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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 26, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Ran first marathon after 18 months of training (minus injury time) at age 52 in Logan, Utah on Sept 18, 2010.  Time was 4:16:56 compared to a goal of 4:15.

Second marathon was Oct 1, 2011 in the heat of St George.  Time fell to 4:52:27.

Short-Term Running Goals:

With two marathons behind me, my next goal is to run one in under 4 hours and potentially qualify for Boston within 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

My primary physical goal is to live a long, healthy life and to stay active to the end.  While I can, I expect running to be a big part of that.

Personal:

Married with 8 children and 5 grandchildren.  Youngest child is 13.

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Totals
Total Distance
32.79
Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Total Distance
5.35

That was a long break without running and significant loss of training time.  But I'm back.  I've still got some minor pain in my left knee, but not enough to affect my stride, so I consider it to be OK.  Ceasing to run seemed to fix the problem.   Other than that, I used ice a few times when the pain was more intense.  Yesterday morning, when I couldn't even find the pain in my knee, I canceled my Dr appointment.  But, I had a little pain before I started running this morning.

 I don't know what caused the injury other than progressing a little too quickly with the milage.  Now I need to ramp back up again.

This morning's run was 5.35 miles in 1:05:52, 12:19/mile 125bpm, 130bpm max.  I'm feeling good right now.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011
Total Distance
5.52

5.52 miles in 1:06:54, 12:07/mi, 125bpm, 133bpm max.  Brand new pavement and stripes for bikers.

Today, Charles turned 19 and I burned some pancakes for his breakfast.  Last night, I taught him the principles of packing (planning, finding, organizing, and packing with an eye towards streamlining at all times) and we enjoyed a practice session before he beat me in chess.

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Fri, Jul 22, 2011
Total Distance
4.62

4.62 miles in 53:59 for an average pace of 11:42/mi, heart rate of 124bpm with 132bpm max.  I'd say it was a good day with all laps under a 12:00 pace (last fraction was 11:59 and best mile was 11:24).

Hopefully, I can make it through 16 miles tomorrow without further injury.

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Sat, Jul 23, 2011
Total Distance
17.30

17.3 miles up to Vivian park and back in 3:35:15 for an average pace of 12:26/mile.  The heart rate monitor went out of control.  Once I looked at it and it said 156 without making much of an effort.  Towards the end it was high again.  I decided to forget it and I sped up just to see the monitor go down to near 130.  But it felt like a low heart run all the way and I'll count it as such.

So far so good with the knees, but my legs are tired.

Happy pioneer day!

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Totals
Total Distance
32.79
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