Craig's Running Blog

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

50K: 6:15 at Moab Red Hot 50k+ (ouch)

Marathon:

St George - 2:44 (2010), 2:47 (2004), 2:48 (2006), 2:50 (2010), 2:51 (2008, 2009), 2:53 (2007), 2:54 (2005, 2001)

Boston - 2:50 (2008)

1/2 Marathon:

Hobble Creek - 1:12 (2010), 1:15 (2009)

Provo River - 1:16 (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010)

Provo Halloween Half 1:14 (2011)

Moab - 1:18 (2008)

Ogden 1:17 (2010), 1:19 (2009)

Painters (St George): 1:18 (2011), 1:20 (2009, 2010)

10K: 34:22 (Des News 2009)

5K: 16:32 (2003), 16:33 (2004), 17:11 (2007), 16:32 (2008, aided), 17:29 (2008), 16:25 (2009, aided), 17:25 (2011), 16:06 (2011, aided)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2~~011: Complete my first Olympic and Half Ironman triathlons~~

2012: Break 2:40 at St George

Move into endurance mountain biking and trail triathlons (xterra, etc)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running. Move into triathlons and get stronger. Keep succeeding at half marathons and the occasional marathon.

Personal:

I know Sasha from the CS program at BYU. We both graduated in 1997. He probably doesn't remember me, because he was definitely more vocal in class and among the students than I was.

Married to Teresa with 3 kids: Anders (4), Kristian (9), and Zoe (12).

Fluent in Danish, but there is obviously very little need for that.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Mar 25, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
9.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.50

The gua-sha therapy session from yesterday was a boost. I went out this morning on the trail near Princeton a little fatigued, but not in pain. It's weird how the muscle scraping does that- makes me feel a little more fatigued but any pain I was feeling before at the begining of my runs is gone because those knots and the scar tissue are worked out a bit. I brought the tool out with me on this trip so I can work on the lower legs a bit more. Over all, a very successful morning.

Comments

From Andrea on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 15:31:49

Hey, C! What's this gua-sha you speak of? I'm not familiar with it. Gonna google it right now.... long discription on Wiki. Looks interesting and sorta painful. If you think about it, bring it with you to one of the group runs.

When are you coming back to Utah full time? We need you at speedwork and at Hill Kills. :o)

From Craig on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 16:01:53

Gua sha is something I learned about on the discussion board here. Think of the benefits of a deep tissue massage, and then imagine using an actual tool so you can concentrate the effort and work on yourself. It's really good at breaking up scar tissue and knots. You just apply the lotion (I use aquaphor) and then use scraping motions with the tool against the muscles on your legs or whatever. You can actually hear that stuff breaking up when you first do it.

I am done traveling on April 4th. End of next week!! woo hoo!

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