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Location:

Ogden,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jul 22, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

800: 1:52.23 (Track @ University of Utah)

1500: 3:44.52 (Track @ University of Stanford)

Mile: 4:03.01 @ Sea Level 4:04.67 in SLC

Steeplechase: 8:38.03 @ NCAA Championships (All-American)

8k: 23:57 Big Sky Conference Cross-Country in Portland

10k: 30:40 Regional Cross-Country in Ft Collins

1/2 Marathon: 1:09:34 Snow Canyon Half

Marathon: 2:36:40 Ogden Marathon 2014

Short-Term Running Goals:

Well I'm back. No real goals for the rest of 2016

sub 2:30 Marathon in 2017

Half Marathon PR in 2017

Long-Term Running Goals:

PR in all distances 5k and up. Run both road and trail races. Slowly build up my mileage (SLOWLY!!!!!!!) back up to 90-100 miles a week when my body is ready. Cut my weight back to 155 lbs (currently 165 lbs)

Personal:

Grew up in Colorado. Married to former Weber State runner Kayla Blackford and have a son Perrin born June 2016. Family of 2 cats and a dog in our quaint home on the Ogden Bench. Disc golf enthusist. Love camping and back packing. Snowshoeing in the winter. Love a good local beer after a long run

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.201.000.000.008.20

So today was planned to be an Aerobic Building Day. Didn't feel right during the warm-up but wasn't sure if it was fatigue or something else. When we started the 8 mile loop I was dropped almost immediately. Just couldn't get going. When I looked at my watch to see my 1 mile split it was 5:56 and when I looked back up I felt super light headed and seeing stars. I stopped and sat down and put my head between my knees until the blood came back to my head. I turned around and ran back in. Didn't feel right until the last mile before the end but I decided to be done. When I was running back I was trying to figure out what went wrong and then I remembered I took a Tylenol PM last night because of a tooth ache that was keeping me up. I don't think all the medicine was out of my system and was trying to put me back to sleep even when I was running. If I feel better this afternoon I will get a couple more miles in to flush out the system and then tomorrow I am going to do a workout at the pond. Lesson learned no sleeping pill type things when I am going to be running at 5:45 in the morning.

So walking around today I am surprised how good my legs feel (low mileage I guess), but my head still feels fuzzy so I think I will just save the mileage for a day I feel better. Double tomorrow, Thursday and Friday (I feel better in the morning when I double in the afternoon)

Nike Pegesus 29 Miles: 8.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RileyCook on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:12:46 from 132.3.57.78

I wouldn't worry too much about this morning. Sometimes we just don't have it. You made the right call to call it off. That can be hard to do too when you got five other guys going on with the workout as planned. So kudos for doing the smart thing, despite what your competitive nature was likely telling you.

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