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Location:

Spring,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 17, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

After a 24-year hiatus from running, I started back again at age 40 in March 2007.

PERSONAL RECORDS

5K - 20:13 (3/22/08 Run The Woodlands #197)

10K - 44:58 (3/15/08 Lookin' Good Shamrock Strut)

HLF - 1:46:09 (5/19/07 Ogden Half Marathon)

MAR - 3:40:18 (10/6/07 St. George Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2008 Ogden Marathon - 3:30 (Blew up big time!  IT band = 4:24 finish!) 

2008 St. George Marathon - 3:20 (*BQ)  Might need to revise based on injury but I'm not giving it up quite yet.

2009 Spend Patriots Day on course in Boston.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.240.000.000.000.005.24

OBJECTIVE
7 miles : no pace

ACHIEVED
5.24 miles : 46:00 = (8:47 min/mile)


12:46 PM 28° 69% 16 mph


I had very limited time today due to family commitments but was able to work in a pretty good run. Although shorter than I would have liked .... I felt pretty good. I think the biking and lifting yesterday must have "loosened" me up. My legs were markedly improved over how they felt yesterday.

I think the pounding coming down the Adams hill on Wednesday really took a toll on my legs so I decided to run along an old road that kept me in the valley. It was a nice route but about 1.5 miles into it, I found unplowed roads with hard-packed snow and ice. This slowed my pace but that was okay since I wasn't worried about pace today ... just needed some miles.

My sleep and nutrition have not been good while I've been in Utah.

Also, while running it occurred to me that if/when I run the Houston marathon, I should not come to Utah over Christmas that year. Being here takes me out of "training mode" and would probably leave me ill-prepared to run a marathon a couple of weeks later.

PRE RUN
Ginger snaps & water

POST RUN
SlimFast & water
Later, pizza.

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