| Location: Mesa,AZ, Member Since: Mar 20, 2006 Gender: Male Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments:
- Mile: 4:37 (HS)
- 2 Mile: 10:11 (HS)
- 10K: 35:52 (HS)
- 5K - 18:15 (ARR Summer Race Series #1 - 2008)
- 1/2 Marathon: 1:32:00 (St. George 2008 enroute)
- Marathon: 3:10:56 (St. George 2008)
Short-Term Running Goals:
- Get down to 155 lbs
- Run sub 18:00 5K
- Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
- Run sub 3:00 marathon
Long-Term Running Goals:
qualify for Boston Marathon - run Boston Marathon
- run sub-2:50 marathon
- run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
- run sub-17:00 5K
- beat my high school 10K time of 35:52
Personal: I was married in 1997 to my beautiful wife Lybi (confessions of a piano teacher on the blog), and we have 3 wonderful boys who are just as active as I was when I was little (he he). I grew up in southeastern Michigan, and my family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 6. I attended BYU, and served a mission in Berlin, Germany. After graduating from BYU with a degree in Health and Human Performance (pre-physical therapy), I promptly changed careers and started working with computers (although no programming for me). We have moved across the country several times, and currently live in Mesa, AZ. I work in computer security for a major nationwide homebuilder. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 14.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 42.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 42.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| After having taken the rest of last week off, I was hopefull that I would be able to get back to running today. Started out nice and easy. However, by the 1.5 mile mark, my knee was doing exactly the same thing. I was so frustrated. I tried to run through it a little, but that didn't help, and it just started getting worse. Was able to take a bit of a shortcut home and finish with 3.5 instead of 4 miles. Right now, I am convinced that my problem has to do with my pelvis being out of whack, and my gluteals and piriformis, as well as other abductors, compensating, which is throwing my entire leg off. Gonna go see Dr. Rick either today or tomorrow, whenever he is available. No running until I get adjusted, and we will have to see after that. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 1.5 Very easy miles with the boys - first .9 with Joey and Adam in the double jogging stroller and Sam running. Knee felt OK today. Last .6 with both Sam and Joey running, and Adam in the jogging stroller. I could start to feel my hip getting tight towards the end of the run, and my knee started to feel a teeny bit tight at the very end, but nothing like it was the other day. I will probably go see Dr. Rick again on Thursday and keep with very slow miles all week. I am also going to start putting some heat on the hip to see if I can loosen up the muscles some. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 |
| Ran 0.5 with Joseph, with Adam in the jogging stroller, then Joseph got in the stroller and I ran another 2 miles. Nice easy pace. Then another 0.25 with Adam. That will do it for today. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Ran the first .9 miles barefoot on a challenge from Lybi. Knee felt fine, but I could tell that my poor little feet have been babied. Without realizing it (I wasn't looking at my watch), I actually found myself going about 7:40 pace, and my toes ended up getting a little bruised on the bottom. Overall, not a bad experience, but I prefer a bit more padding. Then put my shoes on and took Sparky for a run. Towards the end, my knee started to tighten up a little bit to the point where I could feel it - it didn't hurt, but I could definitely tell it was tight. Got back inside, and did a bit of active stretching on a gut feeling (holding on to the back of a chair, and swinging my leg from side to side. I could feel it most in my hamstrings, which I suspect are kinda tight). This actually made the tightness go away. Then I did my core exercises and some stretches for my abductors and IT band. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Ran 2 miles in the afternoon, knee got hurty again. I am going to have to scratch on the Provo City 1/2 - with the condition my knee is in, I am having a hard time even running 3 miles, let alone 13. I think it is time for me to look up a good sports physical therapist so that I can get some work done on my knee and abductors. Obviously chiro alone is not doing the trick, even though he also does heat and electric stimulation therapy. I am very bummed right now :( |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| Ran 1.5 miles with the boys in my pool shoes . . . slow and steady. No knee pain. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 14.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.25 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 42.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 42.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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