Artichoke's Running Blog (Ken Spence)

Week starting Aug 14, 2011

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Location:

Tooele & Ivins,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 30, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

St. George Marathon 20-year Club (completed 26)

Boston Marathon 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 (+DNF 2011)

Running for 39 years, logged 58,000 miles since 1982. 38 marathons.

Old Man PR's:

5K = 19:58 - July 4th Freedom Run 7/4/08

6K = 26:38 - Cold Turkey Rrrun, 11/23/06

10K = 43:00 - Deseret News, 7/24/08

1/2 Marathon = 1:32:54 - Hobble Creek, 8/23/08

Marathon = 3:23:13 - St. George, 10/4/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Best: 3:35:07, 4/21/08 (Boston Qualifier)

Boston Worst: DNF, 4/18/11

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running for another 20 years.

Personal:

Married for 44 years to a wonderful and supportive wife. She's run 2 marathons herself in our earlier years so that helps. 4 boys, all married, and 10 grandchildren. 2 sons are runners. I celebrated 39 years of running madness, insanity, or at least OCD, on August 23rd, 2021.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles:						22.50
Saucony Peregrine Trail Lifetime Miles:						318.15
Asics 2000 Aqua #2 Lifetime Miles:						419.50
Asics 2000 Aqua #3 Lifetime Miles:						393.10
Asics 2000 Gray/Yellow Lifetime Miles:						610.30
Saucony Peregrine Trail #2 Lifetime Miles:						168.40
Asics 2000 Aqua #4 Lifetime Miles:						355.00

Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00

Mon, Aug 15, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Made it to work today for about 5 hours. Doing a lot better.

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Tue, Aug 16, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Feeling about at 80%. Start back at the gym tomorrow morning and maybe a run tomorrow afternoon.

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Wed, Aug 17, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

5:00 a.m. at the gym for 40 minutes. 20 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes upright cycle.

6:15 p.m. 5 mile run to mouth of Middle Canyon and back. Back cramping in both calf muscles the last half coming back. Probably dehydration. Didn't drink much today. Could also be a result of the antibiotic I was on until yesterday. Susceptibility to tendon problems is one of the warnings, although they say typically the achilles tendon. I'm really sore in both calf muscles, so I'm icing and stretching and using some moist heat, so hopefully it will help. Otherwise, more rest whether I like it or not. Otherwise feeling better from last week's illness. I've never missed 4 consecutive days of work in my life.

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00

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Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Resting today. Calves still hurting.

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Fri, Aug 19, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Resting. Calves still sore.

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Sat, Aug 20, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Gym at 7:00 a.m. 40 minutes on elliptical. 15 min. upright cycle and 15 minutes recumbent. 20 min. upper body 3x15 on various machines. Getting my strength back finally.

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Totals

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

Asics 2150 Gold #4 Miles: 5.00

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