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Location:

Woods Cross,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 01, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Current Running Life:
5k: 17:50 (2010 NSL)
10k: 38:20 (2007 Des News)
1/2 Marathon: 1:23:30 (2009 Provo Half)
Marathon: 2:53:46 (2007 St George)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

Personal:

Daddy to 3 great kids - 16 year old son and 11 year old twin daughters

I do not know what tomorrow will bring but I do know it will start with a run.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony Grid A2 Lifetime Miles: 125.40
GoRun2 Lifetime Miles: 53.70
Adrenaline 2014 Blue (1) Lifetime Miles: 442.70
Adrenaline 2014 Red (1) Lifetime Miles: 429.20
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.400.0015.40

Worst run ever!  Didn't feel well from the start of the run.  My chest felt heavy and my legs were a little heavy.  I thought that once I got going, I would start to feel better but never did.  At 10.5 I actually had to sit down for a few minutes.  My right tibia started to hurt and I figured that I was doing more harm than good so I called my wife to come pick me up.  I was very dehydrated (lost 7 pounds) despite drinking a lot of Gatorade and water during the run.  The only other time that I had to have somebody pick me up was last year on Aug 5.  Very strange that it was almost exactly 1 year ago.  I guess next year I will take the day off.  I was pretty disappointed in myself that I quit.  I'm sure that I could have toughed out the last 2+ miles.  My rationale was that I wasn't really running fast enough for a good workout and felt as though I was risking injury if I continued.

Total  Time: Doesn't really matter.

Comments
From Clay on Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 15:18:28

Don't be to hard on your self Andy, I have had this happen to me before and I had to run walk home for about the last 3 miles of the run. I know that Sasha has said he had the same thing happen to him so it happens to all levels of runners.

Sometimes it happens from over training or pushing to hard for several weeks in a row or a host of other things, so hang in there and Monday is the start of another week...

From Brent on Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 19:12:43

Andy, have not commented on your blog for a while. We have all had bad days, I walked in the last 8 miles of the Ogden marathon one year with knee issues. Maybe your body is telling you to back off a few days. Good thing about running and racing, always another day. Do something positive, ice from the inside out with ice cream.

B of BS Rools out.

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