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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
Fri, Sep 29, 2006
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.005.240.005.24

Ran the loop around the adventure park lake just as the sun was starting to hit the water. Kind of cool to start out, but was very comfortable after a mile or so. Pushed it fairly hard the whole way as I wanted to run it all at sub-marathon pace. After a one mile warmup at 7:45 pace, maintained 7:20 to 7:30 pace (managed 6:20 or so on the downhill sections and 7:50 on the uphill). Felt good. No aches or pains to speak of.

Comments
From Paul on Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 09:53:41

I just couldn't resist commenting on your entries for yesterday and today. Yesterday you said that you sometimes doubt your abilities, and today you log a training run that reflects what great condition you are in. I've seen comments from others on your blog that confirm what I firmly believe, that you have trained so well that a 3:35 is well within your reach. There is no such thing as an easy marathon, but I honestly think the only thing you have to worry about is worrying about things too much. I think somehow you just need to tune out the negative self talk (that we all have) and just relax and enjoy the run. You are so ready.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 16:00:45

Paul is right about worrying. Worry is the worst thing you can do during taper. Increased adrenaline levels interfere with the accumulation of glycogen. So if you worry throughout your taper, you run the race essentially un- or undertapered. That is one reason I like to run a mile every day at marathon pace during the taper - it gives me the reassurance that I am in good shape.

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