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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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Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles:						982.34
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Altra Provision Lifetime Miles:						139.73
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Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles:						706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles:						81.12

Sat, Dec 08, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
17.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.00

Left ball of foot pain this AM almost caused me to skip run, but it felt pretty good with shoes on, and didn't get any worse when I moved around. It's definitely being caused (or made worse) by Trance shoes I have, so I really need to stop wearing them. Decided to try run and bail if it felt worse.

4 miles on road, and decided to run the local logging trails. Figured my feet could use a break from the asphalt and I'd risk the odd painful foot-plant on the rocks. Started at 20% off MP and worked into 10% off MP halfway into run. Route had 2 very large hills, one early and one late, which definitely slowed pace, but took them much better than last time (few months ago). Overall pace in fast end of Easy range, with some miles at close to MP (downhills). Quads got pounded on extremely steep downhill section, and abductors sore towards end of run, but happy with the result.

2:16:39 @ 8:02/mi pace.

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

Comments

From Aaron on Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 16:53:58

Nice run. Listen to your feet given increase in mileage--chronic inflammation/stress fracture is no fun!

From Dale on Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 17:00:38

No kidding. I think I've got it narrowed down to a pair of shoes I know don't fit right, since I managed 17 miles on it today and it's fine.

Hope you're getting back in the swing of things after recovering from your stomach bug. What race is next for you?

From Benn on Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 17:54:50

Agree with Aaron. Great run! I give you props for running on the logging trails. I'm trying to find some trails locally, but they just don't exist. So I think for a couple of my longer runs this summer going to enter some long trail races just to run easy.

What's your take on steep downhills? On my long run route tomorrow theres a beast that has to drop about 300 feet in elevation in about .4 miles. I find even if I lean back theres no way down but to go a lot faster than I'd like. Is it better to just suck it up and go a little faster than I want down the hill and then reign in ? or will it do more damage to hold back going down?

From Dale on Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 18:03:52

Well, for me it depends. If the downhill is steep but manageable, I'll try to stay perpendicular to the slope and run fast down the hill. If it's too steep or otherwise not safe to take that route, I'll slow down fairly substantially and just take the quad pounding. Fortunately, there's only a couple of places like that among my normal trail run routes, and they definitely help condition you to absorb quad damage and keep running afterwards. But I much prefer letting gravity carry me faster downhill and keeping the quads intact, as long as it's possible to do that and stay safe.

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