Rhett

November 05, 2024

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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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Calf felt great this morning. I warmed up with some active stretching, did the foam roller on the calf, then a little more active stretching.  I then hoped on the TM at 10 minute pace and tried to run.  Unfrotunately it didn't feel quite as great running, not terrible but bad enough I didn't want to risk running on it this close to race day, so I jumped on the elliptical and took my disappointment out on it with a good hard 90 minutes of elliptical work.  I think my calf feels even better after doing that.  I'll cross train again tomorrow and see how the calf is doing Monday.

Comments
From Yasir on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 14:14:15 from 99.20.240.157

You are having a smart taper no crazy stuff still I don't know what you are racing!

From Rhett on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 14:51:09 from 199.117.154.54

Phoenix marathon a week from tomorrow.

From DaleG on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 21:12:32 from 152.216.15.5

You and I sure have a lot of problems with our calves. Hope it feels good on race day.

From Rhett on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 21:16:46 from 66.87.69.201

Hey Dale. Good to hear from you. How have you been? It's crazy. I had a great training cycle with lots of hard and long runs with no problems and then on my first easy run of my taper my calf wigged out. ITake not too bad so I'm sure I'll be fine by race day. I'd like to get in a few runs next week though.

From DaleG on Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 21:49:57 from 66.87.126.37

I'm doing ok. Trying to get back into shape. I won't lie, It's been a struggle. I'll keep plugging away.

You've had some great training for the marathon. Can't wait to read all about it.

From Smooth on Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 17:17:20 from 63.230.16.80

So sorry to hear the calf was acting up again. Smart to let it rest. Here's to speedy healing.

From Rhett on Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:26:05 from 66.87.69.244

Thanks Smooth. I'm pretty sure I'll be 100% here in the next couple days.

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