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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles:						21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles:						376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles:						200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles:						271.15

Wed, Apr 04, 2007

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.20

Ran in the morning with Larry again. Shortly into the run I stepped on a rock rolled my right ankle. It scared me a little, being this close to Boston, but it wasn't serious. I was able to go ahead and do the run and my ankle felt okay.

I was planning to run with the Novell guys at lunch time, but when I got to the locker room Tom was just finishing getting dressed. He had run early because of a conflict. I didn't see Cory or Nathan. With the little bit of soreness I've had in my left knee, and tweaking my right ankle this morning, I decided to skip the second run today.

Comments

From Kerry on Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:34:00

What kind of soreness have you been having? IT band kind of issues? Hope it's nothing serious.

From Paul T on Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 14:16:10

It's "bum knee" soreness. As I think you know, I had a serious knee injury (youth football) when I was 14 that required major surgery. That's why my left leg is a little over an inch shorter than my right. I actually started running to recover from the atrophy and ended up lettering in track and cross country in high school. It's one of those mixed blessings.

Anyway, every now and then the inside of my left knee (the location of the surgery) will hurt. Often it's just because of changes in the weather. Sometimes it's during a run or while playing basketball. It's been that way for 30+ years now, so I'm not too concerned.

I think the 20 miler Saturday may have stressed it a little. The pain isn't severe and the knee feels strong. I just plan to monitor it and push it too hard while it's sore. It should be fine for Boston.

From Paul T on Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 14:17:59

"push it too hard" = "NOT push it too hard"

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