| 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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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 485.96 | 3.10 | 489.06 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 unremarkable miles. But a little bit faster at times. Okay, okay. The overall pace was like, 8:30.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| on the treadmill. I started watching biggest loser, but then my daughters got distracted from their chores, yelling ensued, and I switched to law and order. 58 minutes to go 7 miles. That's a little bit better.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| tm. not much else to say.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| I did run for 5 miles on the treadmill after coaching a split of girls basketball games last night. It's always more turnovers than points. Both daughters played hard and well, so that made me happy.
Biggest loser; Alison Sweeny, come back
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| OUt and back to freedom hills, home backward on the BST. The snow was pretty deep. I had a good time.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Outside again, this time with Jack in the stroller. He's getting too big, but still liked coming. We ran to the dead deer at the side of the road and back. It is fairly well preserved in the snowbank just east of the tennis courts at smoot park. Probably cleaned up by now.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| So Monday I skiied with my son, egro, no running. Tuesday my legs were so trashed, I skipped. Wednesday I fell asleep at 8 o'clock, and never got to it. Thursday my back was wigging out, and I was reminded of another reason why running is an imperative for me: it keeps my spine from flaring up. So it looks like 4 days is the maximum allowable interval between runs for back reasons, along with 36 hours as the optimal interval for mental health.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| five miles before going out to dinner at Porcupine Grill. The company was great. The food and service were lousy. Strongly advise against.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 on the mill. Got wound up so I stayed awake till after 1 watching Casino Royale. Not that good of a movie.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| More on the treadmill, a bit faster than normal. I finished 7 miles in just under 1 hour. After that, another hour of up and down basketball with the old guys. Wait, I'm the old guy; 20 years older than some of those punks.
Despite being 7 miles in, I outran all of the non-junior college players.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 biggest loser treadmill miles. It's funny how many people spell it looser.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6, before going to my parents to fish through the trash to find Anna's two day old retainers. Jackpot, I found them quickly, while Tami languished through a 7 hour city council meeting.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 on the mill after the girls' basketball games. Ash had 9 pts and her team won, Anna had an off night, and her team lost as usual. Just barely over an hour of running. My ankle is a little inflamed. I'm sure skiing tomorrow will help, ha ha ha.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.30 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
| treadmill, with the first half of the superbowl 1 day late. holy crap, the broncos defense is dominant.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 on the treadmill, with the girls doing dribbling practice. After about a half hour, I had to make them stop because the bouncing ball noise was leading to a mental breakdown. I managed to keep the pace around 8:40. I'm not a very special runner anymore.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| It's been a rough week. I've had influenza, so not eating much and sleeping 14-18 hrs every day. Starting to mend, still tired and headachey. Being sick isn't too fun, but it's been nice to be home with the boys. I'm glad I don't have a marathon training schedule to fret over.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
| on the mill
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| stroller bike run to Jennie P with laps and playground fun.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Skiied all day with the neighbor kids at Powder Mountain. No powder in sight.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| only a little faster than the night before
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 5 on the treadmill, then babygaby had a night terror, so I put him in the stroller and ran a couple more to get him back to normal world. Poor boy.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 after dessert with Tami's cousin.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 44 minutes. Not much will to try harder.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Skiied all day with Ash @ Powder Mtn. The resort lived up to its name.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 41 minutes
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| BST to freedom hills. Walked part of most of the hills, except for a few. 1/2 a switchback, but running down doesn't really count. I wish the bathrooms were open.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Took Gabe in the stroller on the usual 10k to Farmington & Back.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| skiied all day
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| skiied in the morning, nice powder, but then it got warm and it turned to cement.
Ran 4.5 on the TM in the evening. My legs are trashed.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| probably 4 to flush the legs.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| 2 with max around the neighborhood.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Outside, with only Gaby in the stroller. It's so much easier to push one than two.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 on the mill. I didn't stop until 5.5. 7 mph
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| morning run by myself. 55 degrees
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| It's not that I'm not running; I'm steady 20-25 per week. It's just not as interesting on the FRB as it used to be.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Perfect evening, bugs weren't too bad, meaning, I didn't eat any. My glasses keep most of them from flying into my eyes.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Feeling hints of being a runner again. A little less ploddy than has been typical for months and months.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Gaby came with in the stroller.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Didn't run, instead repeated the mistake of eating at Iggys. Why is that place so bad?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.20 | 0.00 | 8.20 |
| friday night run while listening to the baseball game. Almost nice and cool outside. No water at the skate park; curse you, Farmington city.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Typical 10k, in the morning for a change. I fell asleep pretty early last night on the floor beside 2-day napless Gabe. That made it a bit easier than usual to arise on the earlier side of things.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Gabe and I ran to Freedom hills. He played on the slide while I did some steps and chinups. Then we came home. He's at that stage where he says the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. Note to self: bring earbuds next time. It will make it easier to ignore.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| 4.5 in the morning, 4 in the evening during the rain. It was so nice. Parts of me are starting to feel like a runner again. My belly doesn't look the part. It looks like I haven't run over 8 miles since December. That's not very runner-like.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 9 miles in the rain on BST. Brr. Should have gone shirtless, then I wouldn't still be so uncomfortable.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Hiked to the V with the kids, then dropped them off, and ran back to pick up the starting car.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| typical 10k while listening to the Dodgers beat up on a last place team. At least there's that. Runs are feeling better the last couple weeks. It's that time of year where one flowering tree or another stops me in my tracks. Russian olive, honey locust,
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| 10k before work. Beautiful morning in May; best two weeks of the year.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles then mowed lawns all day. 38000 steps?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| finally got double digits. no big deal, right?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Tami and Anna came with on bikes and we toured west bountiful, and the nearly finished pedestrian access over parrish lane. Beautiful night after all the rain. Gimme more June like this.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.26 | 0.00 | 6.26 |
| 55 degree morning, running with Jack in the stroller. Felt great outside.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles. Jack rode his bike, Gabe in the stroller. We went to three parks. I ran laps while the boys played. Parks are empty on Sunday morning. Great Fathers day activity.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.30 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| on the treadmill watching Kershaw. hot outside.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| slow on the sweaty treadmill. too hot outside
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Running home from a picnic at Smoot park, just in time to not sell any lightsabers at the movie in the park.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| cool sunday morning run. temp in the high 50's
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| On the treadmill. It's super hot outside. I managed under 9 minute pace. Used to run, now I plod.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| Muggy 10 pm run, followed by a bowl of ice cream, thus negating the caloric benefit of the run.
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Centerville Rotary Freedom Run (3.1 Miles) 00:21:25, Place overall: 58, Place in age division: 2 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.90 | 3.10 | 5.00 |
| I don't remember which shoes I wore. I had a piece of toast at 6 am. I ran over to the park, paid my $12, pinned my number on and went out for a bit more warming up. Today would be an informative fitness test.
I nearly ditched the race, but couldn't think of a good enough excuse for breaking a streak of 8 years in a row. Low tech in the extreme, with manual timing including stickers, bib stubs, and coat hangers to keep the finishing order straight, this little race brings the community together.
Pow. The mayor fired the starting pistol. Off we run, with lots of 10 year olds sprinting from the start, tripping over their feet while they gasp and wheeze. After three quick right turns we start into a steady climb. I didn't go out very fast, and I've no fitness to do anything besides keep pace. I see Laura Gardner right ahead of me, and just like last year, I never catch her; never come close.
At one mile, there is usually a guy standing there yelling out splits. I guess he overslept. I don't have a watch, so I'm completely running by feel. After another short rise, the course dips down for a while, and finishes flat. At 1.5 miles, I feel good. That nearly forgotten feeling of running pretty hard, and not dying, but actually feeling good, even slightly euphoric. So despite my hot feet, dry mouth, and nearly irresistible yearning to run through the sprinklers, I stay on course and keep running.
With a mile to go, I catch one of my nephews. "Keep going, Brandon." With .5 miles to go, I catch his big brother. "Is that you, Justin?" "Go catch those red shirt guys. Go! Go!" I follow him in. We both pick it up a bit; I see no reason to try to beat him. Finish line. Ahhh. 21:25. 7 minute pace. I didn't know I had it in me, still. Those are the first 7 minute miles I've run in a year.
Pass out 200+ bottles of water to the other finishers, then walk home to shower and zoom over to the parade start. We ran out of candy to throw, and found another 5 gallon bucket of fruities when we got home. Oops. Just before we left, Brandon stoppped by with a $10 gift card to papa murphys and a red 2nd place ribbon for the old man. Cool. That brought the race cost down to $2.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| Typical 10k nearly to farmington. The night was cooler than expected. Mosquito abatement was out killing, so there were lots of disabled dragonflies trilling their near lifeless wings on the sidewalks and road. Still a few lingering fireworks displays. I don't know how Utah concluded to make those aerial fireworks legal. The other night, I watched one shoot across the street instead of up in the air. It lit a bush on fire; luckily at that angle it was a bush, and not a recently restored home.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
| Starting in June, my left knee started feeling stiff and swollen. It was alternating between painful and uncomfortable. Running didn't seem to hurt much, but it also didn't help. I cut things back to give whatever is going on a chance to heal. I am unaware of any injury; it just crept up on me over a period of months. At it's worst, I'd abort runs after a 1/4 mile and walk home.
Currently it feels a bit uncomfortable for the first mile or so, but then it seems to warm up and feel fine by the end of a brief run. The next morning it's more stiff, but not too bad. It's affecting my running gait, and my right lower back gets sore when I run. I don't have confidence in the knee. I get up from the floor and out of a car like a man 20 years my senior.
Since I can't recall an injury, I'm not bothering with the doc yet. "Rest, Ice, Ibuprophen, strengthen your core and quads." Got it, Doc. I hope it's fine to ski on all winter, since I already bought a season pass...
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| did some running around centerville in the morning before flying into san jose.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Cool night runnings, and I didn't even have to wait till 10 or 11 for it to get dark. Jack really wanted me to come cuddle with him, but I went for a run instead.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 on the treadmill while the giants punked the mets in the top of the 9th. Giants + postseason win = loathing and disgust
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 with stroller, 5 yr old and 17 yr old on bikes. We stopped at 2 parks, and endured crying when it was time to leave. My left knee is feeling less uncomfortable. Strangely, I feel optimistic.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 around town after dark. And before dark playing monster on the playground with the boys while the mosquitos feasted. Zika, anyone?
Knee feels okay this morning
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| Warm fall night. In the park a lonely person sat motionless on the swing.
Cold water in the fountains, just for a few more days.
Left knee still sore. It bothers me coming down stairs, climbing up from the floor or getting out of the car, and when Gabriel jumps off the day bed and lands on it.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 485.96 | 3.10 | 489.06 |
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