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March 2011

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Location:

Logan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Former Course Record Holder (it was a good run while it lasted...)

Logan Peak Trail Race

Completely addicted to trail running

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2016 Race Schedule

TBD...

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Who knows?

 

 

 

 

Personal:

Link to my Wife and I's Photo and Running blog

 

 

 

 

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Brooks Launch Miles: 5.00Cumulus 11 White Miles: 2.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 16.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 16.002011 Road Miles Miles: 24.00Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 1.00Fastwitch Miles: 12.00Launch Blue #2 Miles: 3.50Cascadia 5 Miles: 2.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 4.50Fireblade Miles: 2.50
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AM: 2.5 miles in 45 mins on treadmill walking 12% incline (1500' Vert) - No pain or soreness.

PM: 2 miles in 35 mins 12% incline (1250' Vert)

Brooks Launch Miles: 2.00Cumulus 11 White Miles: 2.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 4.50
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3 Miles walking @ 12% incline - 55 mins or so. -1900' vert

Brooks Launch Miles: 3.002011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 3.00
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3 Miles walking @ 12% incline - 55 mins or so. -1900' vert

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 3.002011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 3.00
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Yesterday I tried .25 mile at a slow jog to test things out.  The IT band was immediately unhappy.  I think I had better take a rest week and start over.

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Back from a much needed vacation in Cabo San Lucas.  Fue muy diverdito y no quise regresar.  I spent 0 minutes running all week!  The IT band over the left knee was unhappy for much of the week, but things improved a bit by the end.  Hopefully, I can get some pain-free running in this week.

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2 Miles to test out the leg.  It felt great for 3/4 a mile or so and then it hurt.  

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 2.002011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00
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No running, but borrowed Paul's TP Quadballer and caused severe pain in my IT band.

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No running again, but spent 2 sessions with the Quadballer again.  Still painful.  I expect it will be that way for a few weeks.

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Ran 1 mile testing different speeds to see if pain/tightness decreases.  The first half mile was pain free.  The second half was a mix of 8:30 to 6:30 pace.  I didn't notice any significant difference in pain/tightness at those speeds. 

Spent 30 mins doing exercizes and rolling out the IT band afterward.  Very sore during and afterward.

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.002011 Road Miles Miles: 1.00
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My son woke up at 3am in a coughing fit so I went and got the cough medicine. In my half-sleep I didn't even pay attention to dosage and just filled up the little cup thing. It turns out that I gave him 4+ times the normal dosage (it had codine in it). Hmm, I thought he would sleep it off for a few days but I called poison control to make sure he would be ok. They weren't too happy with me. They ordered me to the ER so he could be monitored. So I spent the morning cuddled with him on the ER bed watching a movie with him. It turns out that instead of getting really sleepy he got all wired and wide awake and chatty. 2.5 hours later I got him back into his own bed. I am now banned from drug dispensing.

By the time I got home, it was time to wake up so a quick 1 mile run and the usual exercises and stretches and then into work. The IT band felt better today than yesterday, but it was done at 1 mile.

Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 1.002011 Road Miles Miles: 1.00
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Today I still felt ok after a mile so I decided to push my luck.  I made it to 1.25 before it started to hurt again.  I went home and called it a day at 1.5.  So I will call it a long run.  

PM: Leg felt good during my quick jog to the mailbox.  Since I didn't have shoes on, I thought I would try Aaron's advice and go minimalist.  I strapped on a pair of my most minamalish shoes (the Fastwitch) and did my usual mile.  I focused on running on my toes with my heels barely tapping the ground.  Everything felt fine and I enjoyed my jaunt.  Things started to tighten up at a mile so I called it good before it started to hurt.  Is this progress maybe? 

Fastwitch Miles: 1.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 2.50
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AM: 1.5 Miles - Sore/tight for last 1/3 mile.

Fastwitch Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 1.50
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AM: 1 mile run, .5 mile walk at 10%, exercises and ice afterward.  Pain at 1 mile.  No pain while walking.

LUNCH: Hour of Racquetball

PM: Mile of running with a bit of walking afterward.

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 2.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 2.50
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AM: No progress yet really.  Knee was tight and sore by the end of this run.  Once I start walking things are fine again.  Did my usual post-run exercises and quadroller stuff.

PM: I counted my steps per minute today and it hovered right around 190-200.  It was about the same between 7 min and 8 min pace.  I counted about 5 times for 30 seconds each.

Fastwitch Miles: 3.002011 Road Miles Miles: 3.00
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AM: Same old stuff.  Leg still sore by a mile in.  Get tighter the longer I run.  A few mins after stopping, it feels fine again. 1.5 miles

PM: 1.5

Fastwitch Miles: 1.50Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 1.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 1.50
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1.5 -No Progress

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AM: 1.5.  I ran .75 then walked for .5 then ran .75 again.  Leg felt good for 1.25.  Going crazy.

PM: 1.5 again.  This time is was a pretty brisk sub 7 pace.  Leg didn't twinge until the last .25 and even then it didn't ever hurt. 

*** Weekly summary 14.5 miles of short runs.  No real progress this week until the sat afternoon run.  I feel a breakthrough coming.  I predict a whole 5K sometime in April.

Fastwitch Miles: 1.50Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 3.00
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AM: 2 miles!  First 1.5 was glorious then the leg started to get tight.  I stopped before it hurt though.

PM: 1.5 miles.  Last .5 the IT band was tight and sore.

Fastwitch Miles: 2.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 3.50
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AM: 1.5 - Its not so much sore as super tight.  I am stopping before it starts to hurt.  When it tightens, it REALLY tightens up.  Not sure why/how/and how to stop it.  

PM: 1.5 on the TM to test out my IT band strap I dug out of storage.  I forgot I had it.  It is supposed to support it so it doesn't act so violently across the knee.  I am not sure it helped.  I need more test data.

Launch Blue #1 Miles: 1.502011 Road Miles Miles: 1.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 1.50Launch Blue #2 Miles: 1.50
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I decided to hit the trails for a whopping 2 miler.  I ran on Deer Fence out and back from Providence Canyon.  It was worth the 20 mins of driving to run for 18 mins.  I did decide to walk on the trail for another mile after the run just to make it more worth it.  My mental state thanks me.  I wore my IT strap but it was still very tight after 2 miles. - 250' Vert for the running

Cascadia 5 Miles: 2.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 2.00
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AM: Drove up to Providence Canyon again and this time went south 1 mile then back.  The leg was still ok, so I went another .5 mile before calling it quits.  It was a great morning to be on the trails. 315' Vert

PM: Quick 2 miles after work.  I think I should have only gone 1.5 as the leg was pretty inflamed by the end.

Fireblade Miles: 2.502011 Trail Miles Miles: 2.502011 Road Miles Miles: 2.00Launch Blue #2 Miles: 2.00
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Brooks Launch Miles: 5.00Cumulus 11 White Miles: 2.502011 Treadmill Miles Miles: 16.00Launch Blue #1 Miles: 16.002011 Road Miles Miles: 24.00Brooks Launch #2 Miles: 1.00Fastwitch Miles: 12.00Launch Blue #2 Miles: 3.50Cascadia 5 Miles: 2.002011 Trail Miles Miles: 4.50Fireblade Miles: 2.50
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