Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.
And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70
Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...
Saturday was a split day. It finished my longest week since
St. George with my longest run (7-miles) and one of my fastest miles. This had
me feeling great. In fact my legs felt the best they have since before the
injury. However, by the end of the day my knee felt the same that it did
immediately after the run.
Sunday and Monday I took off. Lack of sleep helped me make
those decisions.
By Tuesday I just wanted to do anything so I did some miles
on the treadmill. Wed was more of the same. But the night’s lack of sleep and
more work back in lab had me dragging my legs. Thurs however we were blessed
with a full night’s sleep. Kristen slept 8hrs straight. Thur and Fri were just
more treadmill miles. The problem with when baby sleeps that much, is she is
rested. The next two nights were horrible. She didn’t really go down until
about 2am on Fri and woke up every 1-2 hrs on Sat. Today I was a zombie. I don’t
see how she could get three nights like that in a row so wish me sleep.
Saturday I got outside and did a home loop with a SH loop.
Avg. 8:19 HR 142
The good news is that my knee feels relatively ok. The bad
news is that I’m back on the NSAIDs… I’ll give them another week and go from
there again. Also, I’ve readjusted my mileage goals and will add on more
slowly.
