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Location:

Spanish Fork,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 15, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Lifetime PRs:

Marathon: 3:07:59 2013 Big Cottonwood Marathon 

1/2 Marathon: 1:24:30 2008 St. George Painters

10K: 38:39 2008 SLCTC

5K: 18:44 2009 Nestle Art City Days 

55-59 AD PRs:

1/2 Marathon:???

10K:???

5K:??? 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2023 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • Lose 5 lbs
  • Overcome lingering injuries
  • Have fun!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Consistently place in the top 5 of my age division as long as my body will allow it.

Beat Terry Bean at any distance at least one time before I depart this earth.

Take care of mind and body so I can be in it for the long haul. Don't do STUPID THINGS!

Run until I'm 99 with Kim by my side and remember that EVERY RUN IS A GREAT RUN!

Peace of mind by striving to live like this

 

Personal:

I've been married to the lovely Kimberly for 36 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.
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Wed, Sep 03, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.250.000.000.0010.25

AM: Kim and I ran easy down Payson Canyon with the 5am small group. Only went 8 miles instead of the full 11+ as this is a recovery/reduced-mileage week and since we'll be doing the SF 1/2 marathon on Saturday. I've really been babying my left hamstring the last day, lots of RICE, also alternating heat with the ice, Dale's stretch, etc. So far so good, felt pretty good today but it usually does when I run slow. The test is trying to run under 7-min pace. Tomorrow I'll try some strides and see what the verdict is. Not sure what I'll be doing on Saturday. I was hoping to run it similar to Hobble, treat the first 6-7 miles as marathon pace tempo, then push the last 6 miles if I'm still feeling good. I would like to run in the 1:25-1:30 range but with the injury situation we'll just have to wait and see. Usually with this non-downhill race you can get a pretty good idea what you'll run at SGM by doubling your finish time, so SGM of 2:50-3:00 means running 1:25-1:30 for SF 1/2.

Not sure on ave pace today since the garmins don't seem to like the canyon this year. Probably around 7:40-7:50.

Late AM: 20 minutes on eliptical and core workout while watching that fine, redneck movie classic - "Raising Arizona".

Comments
From Kim on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 10:41:09

It was great to have you with the "slower" pack down the canyon today! Looking forward to our date with Nate, (our massage therapist friend), tomorrow!

From JimF on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 11:49:04

Glad to hear your leg was feeling better today. Sounds like you got a good plan and are taking the necessary steps to get everything back to normal. Hopefully, this is just a small bump in the road and you will be back on track soon.

From Paul T on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 13:04:03

I'm glad your hamstring is feeling better. You and Kim take care of yourselves. You owe it to your blog readership. We're all counting on you both being healthy for St. George.

I've been kind of non-committal on the Spanish Fork half this year, but as you say I believe it could be a good predictor for St. George. I'll probably see you there.

From Dale on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 13:06:17

Hey, forgot to warn you about my experience with that stretch. It did make things almost worse for a couple of days because it really started stretching stuff that hadn't been stretched before, but got me back running nearly pain-free after about 1 week. You'll probably have better luck than I since you're already doing some stretching in that area.

I hear you on the speed comment. It was like every time I tried to pick it up past a MP effort it hurt....thought it might be sciatica for a while until I stumbled across the piriformis writeups.

Get better!!!

From Terry on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 15:51:53

Dang tendon-bumitis! My best luck with that problem is to strech every hour but not overstrech. I think lower mileage on Thur & Friday should help also.

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 15:57:56

Get yourself healed. Good luck Saturday.

From TylerS on Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 21:45:36

Tom I would love to have you along. We could start at my house or I could come your way. I can set that same route on my Garmin and it will keep us on pace. let me know if you are feeling up to it. I know that you could handle that pace. I love that movie raising arizona.

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