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Location:

South Jordan,UT,

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

only significant running accomplishments done have been sprinting after little black and white balls (years ago)

Short-Term Running Goals:

a few 5Ks, first 10k (trail), half marathon (trail), ??

in general ... can this fast twitch muscle fiber guy do it without losing my strength and power???

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run from Kolob to East entrance of Zions in as few days as possible and do it safely (I'm Type 1 diabetic)

Healthy weight, healthy heart, a new accomplishment

Personal:

Married

Two Cats

Type 1 diabetic

Climbing for ~25 years

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10 Lifetime Miles: 43.83
Total Distance
1.50

Good evening world!

 

Had a Stress test a couple weeks ago and am ready to go.  I've been involved in athletics all my life, but have typically loathed running just to run.  Played a mid-fielder in soccer when I was young and spent hours doing wind sprints and chasing a little ball around so I know running is in me, but ... I may be a little too much on the fast twitch side of things.  That's okay though.  we'll see how this goes.  I would like to keep a decent (for me) squat since deep squatting helps my knees and hips to feel good.  I should rename the blog, "Heavy and Slow" to reflect my long-distance running sensibilities.  lol.

I'll only check my weight once a week.  I don't want to obsess over it ... this is about health to me.  Ultimately I'd like to get down to 195 lbs.  I'd like running to be a part of accomplishing this goal.

09/14/10 Edit:  I'd like to keep track of my food intake, but being diabetic ... instead of "calories", I may just keep track of grams of carbohydrate ... this is something I already do.  I usually can lose weight with ~225 grams of carbohydrates a day within a balanced diet of protein and fat intake (and normal activity).  With running ... I'll have to see how my body responds (I.e., insulin requirements).

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 232.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Burt on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 13:44:21 from 206.19.214.144

Welcome to the blog. I see your goal is to run from Kolob to Zion. I'd rather hie to Kolob from Zion.

From burp on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 17:01:00 from 64.122.178.113

Thanks Burt!

LOL.

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