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Woods Cross,UT,USA

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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)

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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

Sat, Aug 18, 2007

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

All the women in my life (wife, mom) are telling me that I need to take a break from running. I guess I'm looking more gaunt than usual because of the flu that I have had this week. My main goal right now is to be healthy for next week's half marathon so I am going to take their advice and take today off. I still haven't shaken this bug but I can tell that it is almost cleared up. This is the fewest amount of miles that I have run in a week since Mar 2005. A little disappointing but I know that it is the best thing in the long run.

Comments

From Brent on Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 10:49:33

Andy, take a few days off. Even if you run slower than you want and Hobble Creek, it seems your body is telling you to take a few days off, the women may be right for once.

Hope you get better for Hobble Creek, me and Sylvia are running the race also.

From Curtis-Running turtl on Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 14:23:21

Hey Andy,

It's awesome that you have people who care about you. Hope you start feeling better.

From Clay on Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 15:33:25

Hang in there kid, this to shall pass... You will be ready for Hobble Creek next week and that is the most important thing... Keep up the good work, your awesome!

From Chris Rogers on Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 00:52:54

Andy--just tell your mom and wife that you've decided to listen to your body! :) Even though it may stink in the short term, in the big picture a few days off is not going to shoot down your overall training!

From Andy on Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 17:39:35

Thanks for the support, guys. The more I have been thinking about it, I think that I may have gotten the cryptosporidiosis that's been making it's way through the state. We have been going to the lake and rec center a lot lately and the fact that I lost so much weight and can't seem to shake this makes me think that it is more than the flu.

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