| Location: Lawton,OK,United States Member Since: Jan 01, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Half Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments:
Got off the couch and started running
5K PR : 30:25
8K PR : 58:53
7.2mi PR: 01:21:53
HM PR: 02:49:06
2010 Results --
Dallas RnR Half Marathon: 02:49:06
States --
AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL*, KS*, MO*, NC, OK*, TX*, VA*
Countries --
CA*
Short-Term Running Goals: Build up to a 30 mpw routine.
Long-Term Running Goals: Establish and maintain a program of cardiovascular fitness.
Participate in one of the Ragnar Relays.
Manage to place within the top 3 in my age group in a race. Any race.
Personal: My wife, Teresa, has stayed by my side for over 21 years and I am a much better person as a result. Kristoffer, our only child, is now 15 and continues to exceed all my expectations. If you look in the dictionary under the word luck you will see my smiling face.
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| Night Sleep Time: 48.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 48.00 | |
| | 6.0 mi in 1:09:27 @ 11:34/mi burning 737 calories.
Today's splits ---
12:04
12:28
11:12
11:01
10:58
11:41
I took the precaution of running on the high school track today and stopping for a break around each mile or so. This allowed me to be careful of the knee, stretch and take on plenty of water. Being my first time to attempt a real "long run" in nearly a month I was cautious. The caution paid off as I ran strong for 5.5 miles before my legs got tired and the knee started suffering. I hobbled the last 0.5 mile to get the 6.0 but the knee has been sore for the remainder of the day.
I think the legs are strong enough to let me go 4 - 5 miles without stressing the knee right now but no further. So I will keep this week's runs in the safe range and continue to work on strengthening the leg muscles to better support the knee.
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Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | No miles today as I nurse my left knee. I definitely pushed it a bit too far yesterday and paid for it all night. By late in the afternoon most of the pain was gone so I will try to put it back into action tomorrow.
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| | 2.65 mi in some unknown amount of time.
I didn't take any kind of watch on the run with me today at the high school track. Instead I just ran until the knee got cranky. Around 2.5 mi I felt it twinge a little and it quickly grew to a bit of pain. I stopped immediately and am glad to report that I haven't felt much pain this evening.
Continuing to do a few lunges and other exercises to strengthen my leg muscles.
My mantra: Any distance without pain is goooood distance.
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | 3.0 mi in 34:13 at 11:23/mi burning 397 calories.
Today's splits ---
11:01
11:24
11:46
Windy (N 17 gusting to 24), chilly (59F) and overcast. As can be seen in the times, I ran the first mile too fast but settled into a nice pace afterward. The knee got twinges around 2.8 without any big pain so I finished the full 3.0 mile run. No pain after the run.
Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | 2.5 miles on the high school track. Knee was hurting at the end. This is getting annoying. |
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| | No miles today. I plan to rest the knee more than run for a few days in hopes that I can forestall any longer term issues. |
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| | Another rest day. Though I did buy a new pair of running shoes and a few long-sleeved running shirts today. I'll run a little bit tomorrow since my current thinking is 1 run day, 2 rest days for a week or so to see how the knee does. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 48.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 48.00 | |
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