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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:	0.00	Month:	114.18	Year:	311.27
Kayano 29 Red/Blue Lifetime Miles:						136.15
Nimbus 25 Blue MS Lifetime Miles:						199.18
Nimbus 25 Blue New Lifetime Miles:						83.40
Nimbus 26 Dark Blue Lifetime Miles:						72.62

Sat, Feb 17, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

I decided to try out my calf to see how it would handle things if I ran, I took it mile by mile with a max of 6 miles. It was sore throughout the run but I was able to complete it and my splits were alright. They went as follows; 8:07, 8:11, 8:02, 8:05, 7:51, 8:01 for a total of 48:24 my average pace was 8:03 which was really surprising. I will take Sunday off as usual and hopefully I will be able to do my regular 7 mile run on Monday with minimal pain and go from there.

I also did 30 minutes of lower body weight training, and I also did some calf stretching to help strengthen the calfs for the future so I can stay away from these nagging injury's.

See ya Monday.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 15:54:35

You are starting to get into very good shape. Possibly the reason for the calf injury is the imbalance in growth - e.g one group of muscles gets stronger faster than another, or possibly the heart gets strong, the nervous system gets the signals to push harder, but some muscles are not yet ready, so they get hurt. You just have to be patient, and keep the intensity down for a while even if it feels too easy. That is one reason I try to run at least sometimes with slower training partners at the pace that they find comfortable.

In a couple of weeks it would be a good time for a race to measure your fitness.

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