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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)

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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

Tue, Apr 22, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	10.00

Warmed up with 3 miles then attempted 4 miles at tempo pace. First 2 miles were painfully slow. The effort was way too hard for how slow the pace was (6:42/mile). The next 2 miles were a little under 6:30 and felt a lot better. This pace is definitely hard on the hamstring. Cooled down with a few miles at an easy pace.

Total Time: 1:15:54 (7:35/mile)

Comments

From Michael on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:47:52

Sounds like you had a good Utah Valley marathon. Hope your hamstring injury heals. Yes that was my boy that ran the 1/2 marathon and had article in the tribune including waiting for his Dad. Does your 11 year old son run? There are a couple running clubs in Salt Lake area that my son participates in

From Tom on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 16:07:59

I've had the most trouble with my hamstring when I've done back-to-back races too close together. I'm feeling it a bit lately after doing Striders and a 10K one week apart. I can imagine where you ran Striders then UVM it might be a couple weeks or so before the fast miles feel very good. Good luck finding the right balance of training, it's always tough for me to do the smart thing.

From Cal on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 16:15:21

Andy, are you still planning on the 30K race?

From Andy on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 16:43:03

Michael - My son is not really interested in running. I have never really pushed him towards it.

Tom - I was hoping to get in 2 solid weeks of training before tapering for Ogden. It is looking like I will just try to maintain decent mileage without a lot of intensity.

Cal - I'm not running the 30K race. I considered it because I am running 20 on that day anyway but know that racing it would do more harm than good.

From Tom on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 21:00:32

Andy you reminded me how I first got the nasty hamstring butt-itis in the first place. Three years ago I was going to run SLC marathon as a "training run" before the marathon I cared about which was Ogden. But of course I ended up racing SLC and then in my stubborness a week and a half after I insisted on going through with a planned 11-mile tempo run at marathon pace even though I was still feeling the effects of SLC. I got 8 miles into the run and my hamstrings were just screaming at me ad I had to pretty much walk home. After this I held off any more hard runs before Ogden but the damage was done and I had an absolutely horrible race and my hamstrings have never been quite the same since.

But I should also mention I was only training on 30-40 miles a week so I think with a base of 50-70 it would have made things a lot better.

At any rate I really hope things go well for you. I would just say listen very closely to your body and if it tells you not to continue with a planned harder workout then back off and just run slow. I don't think you will lose much if any fitness by keeping the running easy before Ogden.

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