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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
12.0012.5024.50

The temps dropped last night and it was 20 when I headed out the door.  Planned on running the first 8 miles at a very easy pace (around 8:30/mile) then run the next 12 at marathon pace (7:15/mile) then run the last 2 miles easy.   Felt very comfortable and ended up averaging a little faster than 8:00/mile for the first 8.  Stopped to figure out why I was getting a shot of pain in my heal every time I jumped off a curb.  After inspecting my shoe, I realized that I had a giant tack stuck in the bottom of my shoe.  I have no idea how I didn't notice this before.  Started the MP run and the first couple miles felt very easy at 7:00/mile.  Consciously backed off the pace because I didn't want to crash.  The first few miles are downhill to flat then there are a series of uphills.  I figured that this course mimics Boston very well and would be a good test.  Hit the uphill section and the pace only dropped to 7:10-7:15/mile.  I expected a much bigger drop.  The big hilly mile was 7:30 and my HR jumped to 165 but that was expected.   A couple more small climbs then some downhill then finished with 3 flat miles.  All came in between 7:05-7:15/mile.  I felt very good about the effort.  Overall pace for the MP miles was 7:11/mile which I was excited about considering how much climbing that I had to do.  I have always struggled with longer MP runs so it was really nice to have a good one.

I should have mapped out this run before I went out.  I thought that I knew how far it was and thought that I would have to add on a couple of miles at the end.  The planned 22 miler ended up being 24.5.  Knowing that I still had 4 miles until I got home instead of 2, I called home letting Amy know that I would be late.  She offered to pick me up but I figured that the extra 2 miles would be good for me.  Ran the last 4 at 8:00/mile and finished the last 0.5 at MP.  Considered running 1.7 miles more just to make it a full marathon (would have been around 3:16-3:17 and not an all out effort) but decided that I had enough.

Total Time: 3:05:10 (7:33/mile)
Avg HR: 150

Comments
From RivertonPaul on Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 17:58:52

Andy,

Seems to me you are in better shape than you give yourself credit for being in. Good workout. I always enjoy your posts, especially since I'm a slacker compared to you.

Paul

From AndyB on Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 18:34:17

Thanks, Paul. My biggest problem is wanting to do more but not being able to either because of physical limitations or life limitations. Do you think that your "strong" classes have improved your overall fitness?

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:34:03

Andy,

I empathize with your having physical and life limitations. With regard to my consistent participation in strong classes, an attorney with whom I work and who is a decent but not fantastic runner with a PR around 3 hours, enlightened me to view running with the perspective that for me it should remain a major component to lifetime overall fitness, but that I would benefit from incorporating other activities. I qualify this on my observation that given my station in life, I will not realistically be competing for any age division titles so I I am shifting to a longer-term outlook. Although I agree that specificity in training will yield the best results (i.e. running will have the greatest impact on running performance), I am currently trying to consistently expand my general fitness by doing some other things I have not done for years. Perhaps I don't push myself hard enough, but in the past when I have tried to relive my youth I've pushed to hard only to get injured, so lately I tend to err on the cautious side. In this regard, I think my strong classes have had a positive effect on general fitness and will help in injury avoidance.

On another note, of course, although generally I eat better than most of the population, I'm not as dedicated in that area as many others on here, and admire them for their tenacity.

Keep up your good work.

From Andy on Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:48:20

Looks like we are in the same boat. I've always felt like I was in no man's land. Not fast enough to compete for AG awards but too fast to just enjoy being out there. I also am not as dedicated to nutrition as I could be. Glad to see somebody else out there with the same issues.

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