| Location: Meridian,ID,US Member Since: Mar 31, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: PR's:
5K Beat Coach Pete Fun Run Boise, ID- 21:13(2009)
Meridan Barn Sour Days 10k, Meridian, ID- 41:32(2012)
Famous Potato Half Marathon, Boise, ID- 1:30:40 (2012)
Utah Valley Marathon, Provo, UT- 3:20:14 (2011)
Athlinks profile here.
Garmin Connect profile here. Short-Term Running Goals: 2014 Racing Schedule and Goals:
-Get healthy
-St. George Marathon, October 4, 2014, St. George, UT Long-Term Running Goals: Run at least one marathon every year until I buy the farm.
Qualify for Boston Marathon. Personal: Started running in November 2007 to get fit. Now I'm back almost to square one after back surgery. I did it once and I'll do it again.
"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall.
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| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 45.54 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 50.00 | Brooks Launch (Black/Green) Miles: 11.50 | New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 31.39 |
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First run of the year. Interval workout on TM (alternating 5min slow/5min fast) + usual leg workout. Setting a goal of at least 5 days of running this week and transitioning to morning workouts. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 6.31 |
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| | Easy run on the TM. Legs felt heavy and sore w/ some pain in the rear. Two steps forward and one step back. PT appointment tomorrow. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 5.25 |
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| | OK, this is getting ridiculous! Visited the PT again yesterday. Told him that my piriformis felt better but my PF/Achilles/Ankle pain felt worse. He preceded to try a few stretching exercises to break up some of the scar tissue/residual swelling from my ankle injury 2+ years ago. I could really feel it and I remember thinking at the time, "This might not be a good thing to stretch my achilles so much while it was so tight?" Turns out that I was right. Now, not only does my piriformis still bother me, but my achilles and heel are screaming. Not going back to that PT. I'm vowing to visit an actual orthopedist and get an MRI. Sigh. |
| Brooks Launch (Black/Green) Miles: 6.30 |
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AM: Starting a new regimen of morning workouts. It's become too difficult to run in the evening due to numerous familial commitments. We'll see how it goes. Everything hinges upon whether I can get to bed at a decent hour.
Very slow run. Just tried to keep chuggin regardless of the speed. Achilles/ankle felt better but the piriformis is ever-present. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.57 |
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| | 6AM: Ran to and from the Club; light lower body weight training + 30 min easy on TM w/ half dozen pickups. Listening to Yale Professor David Blight's Civil War Lecture Series. One of the best things about iTunes is the free educational/news content. |
| New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.21 |
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| | 630AM: Very cold. Wanted to run outside but ended up running to the club, hitting the TM, and running home. Trying out a new iPhone running app (Digifit). Haven't decided if I like it better than Runkeeper. It does seem to have more free data. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 6.13 |
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| | 630AM: 16 degrees. Ran to/from the Club. 40 mins easy on TM w/ 4 faster pickups at 7:30/mi pace. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.06 |
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| | 12PM: 3+ miles to the gym; short strength training session (legs); couple of miles on the TM, then home. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 7.14 |
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| | 2PM: 5+ miles outside; light strength training (legs); 2M easy + pickups on TM. |
| New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 8.08 |
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| | 630AM: 5+ miles easy on TM w/ 5 pickups at 1/2 mara pace. Developed a shin splint on my left leg. Probably the result of increasing my frequency of training the past week. Need to figure out how to post text on this site from my iPad & iPhone. Safari won't let me type in this field. |
| Brooks Launch (Black/Green) Miles: 5.20 |
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| | 630AM: Short easy run on TM w/ some faster pickups/strides. Snowing outside so I drove to the gym. PT appointment later today. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.25 |
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830PM: Light strength training (3 sets of single leg extensions, single leg press). TM: Easy + 5 x 1/4 mi @ 7:30/mi pace. Some days are better than others and today was better than most. Visited PT again yesterday. Opted to discontinue visits until I get an MRI and ascertain whether there's some structural issue w/ my ankle/achilles that is affecting everything on my left side, including piriformis. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.55 |
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| | 9PM: Easy TM run w/ 6 x 100m @ 7:30/mi pace. |
| New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.20 |
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8PM: Nice run outside at easy/intermediate pace. Six days of running this week. Will use a rest day tomorrow. The plan is to continue to gradually increase base mileage by 10-20% per wk through February before I start a specific marathon training plan for UVM in June. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 5.20 |
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| | 630AM: Easy TM run w/ 5 100-150M pickups @ 7:30/mi pace. Felt a little winded and tired this morning but I got it done. Going to try to get in a couple of doubles this week to get over 40 miles. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.40 |
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| | 830PM: Easy run outside in light rain. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 6.00 |
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640AM: 4.3M easy w/ 4 100M strides on TM. Over 100 miles for the month for the first time since October.
9PM: 4.3M easy on hotel TM in Seattle, WA. One of the worst TM's ever. Lurched inexplicably every so often but it kept me on my toes. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.30 | New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 4.30 |
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Seattle, WA
7PM: Easy + pickups on the TM. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.04 |
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Seattle, WA
6AM: Easy run on the hotel TM. Still sore & tired from last night's run. |
| Saucony Kinvara Miles: 3.58 |
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| | 8PM: Easy intermediate long run. Longest single run since September I think. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 9.36 |
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| | 630AM: Easy + 3 pickups + half mile intervals @ 7:30/mi pace. |
| New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.60 |
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| | 640AM: Easy progression run on the TM. Had a nice massage yesterday. Still a little bit sore but it always takes a few days to wring out the toxins. |
| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 5.40 |
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| Saucony Tangent 4 Miles: 45.54 | Saucony Kinvara Miles: 50.00 | Brooks Launch (Black/Green) Miles: 11.50 | New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 31.39 |
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