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Location:

st george,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St.George 05 first marathon. 3.00 hrs. 2010 in 3:02, 2012 in 3:00 Ran Boston 3 X , PR half 1:22 in 08. 10 k 35.28 min PR 5 k 18 min:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Utah Summer games 10 k

Drop 13

Enterprise 10 K

Cottonwood Marathon

Run every day. Work on flexibility,

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running and stay healthy

Personal:

53 years old. Been Sruggling with a Knee injury. Trying to get back into running shape after 8 months of weight gain.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Kinvara 7 Lifetime Miles:						124.00
Launch 3 Lifetime Miles:						220.30

Tue, Jul 11, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
3.00	1.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

I ran my old path this morning. The moon was full and fleeing the morning sun. I decided to be bold and wear the red body shirt. Have you ever seen a 40 year old in a body shirt? Makes you want to run!! (run away that is) I started out slow and picked up the pace. I really enjoy running in the morning. I feel I get a better work out because it is not so hot. Trying to train my mind to concentrate on my breathing and keep those negative thoughts that want me to slow down at bay. RAN ANOTHER 4 TONIGHT. CALFS GOT CRAMPS. HAD TO STOP. TOOK POTASIUM PILLS TONIGHT.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Jim on Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:38:04

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the compliment. I'd love to be able to run a 2:45 marathon, but I don't think that will ever happen.

As far as training for an ultra, the main thing I think is time on your feet. Not necessarily miles, although that certainly does help. I generally follow a modified Hal Higdon format in that I go for my long run (20-35 miles) on Sunday's, 1 day for speed, 1 day for tempo and 1 day midweek for a longish run. I usually take Saturday's off. I'm currently training for a 100k next month in Oregon and also for the Wasatch Front 100 mile in Sept. so I'm trying to ramp the miles up. I'm lucky in that I can run to work and back, roughly 17.7 miles round trip. This helps get the miles up quickly. That's the physical part, the mental part is to lose brain cells in large amounts and become mental;-) It's mainly realizing that you're going to be in a race for hours and hours, possibly days. The race becomes your universe and nothing else matters. There's also the huge sense of accompliment when you finish something like a 100 mile run knowing that very few people will ever be able, or want, to do something like that.

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