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Location:

Provo,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 07, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K - 17:11 (Cougar Run)

10K - 34:35 (Deseret News)

15K - 57:33 (Utah Running Club)

1/2 - 1:22:26 (Mountain View Trail)

50K - 4:22:31 (Sapper Joe)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-2:45 at Saint George Marathon

Win the Antelope Island half marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to run the Angeles Crest 100 at some point. And I'd still like to go sub-4 at a trail 50k. Other than that, I'm open to suggestions.

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Personal:

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I was a competitive cyclist for years. In 2009, after racing in the Tour of Utah, I decided I had plateaued as a cyclist--I could continue to improve, but I wouldn't break through to a new level. So, I started looking for a new challenge.


I thought that challenge would be mountain biking, but I'm a terrible bike handler. I married Catherine in January 2010 and a couple of weeks later I entered the SLTC Winter Training Series with her. A couple of weeks after that I decided I'd like to run ultras, so I signed up for a couple of 50Ks to get started.

Those first races came and went, with varying results. I was looking forward to running more and possibly pushing into the longer distances, but I injured my knee in June 2010 and I've never been consistently healthy since.

I started law school in August 2010, which meant less time for training. In June 2011, Baby Elliott was born, which meant even less time for training. But she's worth it. 

Baby Nora joined us in October 2013, with the same effect on training as Elliott (who, incidentally, is no longer a baby). 

I (finally) finished school in April 2014 and now I'm an evil corporate lawyer in Salt Lake. I have no illusions that I'll ever get back into the shape that I once was, but I'm perfectly at peace with that. I still have many goals to accomplish and many years in which to do it. 
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Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Total Distance
2.10

Easy 2 miles on the track with Catherine. 

18:53

My right knee hurts. It started Wednesday evening, and it was bad enough by Thursday that I wondered if I should run. I headed out in the morning to see how it felt, and it felt fine to run on, so I did nearly 15 miles on the trail without pain (although it did hurt for a couple of minutes at the start and after I stopped for a couple of minutes in the middle). After that run, however, it got worse.

Today my knee hurt quite a lot, whether I was walking or sitting, and it was very bad when I tried to jog on the track, although it felt a little better after the run. It feels partly like I bashed my knee into something and bruised my kneecap, and partly like I have a sore tendon stretched over my kneecap that hurts every time I bend it. I'm not sure what the problem is, but I took it easy today and I'll take it easy tomorrow and as long as it takes for the pain to clear up. If it doesn't feel like things are improving by Monday, I'll try to schedule and appointment with the old sawbones.

And things were going so nicely. 

New Balance MT100 Miles: 2.10
Weight: 165.20
Comments
From Aaron Kennard on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 21:12:33 from 174.51.250.151

Bummer about the knee pain!! I hate knee pain, its the absolute worst. But I have recently had exactly what you described and it was caused by knots and tension in the quad. It sounds like your patella tendon is being strained. I'd really recommend seeing an ART therapist, they can fix that stuff. And you would really benefit from blasting your quads as hard as you can with the foam roller. And taking it a bit easier to a degree, perhaps not running every single day, giving your legs a day in between to recover, might help get rid of it quicker too. But I really recommend the ART...everyone I know including myself and my wife who get it done have had good results. And you will learn a lot from an ART therapist about how to take care of your legs yourself also I bet.

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