| Location: St. George,UT,AmericaUSAEarth Member Since: Jun 13, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Short-Term Running Goals: St. G marathon w/ my good friend Mike. Long-Term Running Goals: not to run any more marathons. Personal: Yes, I am a Virginia Tech Hokie. I pretty much live and die with VT football, so hide the pups indoors this fall if the season goes south.
I grew up in NJ, competed in middle school XC, was primarily a 400m sprinter (& XC) in h.s., and an 800/400m mid-distance runner at Virginia Tech. Graduated VT with an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and currently am involved with the youth.
This blog is dedicated to my family and friends. I have 2 (er 3, sorry Tambo!) wonderful sisters and 2 very supportive parents. Kim is a Graphic Designer in D.C., and at one time rode and trained horses; Melissa is an English Lit teacher at an all-girls h.s. in NJ, in addition to being the XC/track coach. She really likes comma splices. Tammy is an Elementary Teacher and a crazy good soccer/basketball athlete, lives across the block from my parents, and is very funny. All 3 have run at least one marathon. I believe Tambo has run more marathons than I have. I am ok with that. I am very proud of them all. Oh yeah, also 2 screwball huskies, Apollo and Zeus.
"It's ok kids, you've tried your best and you failed. The lesson is, never try." --Homer Simpson
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the fastest lion, or it will be killed.
Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter if you are a lion or if you are a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you'd better be running. |
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| | St. George marathon course with Mike, Erica, & Staci (guy). What an alluring early morning - overcast and very cool, on the heels of a desert rain. This run was an ambitious test for my shin. The shin was great. My limit turned out to be the quads, my legs are not yet accustomed to long runs on pavement. Finished with several up-tempo miles (~5:50's) over rolling hills before opting to shut it down and call it a good morning. Staci put in a great run, 20 miles. Next weekend will hit 16-18. | | Comments(3) |
| | 9 miles with the club. Very funny crew, the run flew by. I felt good and it was a fine evening, so I continued for an additional 6.5. Farther than yesterday's run over the hilly marathon course. All of the miles the past two days have been on pavement and the shin continues to be a non-factor. I'm still leery of long steep downgrades though. | | Comments(4) |
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Another refreshing, invigorating evening. Misty, overcast skies with a seductive breeze. Had it been 10 degrees cooler I may of shed precaution and followed a random trail in the desert for a long time. | | Comments(4) |
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Track workout w/Logan tonight. Reasonably short and sweet - Logan is tapering for the Bryce 1/2. It was a thrill running with Mr. Fielding, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon.
My legs were a shade tired, otherwise everything was in good working order. Workout as follows:
0.5 + 1 mile warm-up; 8x400 w/200 jog; 1 mile warm-down + 7 mile run.
1 - 76
2 - 73
3 - 73
4 - 73
5 - 72
6 - 71
7 - 71
8 - 69
I trailed Logan about 2-3 seconds on most intervals. I was really tiring after #6 but kept hammering to maintain contact. Logan was simply on cruise control and looking good! Afterwards I tacked-on another 7 miles at ~7:15-7:20 pace and stretched awhile. Legs are feeling healthy. So I will keep it rollin', to quote the sagacious Mr. Holt! | | Add Comment |
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~5.5 today, missed any T-showers. Kind of wish I hadn't. Long runs this weekend. | | Add Comment |
| | 15, in the heat! | | Add Comment |
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