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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest.

2013 Races:

Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
White River 50M (7/27)
Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles:						982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles:						452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles:						139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles:						380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles:						706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles:						81.12

Wed, Jun 18, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

5 miles in 39:12, 7:50/mi, HR 150.

Another VFF run. Like the last one, calves started feeling it by mile 2, hot spots on feet by mile 3, just wanting to be done by mile 3.5, survived to mile 5. I tried putting some BodyGlide on my feet prior to this run, which helped in avoiding the blisters I'd gotten last time. Running on the road (asphalt) probably doesn't help matters any. I think 5 miles may be too far in the VFFs for me right now and I might be better served running 1 or 2 times/week shorter distances in them (2-3 miles). Unfortunately, that means a shoe change in mid-run, or tacking on a shorter run just for these. I'll think about it over the next few days.

Vibram Five Fingers - 17.5 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 9.00

Comments

From Zach on Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 16:42:28

Hey Dale it is cool that you are from eatonville. You like running there?

As for blisters, I changed to a synthetic material and haven't had blisters in three years now.

Hope that helps...

From Dale on Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 16:50:07

Yeah, I like running in the area. Mostly I run on my road (Scott Turner), but sometimes I run up in the hills on the some the logging roads. Every once in a while I'll venture downtown. Definitely some hills to train on!

I'm only getting the blisters because I'm running in Vibram Five Fingers (http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/) every once and a while in order to strengthen my calves and feet, so no socks, although I did consider wearing my Injinji Tetrasok in them. When I wear regular shoes, I don't get them. Thanks for the tip though...

Hope your shin splints are healing!

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