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Location:

Windsor,Ontario

Member Since:

Jan 22, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Detroit Marathon....October 2008...3:48:16

Half Marathon...Tecumseh Run From Cancer....July 2009....1:30:13

Detroit Free Pree/Flagstar Marathon...October 2009...3:30:24. Qualified for Boston!!


Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain weekly mileage at 80 or more....


Long-Term Running Goals:

train and run a 30 mile ultra-marathon.

Personal:

I am a 52 yr. old single father of four children.  I am retired after injuring my back in 2000. I had back surgery, stopped running, and gained about 80 pounds. Decided to take my health into my own hands....lost 100 pounds, went to Nepal and trekked for two months in the Himalayas...climbed almost 18,000 ft.....felt so proud of myself....began running again. I qualified for Boston in Oct. 2009. I have shifted my focus now on ultra-marathons with the hope to run my first this year.
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Thu, Jun 18, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.500.000.000.0016.50

Outside run....AM......Partly sunny, 71 F and winds out of the NW @ 6 mph.

Ran 16.50 miles at an easy pace of 8.04 minutes per mile.....total time of 2 hrs, 13 minutes.

My body is responding to the toll of the increased mileage over the last couple of months....I feel much stronger, but although I am eating more now than ever, my weight has dropped from 156 lbs. at the beginning of May, to 140 lbs. now.....I assume its the body's way of adapting.

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Comments
From smally on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 14:41:24 from 209.195.80.66

Brian,

Your miliage is very impressive but as your friend, running club coach and your chiropractor I am a touch concerned about your health. Symptoms are always the last to show up and I have seen a drastic increase in your miles the last 2 months and to loose 16 lbs in 2 months or so scares me a little. I know your built for distance, god knows I could never do what your doing but I don't see the need to run that many miles unless you plan on running an ultra, meaning 50 miles or more.

I may be wrong Brian but I know how much you love running and I don't want you to have an injury like you had over a year ago. I also may be wrong because I only run marathons and maybe you are right on track for ultra's, I just care and don't want to see you injured or have any body systems get sick. Hopefully we can get some insight from some more experienced runners on this website.

Have some rest this weekend and enjoy your camping.

Todd

From Brian on Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 15:05:14 from 24.57.66.239

Todd....

Thank you for your comments/concerns. I value your opinion, and to be honest, I agree. As runners, we have a tendency to be somewhat compulsive....something I battle with all the time, and hopefully, I will get to know myself enough to find that balance between the running and rest.

I do plan on using next week as a recovery week....drop my miles down to about 70 or so.

From rockness18 on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 09:34:34 from 69.183.233.238

Brian,

I've kept fairly quiet, since I have never seen you and you seem to be handling the mileage well (based on your logging comments). At the same time, Jeff Shadley (elite master) expressed grave concern last month about your sudden increase. He definitely knows more about running than me. If you have any kind of injury history, back off a bit. It's not worth it. I've only been on this blog for a year and many of last year's leading mileage runners have been struggling with injuries this year. Personally, if I were you, I would spend the summer in the 70-90 range with a low mileage week worked in each month (50-70). If you can handle it for a year or so and then want to ramp it up, it's your call...just some friendly input.

From Brian on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:19:51 from 24.57.66.239

Dave....

Thanks for the valuable advice...I will definitely do what I need to do...don't want an injury....I love running too much!!

Thanks.

From rockness18 on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 14:54:40 from 69.183.233.238

Your runs are inspiring!

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