun on Wed, Sep 01, 2010 at 13:58:47 from 66.239.250.209

Dig deep. Actually, take time off. I found that taking that week off totally re-energized me. I feel on fire again.

From Bryce on Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 00:00:54 from 174.52.190.220

ART is good. But as I am learning so is recovery. Those hard efforts take alot out of you, that and you seem to have been hitting it pretty hard the last 2-3 weeks. I'm with Jun. Oh, and good luck at Steamboat, I've always thought that looked like a great race.

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