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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!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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Wed, Feb 03, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.000.000.000.001.00

Today was mile repeat day.

I started with my normal warm up.  My left calf felt a bit tight, but I figured it would loosen up as I warmed up.  Instead it only seemed to get worse, so I aborted todays run just past the one mile mark.

Elliptical 20 minutes

Stationary bike 40 minutes

Iced my my calf when I got home.  It feels fine now walking around the office.  I hope it is just a little muscle strain that will be better in a day or 2.

Comments
From Teena Marie on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 14:04:22 from 155.99.200.234

I am so impressed that you stopped!!! Seriously, take a few days off. I am so paranoid now when it comes to running. If anything feels out of the ordinary I will just crosstrain for a few days. Seems to do the trick. Also, so glad to hear that you are icing.

Hmmm ... maybe you should see if there is a new piece of equipment at the gym that you can break! :)

From DonGardinero on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 15:01:37 from 75.162.178.116

Dang, Rhett. I hope it's nothing serious. Stinks that it's so close to the marathon. Perhaps you should pull out of it if it doesn't feel any better soon.

From Rhett on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 16:20:16 from 74.32.219.217

Teena, my training motto from now until Boston is "Nothing stupid", so I quickly quit running when it didn't start feeling better.

Dale, good to hear from you. Yeah, if it isn't feeling pretty close to 100% by Saturday morning, I won't run the marathon.

From Huans32 on Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 16:27:24 from 138.64.8.51

Or just take it easy at the race. Not sure if your able to do that though. Once that gun goes off its Capt Underpants.:) Hope its nothing man.

From Smooth on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 00:39:25 from 174.23.232.65

Hope it's nothing serious. You're very wise to stop.

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 11:14:22 from 67.42.27.114

Where does it hurt?

From Rhett on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 12:16:08 from 74.32.219.217

It hurts in the upper part of my lower calf about dead center. It feels like the same feeling you get when you pull your hamstring. Hopeing it's just a minor muscle strain that will be better in a couple days.

From timp on Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 17:36:54 from 129.188.33.25

positive thoughts coming your way - heal up

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