| Location: Arlington,TN,USA Member Since: Jun 01, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: One of the highlights of my short running career thus far has been a rather surprising 10k finish. I had never cracked sub 40:00, but while in training for a marathon, surprised myself with a 38:49 (it remains my PR). 5k - 18:45 10k - 38:49 1/2 - 1:26:57 Mar - 3:15:54 (BQ by a few seconds!) Short-Term Running Goals: Set PR's at every distance and count down to becoming a Master runner. Realistically, I would like to run sub 18:00 this year and lower both the 1/2 and full marathon times. Not many chances here in Memphis to run a good/fast 10k. Oh yeah, try to juggle running/racing with a full-time job, home business, family, and a new baby. Long-Term Running Goals: In August of 2008, I begin training for my first sub 3:00 marathon. The race will be the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, TN. (my hometown).
* I began blogging, again, to help me maintain my motivation for my attempt! Encouragement, advice, etc. is always welcome. Personal: I am married with one little girl (age 5) and a little boy (12 months). My daughter is beginning to run a little with me at her own leisure, I don't push her. My wife runs as well and I hope my son will someday run. |
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Hwy 205, 3:00 p.m., sunny, 71. Out and back on this course. My legs are sore from the unplanned tempo run yesterday and the hills on Friday. I am going to take a planned 2 days off. My left low hip/hamstring is tight. I know that feeling as my left piriformis area was tight before I discovered the sfx. Doesn't it seem that all of my entries mention the sfx. Perhaps, I am paranoid.
Of course, everyone has heard about the untimely death of Ryan Shay. In Church today, our pastor mentioned the death of a 38 year old man (my age). It happened without warning and he had a wife and two children. The death of Ryan really kind of put things in perspective. No one is promised tomorrow. It was really weird running, as I thought about those two deaths. I now have two children and run on some small rural highways on a daily basis. I have begun telling my wife exactly what course I am running and when to expect me. I am babbling now and have been reading some of the tributes and watching the videos. It's truly sad that an elite athlete running for the chance to represent his country in the Olympics died while doing so. I guess he died doing what he loved to do. Rest in peace Ryan Shay. |
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6 miles in 43:58 (7:18 pace). Hwy 205, 4:00 p.m., sunny, 51. After 3 miles, I realized that I was avg. 7:30 pace and felt really good. I decided to run the next 2 miles @ tempo pace (7:00). I did avg 7:01 for those 2 miles and then ran slowly the last mile. My "new" injury doesn't bother me at all when I run, but when I stop, it tightens up. It is about 4-5 inches lower than the sacrum injury. If I am injured, so help me!
The last two days were scheduled days off to take care of the aforementioned "injury." I don't think it is an injury, but rather a muscle soreness or muscle imbalance. Since coming back from the injury, the left side feels weaker. I have been diligent in following PT exercises, etc. I will keep a watch on it and not do anything stupid. I will see how it is tomorrow and go from there. Much of this, I believe, is paranoia. |
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| Zippo here! It was planned. I wanted to finish putting together my daughter's swing set before the weekend. Also, the left hip was still a bit sore. Just being cautious. |
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4.4 miles in 34:32 (7:53 pace). Shelby Farms, 1:30 p.m., sunny, 69. I randomly ran around the perimeter of the farm on all grass/dirt. At times, the grass was tall and the GPS lost signal once. The pace was probably closer to 7:45 or so. The groin never hurt or bothered me and neither did the back/hip. I didn't run one step on any hard surface. I would have liked to have gone farther, but work was calling. |
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Hwy. 205, 8:40 a.m., sunny, 45. What a perfect day to run. Absolutely nothing hurt. My low back got a bit tired on the return portion, but I think that is from putting together the swingset. Long run tomorrow. I continue to write, "pace too fast, etc." Perhaps, this is my training pace. My body falls right into it, comfortably. 5 miles in 37:35 (7:35 pace).
Tomorrow, I will do a "long" run with a friend who is training for the St. Jude half-marathon. He continues to heckle me. I got him in to running ~1.5 years ago. He has natural talent and is 9 years younger than me, but does not have my drive. He was well aware of my recent injuries and said that he used the time to catch me. Honestly, I hope that he does catch me, as it will motivate me more. He tells me that I need to put away the walker and start running. Tomorrow's long run should be interesting. We'll see if he wants to crank it up mid-way through the run??? |
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