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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2009 Provo River Marathon, 4:04:38

2009 Provo Canyon Halloween 1/2 Marathon, 1:27:22

2010 Ogden Marathon, 3:04:39

2010 Deseret News Marathon, 2:51:36

2010 Provo River 1/2 Marathon 1:19:01

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 2:52:24

2010 Just Cuz 1/2 Marathon 1:17:36

2011 13.1 LA 1/2 Marathon 1:19:43

2011 Timpanogos Half 1:16:51

2011 Treadmill Marathon 2:49:26 (pr)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 Boston.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
15.000.000.000.0015.00

My wife has a head cold and kept waking me up all night, finally at 3:15 I decided to stop trying to fall asleep and just go to the gym.  I rolled out and stretched before running which I don't normally do, then did about 5 minutes on the elliptical to try and loosen up. Started out running slow, and progressively got a little faster.

15 miles in 1:53:00  7:30 avg pace. 

I've decided I'm getting burned out, I'm tired, my legs hurt, I've developed an eating disorder trying to get back to race weight, which is just driving me nuts.  I've been trying to loose weight since the start of the year, I've lost about 5 lbs but I still want to loose like 15 more.  I know it's not good to train and try to loose that much weight, but I didn't loose it before I started like I'd planned.  So yeah, I'm in the dumps.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Miles: 15.00Treadmill 2013 Miles: 15.00
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 08:52:15 from 155.100.226.191

Legs hurting and eating disorder are not the best combo. I don't know exactly what advice to give, but try to change that course!

From Rachelle on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 09:19:43 from 67.199.182.207

Hang in there Rob and figure out a way to get more sleep because clearly the lack of sleep probably isn't contributing to the equation. runnersconnect.net has had some good article recently about running and nutrition. I highly recommend you check them out. Running with low energy is a recipe for injury so be careful!

From Lily on Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 16:19:34 from 67.199.178.95

Gosh, sorry you are having a rough time. I understand a lot of this. I get burned out from time to time. Sometimes its nice to run for fun on the days that you choose. I had babies in between and that was forced break. So this is the first stretch of running without having a baby for me. It's been 5 years. It's hard to get used to.

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