Little Buddha

November 05, 2024

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Location:

La Verkin,UT,USA

Member Since:

Feb 17, 2005

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Post College

10K- 33:49 (Enterprise 09')

Half Marathon-1:16:29- (Hobblecreek 06')

Marathon 2:44:59 (St. George 07')

Personal:

I live in La Verkin, Utah. My wife, Sunny and I have 3 boys and 1 special little girl
I teach 7th grade Utah History at Hurricane Intermediate School and Driver's Education at Millcreek High School.

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Mon, Apr 06, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	4.00

4 miles this morning. Hip pain has returned. I just signed up for the Run for Kids 10K, but not sure how to race it and try to get in some decent miles for the day.

Option 1- Run 12 miles over to the race from La Verkin, then do the 10K, then 2 mile cool-down (20 miles)

Option 2- Run the course as a warm-up 6 miles, then race the course 6 miles, then do a cool-down on the course 6 miles (18 miles)

Option 3- Short warm-up 2 miles, race hard 6 miles, Run home after the race (probably on tired legs) 20 miles.

Any ideas?

Slacker tonight, too busy watching the NCAA championship game. I was really hoping Michigan State would win, but it wasn't even close. In fact, I kept switching between the game and 24.

Nimbus Miles: 4.00

Weight: 151.00

Comments

From JamesH on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 18:51:05 from 75.169.140.243

Im having the same problem. If you find a good solution let me know.

From TylerS on Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:38:09 from 66.119.143.249

I would say option 3? Most likely you could do option 1 or 2 and then get to the race and end up running hard anyway. I have a hard time going to a race and running just to run! Your legs will be tired for sure after the race, but if you can get a partner to run the last 12 with you I would for sure do option 3? Just a thought? Not quite worth 2 cents?

From cody on Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:16:48 from 69.9.58.17

Option 1 would help you the most for a marathon. Training to run fast while tired. Your 10K time will not be a PR but will probably only suffer by about 10 seconds a mile. If you are not doing a marathon in the near future then it doesn't really matter which one you do. My 2 cents..

From Dustin on Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:58:30 from 204.113.48.69

Thanks for the ideas. The Run for Kids 10K is not a PR type course, so I would probably be running it just to get in some faster miles.

From Steve P on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:25:33 from 155.100.160.225

Option 1 sounds best to me. After a race, I'm usually not in the mood to do a long run. Better to get it out of the way early.

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