Kerry's Running Blog

April 29, 2024

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Cumulus12 Lifetime Miles: 10.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.700.500.000.005.20

Clear, cold morning. Temperature heading out was 23 degrees. My legs had some good spring in them and the cold air was refreshing. I was happy to see that most of yesterday's snow had melted and that it's now getting light enough to see the path the last mile or so (I generally head out around 6:00 am and get back around 6:45). The crescent moon in the southwest was beautiful.

My legs are feeling good and I think my red cell count must be getting back pretty close to normal. I'm debating whether to run tomorrow as I have a colonoscopy scheduled for Thursday and tomorrow I'm supposed to be on a clear liquid diet all day. I'll have to re-read the papers they gave me to see if it's 24 hours prior to the procedure in which case I can run and have breakfast since I don't have to go in until 10:00 am tomorrow morning. It's possible that I can get a run in Thursday afternoon, but I'll have to see how that goes.

Comments
From Paul T on Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 10:59:02

I don't know if I'd plan on a run for Thursday afternoon, definitely not a solo run. After our son's recent colonoscopy the procedure itself didn't have a lingering effect, but the anesthesia did. We had quite a few good laughs as he kept asking the same questions over and over, and even had a hard time with his equilibrium for a while.

The instructions told him not to participate in vigorous physical activity for 24 hours. He went in early in the morning and was able to play in a church basketball game at around 9:00pm, but I would have been nervous about sending him out to run alone in traffic.

I'm sure you'll use good judgment. Good luck.

From Tom on Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 13:43:41

Good luck on the colonoscopy today! Boy that just sounds so much fun.

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