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

Mon, Jan 25, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
11.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

Today marked the first day of official training for Ogden. It was a beautiful, clear morning, perfect for the route over to City Creek and back (the view along 11th Ave was gorgeous). I kept the pace quite relaxed from start to finish and enjoyed the company of This American Life.

For the record, although I missed my Saturday long run, it was not due to soreness after testing out the VFFs on Friday. On the contrary, I didn't feel any soreness at all, and I wore the VFFs around the house all evening on Friday and out to dinner and the mall (for a truly exciting date night with Brooke) on Saturday. I think my little toes are starting to sense the inevitability of their independence, because the last two times I put the VFFs on, it only took me about 2 minutes instead of 10. I'm looking forward to integrating them into some of my training, although to what extent is yet to be determined.

Here's hoping for a consistent, healthy, and enjoyable season of preparation.

Kayano 15B Miles: 11.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jun on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:10:21 from 66.239.250.209

My toes go back and forth between knowing how to get into my VFFs and fighting me. They get used to the VFFs and then I crunch them into my climbing shoes. Flex toes, crunch toes, flex toes, crunch toes. My little toes just don't know what to do.

From Aaron Kennard on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:16:46 from 174.51.250.151

Nice improvement on the FF installation time!

I have found sticking the big toe in first greatly increases the ease of putting the rest of the toes in.

Good luck in your training!

From Jed on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:59:04 from 65.100.242.17

Glad to know that I'm not the only one with weird feet. Wearing the VFFs around the mall felt a little strange, but I think it is helping to get my feet used to the concept. Plus, one of the saleswomen in the Dillard's women's shoe department (my wife was returning something, honest!) looked down and about fainted when she saw what I was wearing. She struggled to say something nice about the VFFs, but she was clearly shaken by the encounter.

From jun on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:10:41 from 66.239.250.209

Don't be embarrassed by going to Dillards. I like that store and it is where I buy my dress shoes. Everyone thinks VFFs are strange. I got stopped 2 weeks ago mid-run by a guy on a bike because he was so weirded out by my shoes. He had to take a closer look.

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