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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:

2024 plans: 

  • Work on core strength
  • 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 38 years. We have 5 great kids and 5 great grandkids.
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Fri, Feb 11, 2011
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Did 45 minutes XT with the majority on the bike. I've felt pretty good the last few days and I wanted to try a few things today while I'm off the meds and don't have them masking any pains. 

I actually ran a few steps. Felt much better than Monday but still enough little pains and weirdness to where I think I'm still maybe a week away from doing a meaningful test run.

Also did 5 min each on the stair stepper and eliptical to see how that felt. I could feel the hip just a bit but I think I could probably do more and be OK. For now I'll stick mostly with the bike with maybe a touch of higher impact stuff every so often just to better gauge where I'm at. By golly I'm becoming a pretty patient guy.

Comments
From Kelli on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 17:52:51 from 71.219.84.215

I am glad someone out there has patience. I am sorry to hear it is still hurting you so much, that is a bummer. BUT, on the other hand, you will get a really tough behind from riding the bike!

Wanna hear something weird? All of this time off from running, and my PF flared up. What the heck is that about???

From Dave S on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 20:30:12 from 4.254.229.181

Tom, Glad to hear it's feeling a little better. I had a hip flexor strain right before the St George marathon 2009. It probably wasn't as bad as yours but it cleared up pretty quickly and never came back. Hopefully yours will do the same.

From Bonnie on Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 21:21:27 from 64.119.33.134

The "pf" pain could be from your sciatic nerve -- I get that sometimes. Could be related to tight hip flexors/gluts.

I am glad you are feeling better Tom!

From Kelli on Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 18:42:23 from 71.219.84.215

I was thinking it might be from all of the standing I have done (as opposed to sitting) and I am always barefoot or in very unsupportive shoes.

From Brent on Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 18:04:43 from 66.7.127.219

Tom and K-Power - I am with on the shoes, bought good supportive dress shoes at New Balance, made a big difference. We often were $100 running shoes and then wear crap shoes the rest of the day. It is hard to read about injuries for bloggers this time of year when servious training cycles are starting, bummers.

Stay Kool, B of bS Rools out

STay Kool, get better soon you two.

From TBean on Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 23:23:10 from 65.44.125.14

Nice to hear some good news. Keep up the X-Training.

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