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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Personal bests since 2009:

  • 5K - 18:31 (Freedom Run, 2021)
  • 10K - 38:52 (Dana Point, 2009)
  • Half marathon - 1:25:54 (SLC, 2012)
  • Marathon - 3:02:40 (St. George, 2009)

Short-Term Running Goals:

  • Break 3:00 in a marathon
  • Run at least 5 days a week

Long-Term Running Goals:

  • Lifetime fitness
  • Run the Boston Marathon
  • Do an Ironman triathlon (someday)

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Air Pegasus 25 Lifetime Miles: 1220.37
Asics Equation 2 Lifetime Miles: 1198.81
Asics Blue And Silver Lifetime Miles: 930.43
Pearl Izumi Orange Streaks Lifetime Miles: 194.77
Treadmill Lifetime Miles: 2381.47
New Balance 690 Lifetime Miles: 313.68
New Balance 310 Lifetime Miles: 1120.96
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
47.500.000.000.000.0047.50
Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 29.00Asics Kahana 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 171.16
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

Got out and ran early. Beautiful morning. First two miles were pretty easy. Left calf started hurting a bit after downhill at 2 miles. But then it eased up. I was trying to stay below 8:00 pace and get close to 7:30 pace average if I could. Ran really well through 7.75 miles and averaging 7:45 pace. But then calf flared up and had to walk the rest of the way (3.25 miles). I'm counting it as 9 miles of running.

Not sure what to do about this calf. Will probably take it easy the next couple days and go from there. 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 11.00
Weight: 172.20
Comments(4)
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Calf still hurting, so I did my workout on the elliptical and treadmill machines. The elliptical didn't hurt my calf at all but still gave me a cardio workout (heart rate in 130-140 range). The treadmill running was really slow. Hopefully each day it will get better.

Asics Kahana 2 Miles: 1.50
Weight: 171.60
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.500.000.000.000.006.50

Another night of working on the elliptical and treadmill. 40 minutes on elliptical. I pushed harder than usual and got my heart rate up around 140-160. Felt really good. Then did a little running. Ran slightly faster this time than last (about 10:00 mile pace).

Calf is feeling better. Similar to the last time around. But this time around I'm going to play it a little more conservatively so as to not aggrevate it again.

Asics Kahana 2 Miles: 1.50
Weight: 170.60
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Ran 7 easy miles on treadmill. Started slow, moved up the pace, calf starting feeling iffy, slowed down the pace, calf felt better, moved up the pace at the end. Overall, great run. Total time was 62 minutes. Average pace about 9:15 per mile.

Asics Kahana 2 Miles: 7.00
Weight: 170.40
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Very similar to yesterday. Felt better and ran faster, though. Did 4 miles on the treadmill. Average pace was 8:15. Sped up to 7:00 pace toward the end, and it didn't really hurt my calf. I can still feel it and that I need to be careful, but this was encouraging.

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 4.00
Weight: 171.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

Ran north through a bunch of neighborhoods. I ran along part of Highland Drive for a while and then through a neighborhood I've never seen before, etc.

I started out running nice and easy. I was really holding back, but it still was about 8:00 pace, which is faster than I've been doing lately. At about mile 4, my achilles tendon started hurting. I could feel it on every stride. This pain was lower than the previous calf pain I had felt. So I slowed down, especially on the uphill parts. After another mile or two, it started feeling better.

I continued with a slower pace, and it was fine. At the end, I averaged about 8:50 pace overall, but this was totally fine. I had a hard time pushing the pace, but part of that was that I wanted to be careful with the calf/achilles so I wouldn't aggravate it again and have to start over in my recovery.

I'm grateful to have been able to run six days this week, even with recovering from straining my calf. Today's run was nice because it was long but felt good to me rather than a pain (as long runs sometimes do). I'm hopeful to build up the mileage next week.

Interesting note...I ran with headphones for the first time today. It was awesome!! I wasn't checking my Garmin every 10 seconds (that's an exaggeration, but still) as my only means of entertainment. I listened to podcasts, so I also learned a few things. I'm definitely going to do this in the future. 

Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 14.00
Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
47.500.000.000.000.0047.50
Air Pegasus 25 Miles: 29.00Asics Kahana 2 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 171.16
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