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Location:

Providence,UT,

Member Since:

Apr 18, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:


no heart attack yet

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

turn 50 and have a colonoscopy done


Long-Term Running Goals:

avoid open heart surgery

Personal:

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

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Precision 9 Lifetime Miles: 255.80
Saucony Triumph 5 Lifetime Miles: 97.70
Vibram Five Finger Sprints Lifetime Miles: 242.26
Wave Rider 11 Lifetime Miles: 342.95
Mizuno Wave Ronin Lifetime Miles: 183.31
Brooks T5 Lifetime Miles: 107.40
NB 790 Pair 3 Lifetime Miles: 244.65
Hoka Bondi B Lifetime Miles: 758.08
Hyperspeed 3 Pair 3 Lifetime Miles: 74.03
Nike Free Plus Yellow Lifetime Miles: 70.60
Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles: 53.52
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.323.103.000.0035.42
Mizuno Precision 9 Miles: 3.40Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 10.72Mizuno Wave Precision Miles: 7.00NB 790 Miles: 10.80Brooks T4 Miles: 3.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.003.000.006.00

1.8 mile warmup five fingers. 3 x 1 mile cruise intervals track, 6:06 pace, in shoes. 0.8 mile cooldown in five fingers

PM, hiked to Saddle Rock above Prov canyon and back with kids

Mizuno Precision 9 Miles: 3.40Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 2.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.000.000.000.001.00

kicked 28 lengths in pool. I must be the worst kicker on the planet, as everyone else who kicks just dusts me. It is very discouraging.

Then I ran 1 mile on the USU quad in my five fingers.

My hike to saddle rock yesterday hammered me-straight up and down, hard on the foot. I cant believe my 8 year olds motored right up the mountain without a single complaint. They slid most of the way down on their butts.

Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

river trail to SHCG and back 8:00 average pace.

Mizuno Wave Precision Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.050.000.000.001.05

the rooster is back. 1.05 miles on the USU quad (grass) in the five fingers. don't want to overdo it or anything.

Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 1.05
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.100.000.000.003.10

new shoe- new balance 790, recommended by Jason, a minimalist trail shoe, very light, low heel. Reviewed here by some local guy named Paul, he seems to know a little about running . I am following Dan Lieberman's advice- stay out of rigid shoes with big built up heels, run on the midfoot, take short rapid strides, land under the hip, not extended. Pretty much same as chi approach Paul suggested. I notice my stride has increased to about 190-200 turnovers by consciously using this technique with no real change in effort or speed on the easy workouts. keeping the mileage low and the surfaces soft for awhile. watching for foot/shin pain. 3.1 miles river trail in 22:18.

Geez, I now have more active shoes than Imelda Marcos had in her heyday.

 

NB 790 Miles: 3.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.001.50

few loops on the quad in the bright red five fingers. think I'm starting to get noticed and typed as the crazy professor who runs in the grass onthe quad in the weird "shoes". 

Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 1.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.700.000.000.003.70

3.7 river trail. uneventful until I came within a step or two of running over a rattlesnake in the middle of the path on the way down. stopped to warn a lady coming up the trail with two little kids. then I met Carol R. as she was running  from campus.

NB 790 Miles: 3.70
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

two. quad. five fingers. 

Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 2.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.403.100.000.003.50

back to the pavement for the first time in weeks. decided to continue the lieberman/chi running experiment by using my lightest, lowest heel flat I have, the brooks T4. I really love that shoe. So I did 0.2 slow then picked it up for what I intended to be a 5K tinman tempo, employing the chi running technique. Ended up easily running the 5K at a 6:33 pace, feeling at the end I could have gone on for several more miles at that pace. quite happy given I haven't done any speed or tempo work in ages and after time off. I am starting to gain confidence in the chi approach- it certainly did not affect my speed at a tempo pace. Question is whether the leg and foot can handle higher mileages with these minimalist shoes I am using, especially if I run more on pavement? I will take the mileage up slow and watch the leg carefully, but right now everything feels fine.

Brooks T4 Miles: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

four miles river trail 7:45

NB 790 Miles: 4.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.570.000.000.002.57

7:38 pace around the quad and USU campus, looking stupid in my five fingers.

 

Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 2.57
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.323.103.000.0035.42
Mizuno Precision 9 Miles: 3.40Vibram Five Finger Sprints Miles: 10.72Mizuno Wave Precision Miles: 7.00NB 790 Miles: 10.80Brooks T4 Miles: 3.50
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