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SLC,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PR Table and Notable Races

Marathon: 2:21:12 (Chicago); 2:20:41 (CIM)
Half Marathon: 1:05:45 (Long Beach)
10K: 30:03 (Portland)

All race results:
2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

Personal:

Favorite Blogs:

Andrea

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Mon, Jul 22, 2013

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
12.00	0.00	0.00

AM - 5 miles. 5 x 1/4 mile in 62, 60, 60, 60, 58 on the dead-end street (~2% downhill). Three weeks ago I did 4 x 1/4 in ~67 avg on this stretch. A lot of the improvement has to do with staying focused on my form.

PM - 7 miles w/ Andrea (bike).

Here's my contribution to the running world for the year, the result of a successful science experiment: Homemade, Flexible Ice Packs. You can make them any size you want. I made a couple that cover my entire hamstrings, at a cost of ~$1.75 each.

Comments

From Redd on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:20:41 from 71.199.51.179

So if you were to make tow of them it would be about three fiddy?

From Jake K on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 09:33:03 from 67.177.11.154

'bout tree fitty.

If you bought the ziploc bags at Costco and made a hundred of them, I bet you could get the cost down to about $1.73

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 19:21:37 from 24.10.249.165

There's a lot for me to process in this post. I'll just say congrats on both your workout achievement and your icing innovation.

From Jake K on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 19:29:53 from 67.177.11.154

I shouldn't have posted the recipe... Just started selling them out of my trunk at races for $5 instead.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 20:31:35 from 24.10.249.165

I'm not in the new circuit standings?

From Jake K on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 20:35:25 from 67.177.11.154

Will be updated after Des News. There were a few omissions in the membership list, so it will be incorporated when the next batch of results go into the "program." Beyond my realm of understanding. Its quasi-Matrix-ish. Bill has some fancy software that calculates everything.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 21:55:42 from 24.10.249.165

Jake - how about promoting a new book on Amazon called "The 27th Mile". Its a $4.99 e-book and all of the proceeds go to the Boston Marathon victims.

I mentioned it but a lot more people read your blog. Might do a message board post.

From steve ash on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 09:18:12 from 174.52.100.252

I was using bags of frozen peas.. Thanks for posting that! No more wasting food..

From Jake K on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 09:20:39 from 67.177.11.154

Steve - Peas work in a pinch but these are re-useable for a long time if the bags don't tear.

Rob - done. And thanks for the tips on the race tomorrow. I didn't come over to cottonwood this morning because after another look at the elevation profile, I spent the next hour after my run preemptively icing every part of my body.

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