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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 23, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon

St. Louis Marathon (2008) - 3:46:23

St. George Marathon (2009) - 3:30:16

St. George Marathon (2011) - 3:23:52

DesNews Marathon (2012) - 3:29:03

St. George Marathon (2012) - 3:03:43

St. George Marathon (2013) - 2:54:52

St. George Marathon (2014) - 2:51:48

Boston Marathon (2015) - 3:15:43

St. George Marathon (2016) - 2:57:36

Half Marathon

Utah Valley Half (2012) - 1:28:45

St. George Half (2013) - 1:25:45

Hurricane Half (2013) - 1:28:56

Timpanogos Half (2013) - 1:23:22

Utah Valley Half (2014) - 1:23:07

DesNews Half (2014) - 1:23:28

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 marathon 1:20 half marathon

Personal:

Married, 3 boys. Work as an anesthesiologist.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Blue Nike Flyknit Lunar1 Lifetime Miles:						530.70
Volt Nike Lunaracer 3 Lifetime Miles:						336.80
Nike Air Pegasus 31 Lifetime Miles:						530.50
Nike Flyknit Lunar2 Gray/Volt Lifetime Miles:						360.50
Nike Flyknit Lunar2 Red Lifetime Miles:						298.50
White Kinavara 5 Lifetime Miles:						305.80
Nike Lunarglide 6 White Lifetime Miles:						304.00
Nordic Track Lifetime Miles:						581.00
Nike Pegasus 30 Lifetime Miles:						480.00
Saucony Triumph Lifetime Miles:						192.60
Under Armor Apollo 2 Lifetime Miles:						121.00
Nike Pegasus 32 Lifetime Miles:						147.90
Salomon Speedcross Lifetime Miles:						17.10

Thu, May 30, 2013

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

10 min on bike for warm-up

3 miles on treadmill. First time running since I hurt my hamstring. Ran at 6% incline because PT said this would cause less strain on my hamstring. Ran at 6 mph, which according to their chart is like 8:00 pace with no incline. Felt alright, not great. We'll see how it feels tomorrow.

1 mile cooling down on the elliptical.

Saucony Progrid Mirage 2 Miles: 3.00

Comments

From ACorn on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 22:19:27 from 71.213.40.95

Good luck with the hamstring! Lots of people with injury experience on the blog, I've read that stim machines can often help with hamstring injuries.

From Fritz on Thu, May 30, 2013 at 22:21:51 from 67.177.4.64

Uphill usually is better because you don't extend your leg as much. I wouldn't rush it too much if you still feel a twinge. Eccentric hamstring curls seemed to work well for me and I am sure your PT prescribed a few others.

So who won the alumni tourney?

From Hille on Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 16:44:23 from 98.202.107.135

Not sure who won the alumni tourney, since I didn't play the last week because of the hamstring. Pace and I played with '97 since our year didn't have enough guys. We went 3-1 though.

As you probably well know, I am trying not to rush back from the injury but it is hard to be patient. How are you coming along with the injury?

From Fritz on Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 12:43:36 from 65.100.192.74

Things are coming along very slowly, unfortunately. It has been 2 months since I last ran and I really can't even bike for more than 30 minutes without flaring up my IT band. I have had three cortisone shots which didn't do anything and just had an MRI to rule out any tears in my meniscus. The MRI didn't show any tears which is good and it also showed fluid under my IT band which is just a symptom of ITBS. If you know of any miracle treatments let me know.

Your hammy should be fine with proper rest and PT. The PT is crucial to prevent it from coming back again.

From Hille on Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 09:25:00 from 70.103.189.14

Sorry to hear things are coming along slowly. I wish I had a magic cure for you. I could probably take away the pain by making your leg numb, but you may not be able to use run very well.

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