| 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.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I decided to try running for the first time since my back injury last week, but didn't want to risk reinjury by starting too hard and fast. Quick 4-mile loop around Holladay with a stop at The Store to buy some bread to make lunches for the kids. It's surprisingly hard to run uphill with a loaf in each arm.
Injury report: I didn't notice any back pain during my run but did get a couple of very brief twinges of some kind of nerve activity. I'll pay close attention throughout the day before deciding what to do about tomorrow's intervals. I did planks and some other back exercises following my run.
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| I woke up with a sore back this morning and then had to shovel snow, so I skipped my run and decided to ski after work. Since we've had some snow recently, I thought the decision was even better. I left work early after seeing the grooming report for SR 65 at 4:29 p.m. indicating that it had just been groomed to the top. It was snowing pretty hard in the canyon and I was almost out of gas but I was not to be deterred...until I went to change into my ski stuff and realized that I had packed everything I needed except my ski boots. Completely dejected, I drove home and had dinner, since I wouldn't have made it back before dark if I'd tried to go home for my boots. On the bright side, I did not run out of gas--barely.
Injury report: Back is not exactly painful, but I can definitely feel where it was killing me last week. I spent 15 minutes or so doing planks and other core exercises before going to bed.
Tomorrow is another day.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| After last night's debacle trying to ski on the freshly groomed SR 65, I made sure to get up there before work. I was surprised by how hard it felt until I realized (1) I haven't waxed my skis in about 6 weeks, (2) the temperature was around 5 degrees, which, when combined with the fact that there was fresh, ungroomed snow, made the conditions sticky, and (3) I hadn't been out on the skate skis for about 3 weeks. Once I got into a rhythm it felt a little better, but I was still sucking wind all the way up. As I was nearing my turnaround point for the day (Affleck Park), I saw another skate skier flying down the hill toward me. I pulled to the side so he could go by but he stopped to let me know that there were a bunch of moose up the hill and around the corner. That was enough to persuade me to turn around there. The return trip felt much better. Funny how gravity can do that.
Injury report: I didn't feel any back pain or even tightness while skiing. The fact that it felt so hard may be enough for me to justify spending more time on the skis and less time pounding the pavement, at least while skiing conditions are good. I'm starting to think that my body just doesn't like running fast the way it used to. It seems like it does just fine when I'm running purely for enjoyment, but that the second I switch to training mode my back starts to rebel. I guess I'll find out more as my marathon training progresses.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Skate-skied to the top of Millcreek Canyon. Gorgeous day with snow falling and lots of powder on the portion above Elbow Fork. Felt pretty gassed up to the Elbow but got into a groove after that.
Injury report: My back was thrilled with the decision to ski instead of run. No pain whatsoever.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.00 |
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