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Location:

Cedar Hills,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:39 (2006) Half marathon: 1:33:45 (2006) Marathon 3:31:49 (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose some weight and get back into racing shape. Run more races this year.

 Next race: St. George Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and in good enough shape that I can more or less keep up with my youngest daughter.

Personal:

My wife Laureen got me into running. She went into the St. George Marathon Ten Year Club last year and I should go in this year. I have two daughters (15 and 21).

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Cumulus12 Lifetime Miles: 10.65
Wed, Jul 18, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.002.010.000.008.01

Extended Kohler's loop at 5:20 am. Warm with clear skies. I thought I'd skip the tempo run this morning as I'm still getting used to running eight miles every morning. I was tired starting out, but I just noticed how pretty it is in the morning just as it's getting light and how nice everything smells and I felt a bit more energized. I pushed the pace at times just for the fun of it, but for most of the run I was just lost in thought. During the last mile I could tell that I was a bit tired as my running form started getting sloppy. Picking up the pace seemed to help. My weight this morning was 153.2 which is where I've been stuck for a while. Prior to the SGM last year I got down to 146. I'm guessing that the pounds will start to come off again as I start to consistently hit 50+ miles per week.

Comments
From Tom on Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:46:34

I've noticed with my weight that I get to a certain point and my body just seems to flat out refuse to move any lower unless I pretty much starve myself, which negatively impacts my running as well as making life more miserable in general. So when I get this point I pretty much let my body do whatever and focus on eating 'quality' food and don't worry about 'quantity'.

Also for whatever reason when I ramp up training approaching a marathon I seem to always gain a pound or 2 for some reason. Of course I'm eating more because I'm running more but I'm always baffled that I can gain weight during this phase when I would expect to lose a pound or 2.

From Paul T on Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:51:49

Man, I'm going to need to push up my miles to keep up with you and Tom. You've both really stepped up your training. If your results are anything like Tom's recent sub-19:30 5K, I'm going to have to step it up or get used to you guys waiting for me at the finish line.

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