Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Wed, Dec 11, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.10

Newtone - 8.1 miles in 70:15. Did 15 x 1 minute on/off descending paces for the first 10, back up and then down for the last 5. It will serve as a bench mark for now.

2 mile walk communute to the gym.

Converted my Newton Trainer 4s to screw shoes. I went with stainless because water and salt will probably eat away at the regular zinc plated ones after a while. I tested them out and tried a short uphill in my ice-covered alleyway, toeing in as much as possible. They work remarkably well. I was having so much fun I ALMOST didn't notice the 3 degree temps.

Saucony A5 Miles: 8.10

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Matt Schreiber on Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 22:01:17 from 66.17.102.185

A benchmark sounds like a good plan right now.

From Jason D on Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 23:05:45 from 24.1.80.94

Yep. No sense trying to do anything typical as far as workouts and get hurt or get frustrated with the paces (I really don't feel like doing tempos above 3-hour marathon pace and I doubt I could knock out even 4 at that pace right now).

From Bam on Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 03:46:45 from 89.126.28.24

'Ballad of the Injured Runner':)

From Jake K on Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 08:39:57 from 159.212.71.25

Nicely done on the shoes. I've seen those before, and some people's look like hack jobs. Your pair (well, at least one half of the pair) looks professionally done!

From Jason D on Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 09:31:08 from 24.1.80.94

Bam: it's my justification for running so slow. I don't need to run 6:30 easy pace, but 9:30 on a treadmill kills me. I've been using my HR monitor as well, which I never do, but I think it will help boost confidence when the numbers drop.

Ballad of an Injury Runner goes something like: "Plodding along, plodding along. Ho, hum. Ho hum. I hope my hip doesn't punch me in the . . . " I forget the rest.

Thanks, Jake. This was a slight revision. You basically go where the wear patterns are. I generally do nothing more manual than type, but I can work with my hands when I want to.

You can see were I strike the lateral side of the right foot a bit (lug with two screw next to it).

Bam: You can see the result of a slightly splayed right leg you mentioned. As it turns out this is the foot that I have tweaked my peroneal tendon and the same leg that has hip issues. The splaying, I would argue is from driving cars. Take a look the the angle of your foot on the gas pedal next time you are driving. Now, adjust to correct and you will feel it in your glute medius.

From Bam on Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:08:06 from 89.126.28.24

Go to Letsrun:)

I think you might find that your tweaked peroneal is more likely a shortened peroneal due to a weak glute medius and piriformis, which in turn is responsible for your lateral tibial torsion, which in turn is causing your peroneals to shorten - it's easy to reset your peroneals: look up peroneals and positional release. If you don't sort this soon, you might end up with plantar faciitis!

Jay Johnson's myrtle workout will fix your hip problems.

This jogging lark's great fun:)

From Bam on Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 10:18:12 from 89.126.28.24

...Of course, lateral should have been external; I meant that your external tibial torsion might result in lateral plantar faciitis/achilles rupture:)

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