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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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
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DS Trainer 16F Miles: 9.00DS Trainer 16E Miles: 5.00
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Easy 4-miler with Maja.  I saw the chiro again and he's having me wait two weeks between appointments this time to see how the SI joint handles my resumption of a running routine.  The adjustments seem to be smaller and smaller each time (the pop he got out of my SI joint the first time was audible and significant, but now the most he gets is a tiny little pop, usually after trying a couple of times).  I suspect that I need to focus more on doing my stretches and core exercises and wean myself of the weekly adjustments.

DS Trainer 16F Miles: 4.00
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U campus route with Maja.  Right achilles is a little sore.  I think I may go back to the PT for some ASTYM treatments on it once I'm done with my weekly appointments with Dave for kettle bell training (he's going to put a program together for me that I can follow on my own, but not until I've got the techniques down cold, which will probably be a few more weeks).  I did my core exercises and stretches after the run.

DS Trainer 16E Miles: 5.00
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Third kettle bell workout with Dave at Crossfit NRG.  After 45 minutes of "warmup" (dead lifts, several dozen two-arm swings with various weights, single-leg squats, Turkish get-ups, then some single-arm presses and some squat presses), Dave had me do the following:

21 squat presses (12 kg) (I misunderstood and did 21 with each arm--big mistake)

21 toes-to-bar

15 squat presses

15 toes-to-bar/knees-to-elbows

9 squat presses

9 toes-to-bar/knees-to-elbows

By about the 4th toes-to-bar on the first set, I was wasted.  Things deteriorated from there. Unfortunately, my forearms seemed to be giving out first, so I didn't feel the burn in my hip flexors or abs on the toes-to-bar like I probably should have.

I'm still struggling mightily with the first motion of the Turkish get-up, as I try to use my abs too much instead of my hips and hams.  Hopefully the form will start to come more naturally the more I do it.  The single-leg squats are an amazing balancing/stabilizing exercise that really highlights my lack of balance/stabilizer muscles.

After I showered, I talked briefly with James, who encouraged me to start coming to the WOD (Workout of the Day) sessions.  I told him I was scared to do that after what Brooke has told me about them.  James laughed and said, "Well, she's pretty intense."  It was awesome.  I'm not sure I can humble myself enough yet to do the WOD while people wonder who the pansy in the running shorts is, but I can definitely see the benefits of adding some strength to my one-dimensional fitness.

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U campus route with Maja.  Slippery sidewalks required a slower pace on the downhill sections.  SI joint still bugging.

DS Trainer 16F Miles: 5.00
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