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Location:

Broken Arrow,OK,United States

Member Since:

Dec 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Route 66 Marathon 2012 (3:12:34)

Route 66 Marathon 2010 (3:35:05)

Glow Run 5k Aug 2012 (19:28)

Aquarium Half Marathon 2013 (1:30:17)

Post Oak Lodge Half Marathon Trail Run 2012 (1:46:22)

Aquarium Half Marathon 2011 (1:39:19)

Oklahoma City Memorial Half-Marathon 2010 (1:42:22)

Williams Route 66  Half-Marathon 2009 (1:42:52). 

15k Tulsa Run 1:00:34 (2013) 1:01:48 (2012), 1:05:12 (2010) 1:09:05 (2009), 1:11:37 (2005), 1:14:26 (2004). 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2013 Goals: Qualify for Boston in Oklahoma City on April 28th.  Goal missed. Actual time: 3:20:37.

Qualify for Boston in Tulsa at the Rt. 66 in November.  

PR in the half marathon in Jenks on April 6th.  (Sub 1:30) PR of 1:30:17...close enough! 

Marathon Finish Williams Route 66 2010 (3:35:05)

Run a sub 20 5k  Full Moon 5k 2011, 19:34

Long-Term Running Goals:

Win my age division.  (Alzheimer's 5k 2010, 21:21)

Run a sub 3 marathon

Run an ultra. 

 

Personal:

I'm married to a very supportive, although slightly less enthusiastic runner than I.  Alisha has run a little with me and participated in several 5k's, but mostly she supports me at races.  She ran her first half in November, 2011.  We have a son who was born in 2010, the year that I ran my first marathon.  I participated in my first Triathlon in April 2011.  I think I may have been bitten by the Ironman bug.  Though an Ironman finish is a long term goal, I want to BQ first. 

I find that the more I run the more I want to run.  I consider my self a running addict.  I like the motto: pain is weakness leaving your body.    

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Red Lifetime Miles: 41.39
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 1.00
Ravenna 2 White/Black Lifetime Miles: 750.54
New Balance 1080 Orange Lifetime Miles: 705.99
New Balance 1080 Blue Lifetime Miles: 524.47
Mizuno Elixir 7 Lifetime Miles: 513.14
Mizuno Sayonara Blue Lifetime Miles: 71.48
Mizuno Sayonara White Lifetime Miles: 42.19
Total Distance
20.03

Long run.  AP 8:08.  Temperature in the low 50's.  A beautiful morning that would have surely been a PR run had my right ankle not been ready for the road quite yet.  I'm still not exactly sure how I injured myself as the pain just showed up during the cool down phase of my tempo run last Friday.   

I went to work yesterday with it wrapped to keep it from moving too much.  I got home from work last night took off the wrap and it felt quite good.  So I laced up and went for about a 4 minute jog down my street.  It felt fine so I decided to attempt my 20 mile long run this morning.  I felt some mild pain at about the 8 mile mark, but I decided to forge ahead since I was so close to my half way point anyway.  The weather was so nice out and it was Sunday morning.  What is it about me that I can't stop myself from running on a Sunday morning even while experiencing mild pain.  I also have to note that it was a little frustrating to know I'm capable of running so much faster than my body would allow me to go on a morning like this.     

I've been icing it since I got home.  I will surely take the next several days off since I was clearly not ready for prime time yet.  I know I must rest to run again another day.   

1260 Grey/Red Miles: 20.03
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 150.00Calories: 1746.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 10:50:01 from 69.131.141.92

I know what you mean about Sunday morning, it just begs for a nice long run.

Probably nothing you don't already know, but if it is a sprain, you might actually want to exercise it, vs. immobilizing it. Sounds like you are doing the right stuff for it, better safe than sorry.

From Daniel Brunson on Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 09:08:34 from 68.14.174.169

It was not a sprain Joe, but otherwise I really don't know what it was. I had full range of motion in my ankle, but the bone in my front lower ankle felt pain upon each impact. It seems to have healed up by now, but if you read my blog from today you'll see I had another frustrating run. I'm not as worried about today though, because a little knee pain always hits me on a long run after time off. It also always goes away by my next shorter run.

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