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Law Day Race 10k

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Location:

Glendale,AZ,United States

Member Since:

Dec 16, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Pocatello Just Be Cuz Half Marathon 2008 -  1:14:40
4 mile race 2008 - 23:22
5k PR 2008  - 15:52
Pocatello Marathon 2008 PR 2:36:18 -  I won the Race
Pocatello Half Marathon 2011 1:34:59  -A year recovery with the new titanium rod first race back.

Short-Term Running Goals:

May 5, 2012  Law Day 10K  38:39  4th Place

May 19, 2012 Tommy Vaughn Half Marathon 1:26:34  3rd Place 

Marathon Debut form my accident some date (unknown) 

September  1, 2012  Pocatello Marathon  2:54:57 6th overall

November 3, 2012 Just Cuz Half Marathon 1:19:04 second place overall.  (what a difference a year makes)

 


Long-Term Running Goals:

Worship the Lord and praying early in the mornibgs and keep doing that. Staying humble and desperate for the Lord and praying for end-time revival for America.

My Long Term goal is to just run whatever I can.

Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.


Personal:

Married, three kids all grown up... now four grandkids and two living with us

Psalm 119:105 NKJV Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

The sound of God is a travelling wave that never stops. It knows no time nor is there any substance it can't penetrate.

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5.120.000.000.005.12

5.12 miles in 7:39 overall pace.  Was limping the first mile, because of trying to play football with my son and trying to move in different ways that the leg isn't ready for yet so it was real sore.  But I would do it again because I miss playing with the kids outside.

Only reason I ran faster is I had to be back to take my daughter to school.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.230.000.000.006.23

Ran with Barry today and we took it easy in the beginning for the 6.23 mile run.  

8:35, 8:00, 7:49, 7:44, 7:52 7:12.  The last 300m's  I was doing a 6:25 pace and it was hard.  The leg just feels real heavy and I just hung on.

I'm doing the Law Day race this Saturday so I will cut-back on the running.   Tomorrow 5 miles, Thursday 4 miles and Friday 2 miles.  I'm not racing but I have a goal pace that would be nice to reach.  I know this will be an emotional run for me.  Just need to make sure my leg is well rested leading up to it.

It's hard to accept a pace you used to run so easy is now an exciting accomplishment.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.210.000.000.006.21

You know I specify these as easy miles, but really nothing is easy on Mr. Titanium leg.   The miles are tough every time but I just make myself get through it and stay determined.

 6.21 miles at an overall 7:46 pace in 48:18 minutes.  I'm really surprised how my pace is now dropped and is in the 7 minute range.  I'm very humbled and grateful.  Leg and knee were really sore afterwards. I have pain in the knee where the screws were inserted.  I've had this pain off and on the last couple days.  Taking it easy the next couple of days so I can have fun at the fun run/race and not be in pain.

 Splits:  8:38, 7:40, 7:38, 7:39, 7:35, 7:27

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.140.000.000.003.14

Very easy run.  Just resting a bit to run the Law Day race Saturday.  Again no expectations because I'm recovering and that's where it needs to stay.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.220.000.000.002.22

Tapering for the race.  Did 2.22 miles.  I really had to hold back the second mile.

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Race: Law Day Race 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:42:47, Place overall: 9, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.314.002.000.009.31

This is something I've been waiting to do for a while post a racing report. A lot of emotion has gone into this race. It all starts 8 months ago since my accident where my Femur was shattered and I have 5 screws and a titanium rod in my left leg. This is from the result of being hit by a driver who had his license revoked and wasn't paying attention. This destroys any chance of racing soon. The process has been long and hard with pushing myself ahead of schedule in the rehab. I wake up in pain every day getting the leg ready to run. Was it worth it for the passion of running?

 

RACE CONDITIONS: The weather was raining and about 40 degrees but I ran in shorts and a short sleeve shirt with arm warmers. I knew this might make the course slower because there was also a little bit of a headwind but nothing to hurt times. This is a point to point course so no break.

 

RACE: Here we go! My friend Bill was so nice to run the race with me at any pace I wanted because he wanted to be a part of my first race back. The only goal I had was to average at least a 7:30 pace which I thought was doable (maybe). I ran the course last week at a 7:49 pace but that wasn't pushing it as hard but it was not easy either. I did a little jog before the race to get ready for the uphill and flat course.

MILE 1: I got warmed up and my form was an uneven stride favoring the leg a bit as always for the first mile of any run, but I did the first flat mile in 7:46. That was the fastest first mile I've done since the accident in any start of a run.

 

MILE 2-3: These miles are flat with an uphill then pretty much flat the rest of the way. The stride was getting more smooth and better. My splits were 7:38, 7:24.

MILE 4: is uphill so it was a little harder so I knew the split might be slower. The uphill has always caused a little bit more pain on the leg but manageable at 7:26.

MILE 5: Okay I was holding back and the leg felt good so I thought why not bust out some faster miles so Bill and I did mile 5 in 6:44. I noticed that my right shoe lace was undone at mile 4 and a half, but I wasn't going to stop.

MILE 6: The emotion kicked in and I was excited and started passing runners and crying because I was excited being a runner again. My friend Bill said he couldn't go faster than a 6:30 so I left him and finished the last mile at a 6:10 for an overall 7:15 average for the race. I was 9th out of over 200 runners.

Lots of emotion when I finished and just feeling like I accomplished something that God deserves all honor. I was so excited and congratulated by a lot of runners.

Then I watched my wife come in from the 5k and then Bill and I did a 3 mile cool-down back to my car. Very successful day and emotional and just overall happy to be a runner again and have family and friends watch.

Thanks Bill for your company you kept me motivated and confident.  Your a tremendous runner.

Law day Race splits Made my goal 42:47 minutes 5.89 miles 7:46 7:38 7:24 7:26 6:44 6:10

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