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...
Just a relaxed Sunday. Did a home loop after the girls went down. The best thing is that my knee is behaving itself after the workout I've given it over the last four days. Avg. 8:09 HR 135
I am Garfield. I just can not stand Mondays. Not sure why. But they seem to be horrible at a number of levels. I trudged through a home loop. Avg. 8:27 HR 131
AM: Zombie death march. The Monday followed me to Tuesday. I guess I shouldn't have bad mouthed it. Was meant to be a commute run in via Memory Grove but scratched that when I realized I wouldn't get in, shower, and set-up in time for my 7am meeting. Avg. 11:20 (no kidding) HR 118 further support that I was not moving...
PM: The day went from bad to worse, to even worse, with a slight silver lining the last 30 min as a result of a very dedicated student working for me. I attempted a speed workout to make up for the day, clear my head, and redeem myself from the morning jog. I guess sometimes you should just except that the day is done and look toward tomorrow. I did the home 5K but I would not call it speed by any stretch of the imagination. 5:44, 5:58, and 6:16. Not sure what is doing on but I'm sure the mentally stressful day didn't help. Live to fight another day. Avg. 7:27 HR 154
Today was overall a better day. First I came in with a more positive attitude and second a few additional things worked. This was also reflected in my run. However, it is cold out there. I just got back in and I'm having trouble typing because my fingers are chilled to the bone. The temp says 23F but it feels colder to me. In any case the run went well. Home loop in reverse. Avg. 8:02 HR 136
Good morning all. This morning was chilly. The internet told me 10F windchill. I overdressed just a bit... It was cold but with how much I wore I was sweating by the end. I did the run I planned on for Tues. I'm proud to report that it was faster than Tues and I finished it. Not by much but with the extra 50lbs of clothing and cold it was ok. Also, because I was not focused on going faster I was just lost in thought. I went to a career development seminar on staffing and managing a lab and it gave me a lot to think about. So I ran into Memory Grove the commute route from home to work. Avg. 10:10 HR 127 (1466ft of ascent)
So far so good. Last night was a little restless but I slept in an extra hour to make up for it. Then instead of running into work, I went straight to work and worked for four hours before heading out. This allowed me to run in the sunlight and slightly warmer weather, both nice. I just did an out and back to City Creek.
Avg. 7:51 HR 140 Total Ascent 1358ft Total Descent 1394ft
17°F at start and 23°F
at finish. Very little wind.
I had trouble falling asleep last night but I was asleep I slept soundly. I even woke up a few minutes before my alarm at 4:47am. You know you are
crazy when? Your water freezes during your run. I carried two and they both
froze by mile 5. I was dressed fine though and otherwise enjoyed the run. Did
the same as last Saturday (minus the dog) running miles 2-14 of the course and
then back direct. I messed up with the Garmin so I do not have the total time. However,
I caught it and since I was on the course I just waited until the next mile
mark and restarted so I only missed a mile. Slower than last week and my quads
were tired and the lack of water may have done something as well. Avg. 8:02 HR
142
