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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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Thu, Oct 30, 2008
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9.000.000.000.009.00

Non-running day 3: Another easy effort workout. I almost talked myself into bagging the whole thing after the boring gym workout yesterday. But then I remembered the miserable conditions in the non-AC gym in India last year and I was able to get a little happier about the idea of the non-run workout.

I'm glad I did it, I actually ended up having a pretty enjoyable workout. I remembered my MP3 player this time and realized that by varying the incline and resistance levels I could get into a good cadence that matched the beat of whatever song but still keep my HR in the desired zone (140-160), even for songs that would never work for running where I pretty much stick with a turnover cadence of 170-185.

Today it was the Beatles and Cake that did the trick. Kind of a weird combination but who says you can't have your Cake and Beatles too?

Ave/Max HR: 148/162

 

Comments
From Clay on Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 15:36:10

Who the heck is Cake?!

From Tom on Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 15:45:10

Clay - CAKE is an alternative rock band that has been around since maybe the mid-90's. My oldest son is a Cake fan and he made a fan out of me as well. Don't know if they have any monster hits, probably most well known is "Short Skirt / Long Jacket"

From JeffC on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:18:30

LOL, very funny Tom! I've never heard of cake either, now I will have to look into it. Nothing wrong with "short skirts."

From JimF on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:31:49

Glad to see that you are keeping with the training and your attitude is great.

From Cal on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:18:02

Good job hanging in there on those non-running workouts. Hopefully these recovery weeks will fly by for you.

Did you end up getting a prednisone prescription or some other steroid treatment?

From Tom on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:22:20

Cal the doctor called the stuff I'm taking Medrol but I notice on the container it also says MethylPREDNIsolone so I think it's something very similar to prednisone.

From Terry on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 15:18:13

You sure you don't just want to take a week or two break and relax. You're so healthy I'm sure a little break wouldn't hurt. Just try it. Just one puff.

From Tom on Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 15:27:16

Terry I'll tell you what....after another week of the elliptical/cross-train regiment, if I feel like the gut/groin healing is being hindered by doing the cross-training then I'll take a week or 2 off and see how things go when resting from all aerobic activity.

But I can get pretty grumpy when I don't/can't do anything so you might have to come down and try to cheer me up. It's that dang OCD side of my personality that me and all my siblings seem to have inherited from my Mom.

From Brent on Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 11:30:28

Tom, hang in there, good time of year to get healthy. Cross training is a challenge. My thoughts, mix it up, water jog, elip, bike, spin class. It is the only way to keep your wits. I feel your pain.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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