A Lean and Hungry Look

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Won Park City Marathon (tiny field, slow course, no purse) and Utah Grand Slam in 2006

Marathon: 2:37:04 (St. George 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train for as solid a race in Boston 2011 as my schedule will allow. Accept the fact that there isn't room in my life to train for a breakthrough performance and do the best I can under the circumstances.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Lose the all-or-nothing mentality and start using running as an outlet instead of an additional source of stress.

Personal:

I'm married with 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls) and live in Salt Lake City, where I work as a real estate attorney.

Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.

"Julius Caesar," Act I, scene 2, 190-95

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Kayano Blue Lifetime Miles:						352.51
Kayano Orange Lifetime Miles:						413.88
DS Trainer Lifetime Miles:						259.32
Nike Free Lifetime Miles:						164.78
Kayano Red Lifetime Miles:						371.34
Kayano 15A Lifetime Miles:						310.02
Kayano 15B Lifetime Miles:						340.36
Vibram Five Fingers Lifetime Miles:						66.50
DS Trainer 15A Lifetime Miles:						310.92
DS Trainer 15B Lifetime Miles:						297.94
DS Trainer 16C Lifetime Miles:						308.08
DS Trainer 16D Lifetime Miles:						207.49
DS Racer Lifetime Miles:						72.98
DS Trainer 16E Lifetime Miles:						66.73
DS Trainer 16F Lifetime Miles:						48.80

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
14.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.14

I don't know what's going on, but I felt crappy from start to finish today (some back pain, some stomach discomfort, but mostly just general fatigue). From the first few steps until I staggered home, I was counting the miles until I was done, and I never felt good. After Saturday's debacle, yesterday's sluggish effort, and today's death march, I'm concerned that something is amiss. As for potential causes: sleep (I'm probably not getting more than 6 hours each night; stress (things are crazy at work and have been for some time), burnout (I'm enjoying running less and less these days, as it feels more like a job than an outlet), or something else entirely. I just hope that Saturday's 28-miler doesn't feel like this, because I'll never make it that far feeling so lousy.

DS Trainer 16C Miles: 14.14

Weight: 0.00

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