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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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Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles: 81.12
Sat, Dec 01, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

Got a late start due to some home remodeling work that needed done in the AM.  So, started off a bit tired and hungry (one banana and a yogurt for breakfast/lunch).  Some left knee/quad pain on the uphill and steeper downhill stretches.  Snow started to stick in the 2nd half, making footing a bit tricky in spots.  Forgot to bring my sunglasses so kept getting snowflakes in the eyes, which made me drop my head, which worsened my form.  A bit slower pace than normal (8:07/mi avg).

Pylometric drills, lunges, and squats with stretching after run.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments
From Ian on Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 07:35:34

I think you're doing everything right at the moment. Just stay patient and kept the training easy until all the pains are gone. Both me and my wife think the picture from your marathon is excellent, how did you end up with no one else in the pic?

From Dale on Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 17:30:13

Thanks. Got really lucky with that picture. It was one of the ones the race photographers do. My wife said there was no one within about 30 seconds of me on either side at the finish line (and they had a separate finish for the 1/2 marathon walkers to the left of the cones in the picture), so I guess timing was everything!

I think I may need to make some of my easier days easier. I'd been using Easy and Recovery days over the past several months, but decided since this is base building time, to just try easy. Well, I think easy may be a bit much, since it's wearing me out! Guess those recovery jog days really are worth something.

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