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Location:

Salem,Ut,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2006 Ogden Marathon 4:19:33.

2006 St. George 4:05:31

2007 Riverwoods 1/2 Marathon 1:34:47

2007 Speedy Spaniard 10K 43:20

2007 Riverwoods 10 mile race 1:12:38

2008 St George Marathon 3:43:37 

2012 Spectrum 10K 43:54

2012 St. George Marathon 3:42:17 PR!

2014 St George Half  Marathon 1:40:34 C/PR

2019 American Fork Half Run Against Cancer 1:40:31 C/PR

2019 Nebo Half Marathon 1:38:09 2nd in my Age group 55-59.C/PR

Short-Term Running Goals:

 2024:

I'd like to just run more overall. 

Be more consistent.

Work on Speed.

Cross Train.

Run More races.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and keep running until I'm really old, and maybe get a Boston Qualify.

Personal:

I am Married and my wife Cindie and I have 5 kids. I am an insurance agent and have been for over 30 years.

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Miles:This week: 21.65 Month: 83.28 Year: 280.37
Kayano 29 Red/Blue Lifetime Miles: 136.15
Nimbus 25 Blue MS Lifetime Miles: 181.68
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles: 77.25
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles: 65.37
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.100.000.000.009.0018.10
Kayano 19 Red Yellow & Blue Miles: 6.00Kayano 18 Blue And Black Miles: 5.10Nimbus 15 Grey & Lime Miles: 7.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.006.006.00

I ran 60 minutes on the elliptical, calf seems to be coming around and I'm hoping that I will be able to get some running in this week! I hope I am finally getting past this darn thing!

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano 19 Red Yellow & Blue Miles: 6.00
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Good news, I get to try a 5 miler tomorrow to see how the calf holds up! Wish me luck!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.100.000.000.000.005.10

I ran out towards Mini GU but stopped a little short, calf was feeling better but not a hundred percent but for sure on the mend. The real bad thing was my legs felt like lead bricks, they had no strength and it was a death march pretty much so a little discouraging... I had some old shoes on so that maybe that had something to do with it, I will try new shoes tomorrow and see how things go. I feel like I have a long way to go, oh well at least I was able to run. Pace was way slow at 9:14 with a total time of 47:02 I finished up with some upper body weight training and then some push-ups. We will see how my calf recovers for tomorrow and I hope I can continue running and get back to it!

See ya tomorrow.

Kayano 18 Blue And Black Miles: 5.10
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I tried to run this morning and it was a no go with my darn calf! I'm really considering just bagging the marathon at this point, I'm really disappointed and I'm not sure what I'm going to do but I am running out of time and it doesn't want to get better... I will maybe give it until Monday and see if there's any improvement if there isn't then I'm out!

See ya tomorrow. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.003.007.00

Well, I tried some new topical stuff on my calf that I got from Pat Loss that he has used in the past and it seemed to help a little bit. I was able to run some but I really didn't feel great just from the fact that I just have no energy, but the calf did better today so I have decided to give this thing another week and my plan is to see if I can get my mileage back up to where it was before the injury this next week...  And then if I can get in a decent long run next week, 10 to 15 miles, then my plan is to stay in this and see what I can do, I would still have time to get in a couple 20 milers and then maybe not taper as much but again that will all depend on next week. I will have to be able to be back up to at least 6 to 7 miles a day by Friday and then a decent long run on Saturday. No watch today as it was out of battery but it felt like about an 9 minute mile, very slow and very laboring, I hit the elliptical for 3 miles in 30 minutes and I felt a little better after that. I all so did my lower body weight training in between the running and the elliptical.

See ya Monday.

Nimbus 15 Grey & Lime Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.100.000.000.009.0018.10
Kayano 19 Red Yellow & Blue Miles: 6.00Kayano 18 Blue And Black Miles: 5.10Nimbus 15 Grey & Lime Miles: 7.00
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