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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
30.240.000.000.0030.24
Five Finger Sprints Miles: 14.50Bare Feet Miles: 8.53Five Finger Treks Miles: 7.21
Night Sleep Time: 16.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 16.50Weight: 185.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.500.000.000.005.50

Easy loop around my neighborhood first thing in the morning.  

 Felt good. 

Five Finger Sprints Miles: 5.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

What a crazy week.  I don't know how some people live on 5 hours of sleep at night.  I die on 5 hours of sleep.  Right now after 3 days straight of about 5 hours of sleep I'm wasted.  

Monday-Wednesday this week were so GORGEOUS!!  And I have been working 16 + hour days all those days because I think my boss is crazy.  It has been driving me nuts being out driving around in this amazing weather and not being able to go running through the hills in it.  

I did manage to squeeze in a quick run this morning finally.  It was about 50 degrees, sunny, perfect weather for an easy run around the neighborhood. 

Bare Feet Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.210.000.000.0015.21

Every night this week I have only had 5-6 hours of sleep.  So I went to bed early last night to catch up because I was exhausted.  Then I woke up at 3 am and couldn't sleep anymore.  

So I decided to go running.

Went running for 8 miles really slow in the dark and wet as the snow began falling.  Sometimes the snow was coming down hard and sideways in my face, so I changed directions.  I was wearing sunglasses even though it was dark outside, just to shield the snow.

Then I came home and laid down on the couch for a while, enjoying the book "Atlas Shrugged" that I have been listening to.

Then my son woke up, and soon I saw the parade of happy kids coming out of Breanne's room after Abe went in dutifully to pull Ali out of her crib.  I'm not usually up at that hour and it was fun watching them greet the day with so much enthusiasm and joy, and then burst out in screems of "Daddy" when they noticed me in the living room.  

We hung out for a while and Nan got up and made some oatmeal, then I put on my dry treks and went back out for another 7 miles.

The first 8 took me 1:18.  I must have been awake for the second 7 which took me 1:01.  The whole run was really light effort and enjoyable, just caught up in the story I was listening to, wanting to keep running all day, but needing to move on with the day. 

15.21 Miles - 2:19:46 - 9:11/mile - HR: ? no strap - low, probably 130-135 avg - 2135 FT ascent/descent 

Five Finger Sprints Miles: 8.00Five Finger Treks Miles: 7.21
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.030.000.000.005.03

Nice sunny day.  Caught up on sleep for the week this morning and then had a fun party for my 4 year old Breanne's Birthday.  Then went for a run in the FF's, but had some chaffing in the arch so kicked them and my jacket off after a mile and felt better.  Super easy, slow run, just enjoying the sun and listening to 'Atlas Shrugged', which so far I am enjoying quite a lot.

5.03 miles - 47:14 minutes - 9:23/mile - HR: 129 avg - 800 ft ascent/descent

Five Finger Sprints Miles: 1.00Bare Feet Miles: 4.03
Night Sleep Time: 10.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.50Weight: 185.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
30.240.000.000.0030.24
Five Finger Sprints Miles: 14.50Bare Feet Miles: 8.53Five Finger Treks Miles: 7.21
Night Sleep Time: 16.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 16.50Weight: 185.00
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