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
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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.
I'm a sucker for trails through the mountains. And I'm totally spoiled...luckily enough.
Here are a couple of my views this morning, which don't even do it justice at all.
Ran 7.5 glorious sunny miles of mountainous trails. Exactly 1 hour 30 minutes. pace showed 12:06/mile and 3300 Feet of elevation gain. The sun was already fully up when I started driving to the trail head. It was really windy by my house, but perfect in the foothills.
This is one of those mornings where I feel completely blessed to be able to run and not be injured.
And now I'm getting super excited to go to Crested Butte this weekend. Nan and I are getting away for the weekend for our 8th anniversary. 3 days in the mountains running and biking and hanging out with my best friend and not changing diapers or putting out fights. Yes, it is going to be very nice indeed.
As I ran down the trail in that 2nd picture today though, my mind was filled with memories of hiking that exact section with my 2 year old Ali holding on tight to my finger just 3 days ago and it brought joy to my heart as I ran, and I couldn't help just laughing out loud and grinning at how blessed I am. Each time I jumped a mud puddle I heard Ali say 'muddies' in the cutest way ever. It was a cool way to end the run, and made me very grateful to be able to share trail experiences with my family.
On vacation, just Nan and I and a weekend in Crested Butte. Here's what I did today:
Slept in until 8:45, Did an hour long core synergistics workout with Nan in our Hotel Suite which is a great workout because it works every core area on the body plus shoulders and upper legs and leaves you feeling great all over and ready to pounce on the day.
Then went into town and had a delicious omelet and french toast breakfast at a little cafe.
Then went trail running for and hour and a half with Nan on the 'lower loop' right outside the town of Crested Butte. Fun run. Muddy and snowy in a couple spots, but gorgeous single track rolling up a canyon and back.
Then back to the Hotel so Nan could take a Nap.
Then another 2 hours of trail running on the 'upper loop' from our hotel. An absolutely amazing single track through the forests with awesome views and lots of good climbing. I went out for 5 1/4 miles and came back. This was the highlight of the day, so much FUN!
I took an s-cap every hour and a Vespa before running and felt great on my runs the whole day. About 3.5 hours total. I ran out of water the last 25 minutes and so the last mile up a super steep hill to our hotel was kind of tough, but was a nice way to finish off an epic day of running. The first part of my run was about 7 miles pretty slow and easy in about 1:20. The 2nd part was 10.5 miles in 1:51:30 - 10:37/mile pace - 3200 Feet of climbing.
Then we both got an hour massage, ate at a delicious burrito joint which hit the spot, then saw a movie at the local theater and then hit the hot tub and headed to bed about 10 or so.
It's nice to have no set schedule and no rush to be anywhere as a change of pace here and there. Here are some pictures I took on my phone of the trail running today:
Another great day in Crested Butte and Gunnison. As great as yesterday was today rivaled it for sure.
We woke up and ran first thing in the morning. Nan did an intense workout of 1000m repeats and I did a fun hour long loop on a trail down into town and back up to the hotel. I met her on the trail on part of the run and tried to keep up with her in her 5:35 pace for 1000m and I was not hacking it. I stuck with her about 500 m and then I was back to my leisurely 7:30 pace. Then I hit the uphill again and it was 10-11 min pace. Splits for this run: 10:40, 7:52, 7:25, 7:10, 10:01, 10:03, 9:59 - 8:59 avg - exactly 1 hour - 1000 Ft down then 1000 Ft up.
After running we cooked up a delicious breakfast, did Yoga until about noon and then took a nap.
Then we went to Gunnison and hit up an AMAZING mountain biking/trail running scene at Hartman Rocks. We road our bikes and the single track was simply awesome. Here's a quick video...
