Rhett

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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

~~2:59:00 St. George 2008~~

2:58:03 Boston 2010

1/2 Marathon PR:

~~1:25:41 Havasu Half 2009~~

1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

Half Ironman PR:

5:25:02 HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

~~18:23 LHC Turkey Trot 2014~~

18:22 LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Break 3 hours again~~

~~Doing it a Boston would be sweet!~~

It was sweet!

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Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles:						320.00
Salomon Ultra Pro Lifetime Miles:						387.00
NB 1500 V6 Lifetime Miles:						219.00
Adizero Pro Lifetime Miles:						57.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles:						346.00
Brooks Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles:						343.00
Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Lifetime Miles:						163.00
Inov8 G270 Lifetime Miles:						20.00

Tue, Jan 19, 2016

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

I was cruising along this morning running at a low HR in the low 130s thinking how great is feels to be running 7:30 minute miles and not feel like I was working at all when all of the sudden about 8 1/2 miles into the run my left calf tighted and then gave me that sharp pain that I have gotten in the past when my calf gives me fits. I recognized what was happening really fast so was able to stop immediately and not casue any extra damage, so hopefully within a week I'll be back running strong again. It sure is depressing though, that everytime I start to peak, my calfs give me problems! My amazing running turned to a depressing run really fast. I walked in the last 1 1/2 miles for a total of 10.

Asics DS Racer Miles: 10.00

Comments

From DaleG on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 09:54:43 from 170.72.51.221

Oh man, that really stinks.

From Hillbilly Runner on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 14:45:08 from 76.122.210.58

Sorry about the calf but at least you realized what was happening and stopped. That'll pay off on the recovery. You are so fit now a few days of rest won't set you back.

From Matt Schreiber on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 21:13:22 from 66.17.104.128

The silver lining is you can now recognize it happening and can avoid a catastrophe. Days off aren't so bad! Your body will catch up.

From Rhett on Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 08:49:37 from 24.121.249.174

Yes,it was depressing yesterday, but like you guys said, I stopped super fast before it got bad and today it feels fine just walking and doing cross training. A few days of cross training will probably be good for me anyways.

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