A Runner at Heart.....Riding a Bike

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Sep 01, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Started running in 2001. Have completed over 100 marathons and ultras since then.

Marathon PR 2:56:04 (2005 St. George)

New PR 2:53:24 (2008 Tucson)

Finished 2nd Overall in 2005 Utah Grand Slam to Paul Peterson. He beat me by 30 min in every race.

1/2 Marathon PR 1:23:56 (2008 Just Cuz Half Marathon)

Completed the Utah Grand Slam 10 consecutive years (2003-2012). I don't know if anyone else has done that.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2024 Goals:

Be consistent in my Riding.

Drop a few lbs.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I have long-term biking goals. Running is completely out of the question with the Meniscus in my knee.

Personal:

I'm in the 60-64 Age Group.....Yikes!

I have been married for over 40 years. We have 3 children and 7 grandchildren.

"Only those who risk going to far can possibly find out how far they can go" T.S. Eliot

"Putting miles in your training log (blog) is like putting money in the bank. You begin to draw interest on it immediately." Hal Higdon

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Biking 2021 Lifetime Miles:						653.86
Biking 2023 Lifetime Miles:						722.63
Biking 2022 Lifetime Miles:						1981.70
Biking 2024 Lifetime Miles:						1537.21

Wed, Jan 07, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
15.29	3.57	18.86

6:30am: Today was a horrible run. The temperature was fine, 37 degrees. The wind was nasty, 30mph+, but that was not the problem. The roads were ice or black ice with some water on top of them. I literally had to stop and walk several times because it was flat-out dangerous. Even my bolt shoes did not help. I ran (ha) 12.29 miles in a pace around 8:30 due to the conditions. It felt more like a survival outing than a run. I will try to get some fast miles in tonight.

6:00pm: It was 40 degrees and very windy tonight, but all the roads that were ice this morning were just wet tonight. I ran 6.57 miles and in the dark I saw 3 deer dart in front of some cars while running up Satterfield.

Mizuno Elixer 2 Miles: 6.57	Asics 2110 "Bolt" Ice Runners Miles: 12.29

Comments

From wheakory on Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 13:26:45

Great survival run. Your a warrior today. I did so many of these last year and would not run on a treadmill. Really it's better to run inside because you risk getting hurt, and you really can't train in these conditions. It's not that good for you aerobically because your not getting your heart rate up too much to do any good. Your really not burning very many calories either. I guess inside the gym or home you sweat more and burn more and stink everything up. :-)

But even though I say this I still will run outside because I just like being out there and not stuck in a single position on a treadmill.

Bill, this year is your year to bust out and accomplish great things. Your going to excel to a new level of performance. This is probably going to be my down year to refocus on other things in life. With being injured and not caring much about training I think it's a good choice for me.

My motivation is just not there for this year.

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