Keeping up with the Jones

Great goals, nice to have you on here!

Welcome to the blog.

Kyle Jones, is that you?

Holy crap. I'm excited you are here.

This place will be a big help to you.

To get your pace/mile, you need to go to the course tool and create a course. Once saved you can go back in and Analyze it. At the bottom of the page you just type in your time and whatever else you want and it will tell you your average pace and splits (sort of).

We need to hook up this summer when I don't have to take the kidlets to day care and run a few times a week together.

Nice consistent miles. Are you running before or after work?

Welcome to the Blog!

Holy cow. Talk about jumping right in. I assume you made it outside today? We need to hook up this week and run together, maybe Saturday. A long run with a friend would be fantastic.

Are you running around your neighborhood or on the TM?

You in for Saturday?

You're a machine. I mean, get off of that machine and get outside. It's beautiful.

Way to get after it. Did you head down to the Jordan River Trail? You should try it. So pretty and makes for a very diverse run.

Nice miles today.

Definitely take it easy fella. Better to keep it simple for now and build back up then to find yourself out of commission for longer.

If it is similar to shin splints I do have a very good therapy for you that will help recover and strengthen them. We should meet up soon and I'll tell you about it.

I'd like to hear about your therapy.

It's really a resistance exercise. Point your toe and have someone hold it while you flex it forward (your leg should be out strait). They shouldn't stop you from flexing it but should make it kind of difficult. Then reverse the exercise and have them push on your foot as you try to point it (you'll have to sit against a wall for this one).

My good friend is a Physical Therapist and told me about this exercise. It has worked better than just about anything else I've tried.

If you buy an exercise band you can do this yourself too. Just an FYI. That way Annie doesn't have to be your physical therapy nurse.

Thanks for the advice. I will give it a try. I really want to run farther than my current measly runs, but I am always afraid my shins will get worse.

Nice to see you getting back out.

How are you feeling these days?

Let's hook-up. I have a 16 week training book that should work for you. It's pretty basic, but will do the job, for sure. Congrats on getting in.

How are the shins feeling? Glad to hear you don't have stress fractures. Annie came and got the book. I hope it helps, if even a little. Let me know when you want to meet up for Saturday runs. Long runs are so much easier with company.

The shins are feeling not too bad right now. I bought a sleeve for both of my legs and I think it's helping. Thanks for the book! Ya we need to do some long runs. Hopefully soon but it depends how fast I can get back into shape and not get to tired on my long runs.

6.0 is a long day for you. How are the shins holding up?

My shins felt pretty good on Saturday. I just felt out of shape more than anything. I felt like I couldn't get going but the rest of the week went good. I haven't had much pain while I'm running, it's usually the day after that I notice pain. I just hope when I'm increasing my mileage every week that the pain doesn't get a whole lot worse. The foot doctor gave me a anti-inflammatory for my legs a couple of months ago. I've already used up one bottle's worth. I haven't used any for about a month now. I'm wondering if I should just keep using it until I'm done with my marathon? I've heard that they can cause stomach bleeding if you use it to long.

Already starting to build. Nice job.

You need to update your profile. You don't live in Sandy any more. You are a Bountiful man now.

Stick to your plan man. You are doing great!

Oh snap!!! Dude, that really sucks. What are you going to do about your registration? Can you transfer it? I think I'd buy it.

Man, what a raw deal! I just called them and the registration fee is non-refundable and you can't transfer it to someone else. I guess in years past if you cancelled you had a guaranteed spot for the following year but they stopped doing that this year. I'm just out of luck. Oh well....I'll just try again next year.

we'll, i could always recoup you a bit of money, we could drive down there together, you could pick up your packet and i could run in your place with you cheering on - or throwing things at me in disgust. either way works.

Crap! When I called they asked me for my information and they took me off the list. I did that assuming I would be re-imbursed or could transfer my spot or have a spot in next year's race but they don't do either of those options. What a crappy deal. So I guess anytime you plan on running the St. George Marathon you have to look in the crystal ball ahead of time and make sure you'll be there on race day.

Yeah. I hear so many good things about St. George, but this is obviously one of the major sucky ones. Unlucky.

Have you tried using KT Tape yet? I wonder if that would help. I see a lot of stuff about it, but I'm not sure how well it really works. Emily is using it as we speak. I'll ask her when she gets home if it is helping with her runners knee.

Hey Man! I haven't heard of KT tape. How does it work? Can you use it for shin Splints?

Things feeling better?

Ya, things are feeling better. I've been following this schedule that the Physical Therapist gave me and it's been working so far. I've been doing 3 miles every other day or so and doing some tempo running as well. I love the Garmin I have because it helps me keep my pace and is a big help when I'm doing the tempo running. I've been cross training on the off days and that seems to be helping as well.

When do you think you'll be able to start pushing the miles again? Feeling better overall?

Well...I've been feeling pretty good lately. The physical therapist suggests that I add 10% a week. So, it will probably take some time but I don't want to rush things again. Hopefully things will continue smoothly.

How was the altitude change? Could you feel a big difference? Missed hanging out with you on Saturday. We were at Russ' all day.

Yep, I can feel a difference. Breathing is easier. However, the humidity is a killer! I went out twice this week in the morning and it feels like a sauna.

I hear that. I'm going to Tampa at the end of the month for three days and plan to run every day there. I expect to feel like I'm running in a swamp.

You guys are home now, right?

Yep, we are back in town. How was Kings Peak? I didn't realize that it was that far. I thought it was like 18 or 20 miles round trip from Henry's fork?

It was a big run, that's for sure. I plan to do it every year though. You should be in perfect shape for it next year. All healed up?

That would be cool. When I'm in better shape I need to do some trail running. My legs are doing good thus far. Still taking it easy though.

You and Annie should spend the weekend in Logan this coming Friday and watch me finish TOU. How are your legs feeling?

Hey! I totally forgot you were running TOU. Good luck! It would be fun to see you at the finish line but we won't be able to make it up there. How is your knee doing? what's your goal for the race? I've been feeling pretty good lately. I haven't had any pain. I'm still taking it slow but I am increasing my mileage little by little.

Well, I'd like to qualify for Boston, so if I can run a 3:15:00, that would be great. That is my goal, but we'll see. My knee is fine. Everything is ready to go.

Yes, there are those building miles. You are going to be ready for a marathon by spring, no problem. we need to go run together soon. when do you want to do a long run?

I love to see your consistent mileage growing. Wahoo!!!

If you happen to have the day off tomorrow or may be getting off early I am hoping to do a long run around 2pm here in Sandy.

Nice to have you back. Your efforts to take time to build your strength back up has really helped.

Excellent pace there.

Not a bad pace there.

How was hunting? The couple of days off were probably great for your conditioning.

Hunting was really fun! We hiked a lot and was a good cross training workout. Good luck with the Pony Express on Saturday!

That is great speed there. you must be feeling good.

Hey, just lurking at the end of a long day at work and bumped into your page. Judging from your recent workouts, my guess is that you may want to revise your goals for your first marathon. You're a lot faster than a 3:30 marathoner. If you inject some speed work into your marathon program, my bet is that you'll BQ your first time out with time to spare. Enjoy the return to competitive running!

Besides adding tempo running into my schedule I do plan on doing some interval training. It would be awesome if I could qualify for Boston on my first try. I'm still kind of weary about getting shin splints again but everything has been good the last couple of weeks. Thanks for the advice!

That's actually really fast. Sub-8 min. miles, no? Give me a week and we'll get out running together.

I think I'm relatively back to normal. We should go for a run. Any time this coming week?

I've been paying attention to your miles vs times the last week or so and all I can say is that I'm really jealous of your speed.

Thanks! I've been feeling pretty good lately. However, I wish I had the mileage that you have built up.

So, when we finally do go running together, am I going to be able to keep up? Your times are just getting faster and faster.

Legs feeling any better?

Well, my legs seem to feel better. I saw the physical therapist on Friday and he definately thinks it's the ITB. He told me I need to stretch it and do exercises to strength it. I forgot to buy that foam roller over the weekend. I need to get it for sure. He said I can still run but make sure it's not getting any worse while I run. I ran Friday and it felt ok but I was sore after.

You need to either list your average pace (because I can't do the mental math) or just put 'fast' as your average pace because you are smoking.

You ran 5 miles in less time than I ran 4 miles this morning. Way to go.