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Location:

Bountiful,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Sep 22, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k 18:44 4 July 2012 C-ville
10K 38:22 24 July 2012 DesNews
Half 1:22:30 18 Aug 2012 Hobble
Full 3:00:35 29 Sep 2012 Huntsville

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sign up for a race > 5k, run well.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	48.81
Trails Lifetime Miles:						551.40
Grass Lifetime Miles:						72.50
Pavement Lifetime Miles:						2229.50
Stroller Lifetime Miles:						438.80
Navy Crocs Lifetime Miles:						378.70
Nordic Track TM Lifetime Miles:						1015.77
Green Mirage 2 Lifetime Miles:						494.70
Orange Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles:						514.90
Glow In The Dark Mirage 3 Lifetime Miles:						461.25
Navy Blue Mirage Lifetime Miles:						216.90

Mon, Sep 23, 2013

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.10	0.00	6.10

8:30 pm Usual "10k". I didn't stop running for a change. It has been a long time since I ran continuously for 6 miles.

With the race on Saturday, it was hard to hold back and not run too fast. I think I managed, though. I think realistically, I'm looking at a 3:05-3:10 type of performance. I don't know how much weight to put on the last couple weeks of being relatively sick, and training much less than I would have preferred. My "cold hard facts" assessment is that it's going to cost me. I'd like to think everything is in the bank, but...I can't quite convince myself.

So I'm not sure what to do at the start of the race. Nothing to lose, so maybe just go for broke and run down the hill again with Angie, or take it a bit slower from the start and save something left for a decent finish? Conundrum....

Okay. After adding things up, I'm actually 22 miles ahead of last year's mileage from July 1st till the marathon. I guess I'll chase Angie. It was nice to pretend last year that all those first female cheers were actually for me. I'll bask in her reflected glory for as long as I can stick...

Green Mirage 2 Miles: 6.10

Comments

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 20:06:55 from 66.17.102.185

Good luck with whichever approach you take! You've got a bunch of miles behind yourself on the year. Tear it up!

From Tara on Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 21:40:15 from 75.169.139.89

Yeah, go for broke. What do you have to loose? You've already ran a 3:XX marathon, so you know you can do that. Go for broke!

From allie on Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 22:37:19 from 97.117.90.140

http://goo.gl/ugLVid

From Russ on Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 23:17:46 from 24.72.194.88

Allie, that is fantastic. Are you saying if a goose can be potty trained Kam can run a sub 3 hr marathon? Very deep. I totally agree. Go get em Kam!

From Tara on Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 23:32:50 from 75.169.139.89

What the? Lol! The goose people give me job security.

From JD on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:49:51 from 70.96.78.188

you can't go wrong with such solid strategery.

From AngieB on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:18:01 from 199.190.170.31

You are totally running a sub 3 man. Its easy to doubt yourself before a race I have found myself doing this ALOT over the last week. You killed that 20 miler and had a ton left for a last 10k if we had to do it. You helped me through that 20 miler and we are doing this together!!

From Russ on Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:24:50 from 74.114.3.253

Kam, earlier this year Claudio got sick about 10 days before his marathon and he was worried about doing poorly. He finally BQd in that race, so all was well. http://claudio.fastrunningblog.com/blog-03-2013.html

You have made the deposits needed. You'll do fantastic.

From Kam on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:49:47 from 68.66.163.179

allie, what an interesting video you shared. I'm speechless.

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. Saturday awaits. I was going to say looms, but I'm not nervous yet.

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