| Location: Mesa,AZ,USA Member Since: May 12, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.
Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)
2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)
5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)
10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)
Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)
1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)
Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon) Short-Term Running Goals: Run a half marathon in under two hours.
Run a marathon in close to 4 hours. Long-Term Running Goals: Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium. Personal: I am married and have six kids.
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| | Yesterday I noticed that my legs were pretty sore. Like the soreness you feel after having done more than you usually do. In my mind I didn't feel like I had done more than I usually do. I did a mere 3.75 on Saturday and two loops yesterday. I thought about skipping today to be safe.
I rememebered that today is Cinco de Mayo. So last night I asked my wife what would be for dinner as we culturally appropriate Mexican heritage the following day. She said she didn't know yet, but that tonight (last night) we would be having tacos. However, the meat that she had set out to thaw in the morning was still frozen come night time. So she decided to buy tacos instead. And she decided they would come from Filiberto's. Honestly, I think this will be the last time I eat Filiberto's. It tastes well enough, but it does stuff to you. Unmentionable stuff. I woke up at 1:30am. I went to the bathroom and couldn't get back to sleep. I was just laying there uncomfortably cursing all the 'Berto brothers. At 3:45am I made the choice to go running. I got dressed, went to the bathroom again, and started out at 4:21am.
It was lovely out. 67º. Dark. Very dark. But still I was able to spot a small white cat near the stop sign. It crossed the road and scampered away when it saw me. Then I started to hear dog collars. I worried that the cat would get attacked by an unseen dog. I looked around for where it was coming from and finally I was able to make out the sillhouette of a woman walking three dogs. She crossed the intersection heading west right when I was crossing heading north, turning west. I said good morning to the early riser.
I was feeling okay for a while despite the soreness in my legs. The highlight of the run was seeing a shooting star. I turned around to head back south down the RWCD road. I got to almost a mile when all of the sudden I had an immense shooting pain in my right calf. I stopped right away and walked over to the nearby power pole to stretch out. It wasn't long before I knew I wouldn't be running anymore. So I stopped my Strava and set it for walking. I walked a half mile home.
It was a painful walk. I saw someone with a light down at the bottom of the Floodway near Adobe, and I wanted to see who it was, but I couldn't get there in time. I got home and went back to sleep. It's 9am now and my calf still hurts. I blame Filiberto's.
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