| Location: Fort Collins,CO, Member Since: May 15, 2003 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: Unaided PR's:
5K: 14:48 (Track - 2001)
10K: 30:45 (Track - 2001)
10K: 31:32 (Bolder Boulder - 2013)
Half Marathon: 1:06:09 (Duluth - 2013)
Marathon: 2:17:54 (Grandma's) - 2014)
Marathon: 2:19:47 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2013)
Marathon: 2:19:49 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2010)
Aided PR's:
10K: 29:38 (Des News - 2011)
Half Marathon: 1:05:30 (TOU Half - 2011)
Marathon: 2:18:09 (St George - 2007)
Marathon: 2:17:35 (Boston - 2011) Short-Term Running Goals: Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in June of 2008. Started taking Enbrel in March, 2009.
Run as much as I can, and race as well as I can. Make the most of however much time I have left as an able-bodied runner.
Training for the 2018 Colorado Marathon Long-Term Running Goals: Run until I'm old, and then run some more. Stand tall. Personal: 1 wife, 2 kids. 1 cat. Work as a GIS Specialist/Map Geek
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good. - Ovid
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:1-5
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 194.50 | 0.00 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 203.80 |
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 84.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 46.25 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 62.25 | Saucony Type A Miles: 11.30 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 38.75 | Saucony Guide TR Miles: 15.00 | Nike Elite Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Ran the Planet Walk with Jon in the morning. Felt like bung, so I kept it short and slow. No sense in dragging it out. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Didn't think I would get in a run today, but I suddenly got the urge at about 8PM. Started the lawn sprinkler and headed out, did the Planet Walk and came back around Willow Park and the Fairgrounds. The cruise-in has started, which means I should leave town soon. It was a good run, though, and I felt better than other days this week. Wore a cotton t-shirt, and remembered that I wore cotton t-shirts every day for running for over 10 years, and they worked perfectly fine back then, as they do now. Perhaps I will do it more often. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Around noon I went out and ran the Canal Trail, about 6 miles. Then I picked up Seth and we ran to Willow Park and played on the swings and ate some wood chips. No watch. |
| Jogging Stroller Miles: 1.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 7.50 |
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Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 15K (9.32 Miles) 00:48:14, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.30 |
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This morning I did the Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run 15K. This race has been around for a while, and is put on by the Cache Sun 'n' Snow folks (same people who do Top of Utah Marathon/Half). It's a local race that I've wanted to run, but the stars never aligned until this year, as I am actually healthy, and I am not doing the USATF Circuit, which are the two things that usually get in the way. Got up at 5:00AM, ate two bananas, an apple, and a cup of coffee in the car. Carpooled with Cody over to the start line, which is the same start line of the TOU Half, about midway down Blacksmith Fork Canyon. We were the 2nd car to arrive at the start line (bad omen), but at the time that meant very easy parking and no portapotty lines. Checked in without trouble, used the portapotties, and did a 2-mile warmup, up the canyon. Unfortunately, the race was not equipped to handle the hundreds of people who showed up after 6AM, and the packet pickup line became VERY long. Although we thankfully did not have to wait in this line, it quickly became obvious that the race would not start even close to the scheduled 7AM time. But this gave me more time to use the portapots, and I ended up with another 5-star race. Course layout is downhill for about 10K, flat for a short segment, then large uphill about a half mile long, and then the last miles are flat or slight downhill with a downhill finish. So it's an aided course, but the hill 2/3 of the way through it keeps the race honest, as does the elevation. No turns in the entire route which is nice. Sometimes you get a big tailwind coming out of the canyon, which can really help.
The race ended up starting around 7:20 or 7:25AM, which was not as bad as I thought it would be. At the start line were Josh Steffen, Carson Cambell, and a bunch of high school kids, among others. Last year, the high school kids were quite fast, so you never know. I had no real goals for this race, other than to have fun, enjoy the morning, and push my body if it wanted to be pushed. In the past, I would try to fun an extra race one week after my peak, and they usually ended up in me feeling very flat. A lot of fitness and "pop" can be lost in a week, especially when you drop your mileage like I had done this week. But whatever.
When the race started, I initially tucked behind Josh, but after about a 1/4 mile, everyone cleared out, so then I pulled up alongside him, and we ran side-by-side for the first 3 miles. We chit-chatted some, as it was actually the first time I met Josh (yet another 5:15/mile introduction). During the first mile I felt quite horrible, and Mile 2 was pretty bad too, but by Mile 3 by body was evidently cleaning out whatever junk was in there, and I was starting to hit a rhythm and even breathe less hard as I picked up the pace. Miles 1-3 were 5:15, 5:24, 5:15. During the 4th mile, Josh dropped back, and once he dropped, I started pushing a little bit more, and my body responded well, so I kept pushing for the rest of the race. Tangents were kind of tough to get, as there was a mother and two little kids riding bikes in my vicinity for most of the canyon, and the littlest kid kept getting in the way of my tangents. So eventually I just pushed him down the ravine into the river. Kidding, kidding. No, eventually I outran him, no violence needed. At least he was outdoors, getting some exercise; better than most kids. Maybe he will take up running some day. Miles 4-6 were 5:04, 5:03, 4:56. Running time was 31:00 at 6 miles, so about 32:10 for estimated 10K. By about 10K, the course left the canyon, flattened out, and then began climbing the large hill into Hyrum. We never got the coveted canyon wind at any point, but no real headwind either, so that's okay. I was getting hot at this point, though, and really looking forward to the second (and final) aid station. I tried to keep a strong pace up the hill. Finally got to the aid station, but was breathing way too heavy at that point to get anything down, so I just dumped it on my head instead. Mile 7 (which was about 1/2 flat/downhill and 1/2 uphill) was a 5:13. Finally crested the hill and tried to get momentum again. I knew once I got to the light at Hwy-165, I would get a slight downhill again, and then a big downhill during the final 800m. Saw the Red Rooster of Providence near the intersection with Hwy-165, and he ran with me for about a quarter mile. And I got back to a slight downhill. But Mile 8 was 5:25, so the last half of the hill definitely took its toll. But I did finally get a good rhythm near the end. Hit 5:03 for Mile 9, which had a really nice downhill into "downtown" Hyrum. Finished out the last 0.32 in 1:34. The clock time had me at about 48:26, the "official" results had me at 48:51, and my watch had me at 48:14. Obviously, there are some timing issues with this race, and I will go with my watch time. Hopefully they will get those chip times fixed for everyone. But I know my real time, and the course seemed accurate, so that's enough for me. It's a PR by 30 seconds, over my Indy Mini split, so I'm happy with that, especially just one week removed from Seattle. I ran hard today, but did not kill myself, and the last 6 miles were by myself. So I think I'll recover well, and then continue doing 40-50 mpw for a few more weeks for a continued physical and mental break. It was a fun race, and I'm glad I ran it. Results are HERE, but times are off by 35 seconds, so subtract 35 seconds from what you see.
Happy 4th of July!
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| Saucony Type A Miles: 11.30 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 2.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Taking today off, and probably tomorrow too. I feel decent after the race, but just want a short hiatus. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Another day off. I'll start running again tomorrow. In the meantime, thanks to Jon bugging me, I have updated my personal blog with two brand-spankin'-new postings. Mostly rehashes of things I've already said, but whatever. They can be viewed HERE and HERE. Also, my official RnR time was updated to be 1:08:12. Sweet! A 3-second PR without having to do anything. It's been a productive time off...
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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AM - ran with Jon and Cody. Did a couple tempo miles.
PM - a few more miles after work with Seth.
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| Jogging Stroller Miles: 3.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.25 |
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AM - 6 miles on the canal trail and back. No watch.
PM - Planet Walk with Seth, and then around Willow Park (with a brief stop at the swings). No watch.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 6.00 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.25 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Landfill Loop with Seth. Didn't wear watch. |
| Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| Did a trail run with Cody this morning. We left Logan at 5:30AM, and drove to the Bunchgrass trailhead, off of Hwy-89. We then ran the Bunchgrass/Whitepine Trail up to White Pine Lake, near Tony Grove. It was about a 15 mile round trip (not including the hike we took around the lake for fun), and about 2000' elevation climb, going from 6400' to 8400', and then back down. The trail was very runnable, minus a few steep segments we walked on. Cody dusted me going downhill, since I'm so slow on technical trail stuff. The whole run + hike took about 2 hours and 40 minutes. We were home by 9:30AM, which was the best part. It's always great to get up in the mountains and get a nice trail run in, and then still have the whole Saturday in front of me. |
| Saucony Guide TR Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Got a 2hr massage. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Ran the Landfill Loop with Seth. No watch. |
| Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Planet Walk and Willow Park with Seth. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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AM - ran a Providence Loop. Somewhere in the ballpark of 7:30/mile.6 miles. PM - took Seth and ran to pick up our weekly CSA food (Community Supported Agriculture). This week we have beets, chard, radishes, parsely, cucumbers, and peas. Good stuff. Dropped off the food at home, and then continued on the run and did the Planet Walk. 5 miles total.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 5.00 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.00 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Planet Walk with Seth. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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AM - ran the Sumac-Canyon Rd loop. Used to the be the Canal Trail Loop, but the landslide has changed that.
PM - Planet Walk with Seth. Very hot out.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 4.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 6.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| River trail with Cody. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| day off. Will be making blueberry flapjacks later this evening. | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
| Ran with Cody this morning. We ran down to Nibley and did a 5x3-minute farlek on the 5k course out there. 1 minute recoveries. It was fine. Sorry for the lack of description, but there's only so much I can say about running some days. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 9.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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AM - landfill loop (5.5 miles). Nice and chilly this morning.
PM - planet walk with Seth. (4.5 miles)
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Landfill loop with Seth. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 5.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| I was pinched for time today, so had to hurry through my run. Averaged 5:53/mile on the Logan Loop (8 miles). I finally broke down and brought my Nike Elite shoes out of retirement. They have 500+ miles on them, but I love those things. Today was like running with an old friend. In other news, we got an offer on our house yesterday, and it looks pretty good. It's been on the market for 30 days, which was more than enough for me. What a pain. Now for the fun part of tour other peoples' homes, rifling through all their stuff, and judging them (which is what I assume people did with our home). :-) Hopefully we can get moved by September. Then I can start training again, if I feel like it.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Providence Hill Loop. Averaged about 7:05/mile. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
| Ran the Young Ward - ICON Loop, 11 miles averaging 6:52/mile. Came back and got Seth, and we did the Planet Walk, another 3.5 miles. |
| Jogging Stroller Miles: 3.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 14.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.75 |
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Ran the Sumac - Canyon Rd Loop. 6.25 miles averaging 6:48/mile.
PM - planet walk. (4.5 miles)
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 6.25 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Landfill Loop with Seth. |
| Jogging Stroller Miles: 5.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| The seller of the house we were buying flaked out the other day, so we had to spend yesterday evening looking for a different house to buy. Didn't get home until after 6PM, so not much time for a real run. I ended up running the Planet Walk while Stacy put Seth to bed. I was very nice out. I love running late evenings, but don't get to often anymore. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Planet Walk with Seth. |
| Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 4.50 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| These are my typical daily thoughts onrunning: 5AM - alarm goes off. Running is pointless. I'm washed up anyway, and don't care anymore. I'm through. Forget it. Turn off alarm and choose sleep instead. 5:45AM - finally get up out of bed. Running still pretty pointless in the scheme of life, and I don't see why I should train anymore. But I can still run recreationally, a few miles a day. Maybe.
8AM - a run is sounding pretty good right now. But not too far.
9PM - a nice 10-miler sounds really appealing right now. But it's too late in the day, and I need to go to work soon. But I'll do 4 miles instead. So that's my routine. Motivation is really waning, but increases in proportion to coffee consumption during the day. But I'm seriously bagging the idea of a fall marathon. It's just way too much physical and mental work to put myself through that. Perhaps that will change later on.
Today I ran 4 miles in the morning, the Center St Hill Loop. Ran pretty hard, but didn't wear a watch.
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 194.50 | 0.00 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 203.80 |
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| Brooks Adrenaline 8 Blue Miles: 84.50 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #1 Miles: 46.25 | Jogging Stroller Miles: 62.25 | Saucony Type A Miles: 11.30 | Brooks Adrenaline 8, #2 Miles: 38.75 | Saucony Guide TR Miles: 15.00 | Nike Elite Miles: 8.00 |
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