Kerry's Running Blog

March 28, 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
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Warm, humid morning with temperatures in the high 60's to low 70's. Mostly cloudy with an occasional breeze. I took it real easy starting out, as my ankle and achilles tendon were quite sore. Within a couple of minutes, it didn't bother me at all. I'd had some issues with my ankle on Wednesday, but didn't have any problems at all on Thursday. After a good warmup I picked the pace up, but didn't want to push it quite as hard as yesterday. When I cross my lactate threshold (which equates to a HR of about 164), not only does my breathing get a little more labored (exhales are a little more forceful), but I find that I'm thinking only running. If I'm lost in thought about something else, it's almost always an indication that I'm below that threshold. When I go above 90 percent of my maximum HR, my muscles start sending a lot of hate mail to my brain and I usually have to repeat some mantra to block it out and keep myself going.

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