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Providence,UT,

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Apr 18, 2008

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Age Division Winner

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no heart attack yet

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

turn 50 and have a colonoscopy done


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avoid open heart surgery

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I am a 50 year old biochemistry professor at Utah State University in Logan.

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intervals USU track. I am really struggling with speedwork these days. I don't know if it is mental or physical. I think part of the problem is I am running alone, and I just can't motivate myself, could be a sign I just need a break. 

4 x 1 mile 15-20 seconds slower than hoped for pace. 6:05, 6:02, 6:07, 6:12.

on a weirder note, our department (chem and biochem) has been experiencing strange and disturbing acts of vandalism the last few weeks- faculty offices and bathrooms vandalized, emergency showers activated, flooding labs, ice machines emptied into corridors, experiments sabotaged, gas lines shut off, etc... very disturbing and dangerous stuff. Now I hear they just arrested a suspect after being caught in the act, apparently a disgruntled graduate student. Very scary and disturbing.



Asics Gel Hyperspeed Miles: 8.50
Comments
From Steve Piccolo on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 16:43:25 from 140.226.190.83

Crazy stuff. Glad they caught the guy. Hope you start feeling better in your running soon.

From KP on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 16:49:58 from 65.208.22.26

wow. that is scary; very scary. i'm glad they caught the guy. i live in the town where the disgruntled biology teacher shot her co-workers during a faculty meeting (UAH). the academic world is intense these days.

From Scott Ensign on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 17:03:15 from 129.123.3.31

Steve- thanks, hopefully I will recover in time to give you a run on the 24th.

KP, yeah, the incident in Alabama is exactly what I was thinking about as all this broke. what a tragedy. gotta be watching for signs I guess, but you just never know.

From allie on Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 15:31:34 from 174.23.194.233

that's crazy stuff. geez.

i agree that doing speedwork alone is not easy. i think even having a "coach" or someone there to take splits gives more incentive to really push it. but what do i know, i haven't done any speedwork in months. i think it's impressive that you do it every week. even if you aren't hitting the times you want to, it is still beneficial and makes you stronger in the long run. literally.

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