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!

UPCOMING RACES

 

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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.003.000.003.000.0013.00

When I woke up this morning I could feel some pain in my calf before I ever got out of bed.  I thought oh boy, another day without running.  When I got up and walked on it, it felt fine though, so I did some calf raises on it and it still felt fine, so I decided to give it a go.  

I went to the gym for some TM running so I could quit at the first sign of discomfort.  I broke out my heaviest shoes and even added some heel lifts in them to take a little more strain off the calf.  I wanted to do some speed work, but didn't want to go overboard (Nothing Stupid!) so I stole Teena's speed workout from the other day.   

TM 1% incline

2 miles warm up @ 8:00

3 progressively faster miles 7:30, 6:45, 6:00 repeated 3 times

2 mile cool down @8:00

Total run 13 miles

No calf discomfort at all while running. It will be interesting to see how it feels later today.  I did get a little blister from the heel insert though, and it was a weird feeling running in them.  With those and the heavier shoes, I felt like I was running with leg weights on. 

Addidas Bostons Miles: 13.00
Comments
From baldnspicy on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:48:04 from 72.95.177.56

Great workout! Just think how strong those legs will be adding all that weight to the end of the leg! Keep up the great work. You're an inspiration!

From Teena Marie on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:14:56 from 155.99.200.142

What a cool workout!!! :)

Keep being smart!! :)

From RivertonPaul on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:53:42 from 67.42.27.114

Ice.

From DonGardinero on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 13:04:31 from 75.162.164.23

Nice job. Glad to hear there was no pain during the run.

From Smooth on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 16:17:33 from 174.23.239.148

WOW, very cool workout indeed!!! :)

Blister is no big deal compare to calf strain. Stay SMART!!!

From Kathie on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 18:05:56 from 63.248.105.188

Nice work out I may have to steal it too.

From Kelli on Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 20:04:25 from 71.219.89.82

That KT tap e is AMAZING, huh? And I am so impressed that you were willing to shave to wear it!

Hope it still feels good now that it is LATER.

From Smooth on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 18:42:10 from 174.23.239.148

How does everything feel today?

From Teena Marie on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 20:50:00 from 174.52.45.85

Same question as Smooth.

From Rhett on Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 14:19:37 from 74.32.219.217

Smooth/ Teena, I'm feeling good, just had a super busy day so no blogging. Today is just as crazy, but I did get in a couple runs since my last post.

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