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.
Since I'm planning to work late again, I didn't feel too bad about sneaking out a little before noon for a short easy run. Other than a little soreness/tightness in my right thigh, and some minor soreness in my left Achilles, I really feel pretty good.
I read your reason for not doing Ogden. I think that is a good one. Although I am using Ogden as a stepping stone for a sub-3 hour SG. But you need to do what you know your body can handle. One thing I would suggest, is coming on tuesday morning with the Sasha gang. That is what I have been doing, and it has been great. It is thier easy day but it pushes me to train alittle bit faster than I normally would. In the summer I plan on going 2 day a week with them. Another thing that I plan on doing is having them pace me in his uneventful half every couple of sarudays. This ends up being a great marathon pace run.
If Ogden were in July or August, maybe I'd consider it, depending on how my training was going. May is too soon for me. I only ran UVM to support it. I (obviously) wasn't ready for it.
Also, I would love to run with the Sasha gang, when I'm ready. As evidenced by Saturday's run, I have a tendency to overdo, not underdo.
I have no trouble pushing hard in training. I love to push my physical and mental limits while running. Part of me even enjoyed the struggle during the second half of the marathon Saturday.
My trouble is pushing too hard too soon. I start running well then get greedy and over eager and end up injured. That's exactly what happened this past winter after I did well at SG. I think running with Sasha would only exacerbate that problem.
You're in such great shape that I can see where you running Ogden and training with Sasha is the right path. I think I need to focus on gradually getting up to regular 60 mile weeks, and add at least one good hard tempo run per week. I haven't been doing any speed to speak of as I've been recovering. Maybe later in the summer I'll be ready to join the gang for an uneventful half or two.
I'm still impressed by how calm and confident you were that you could catch MacKenzie, and that you did! I wish I could have seen the finish. Amazing!
I don't think once a week would push you over the edge. But you have to do what you think is best for you. I will let you know when we do the uneventful half. I think that is a great marathon pace run to do every couple of week and something you could handle. I look forward to breaking that 3 hour mark with you in SG.
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