| Location: Salt Lake City,UT,USA Member Since: May 06, 2006 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: Won Park City Marathon (tiny field, slow course, no purse) and Utah Grand Slam in 2006
Marathon: 2:37:04 (St. George 2009) Short-Term Running Goals: Train for as solid a race in Boston 2011 as my schedule will allow. Accept the fact that there isn't room in my life to train for a breakthrough performance and do the best I can under the circumstances.
Long-Term Running Goals: Lose the all-or-nothing mentality and
start using running as an outlet instead of an additional source of
stress. Personal: I'm married with 4 kids (2 boys, 2 girls) and live in Salt Lake City, where I work as a real estate attorney.
Let me have men about me that are fat,
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look,
He thinks too much; such men are dangerous.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 33.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.50 |
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| Vibram Five Fingers Miles: 4.00 | Kayano 15A Miles: 15.00 | Kayano 15B Miles: 15.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Well, after a long hiatus from blogging and a crazy six months or so, I registered for Boston yesterday and decided it was time to rejoin the ranks. I feel awful for everyone who tried to register yesterday but got shut out, either by technical problems (I ended up finding a link on Facebook via Twitter that got me in after the registration page failed) or due to the incredible speed with which the race filled up. I'm sure there were plenty out there who saw qualifying as a once-in-a-lifetime achievement and found themselves among the dismayed throng who missed out. That has to be a tough pill to swallow. As for me, I decided to make use of a large grass field across from a client's office where I spend about half of my time. I hadn't pulled out the VFFs for months (I had fun running in them for a while but found my feet feeling bruised after pounding around on the streets of SLC in them for a while) but figured the grass would be a good way to strengthen some stabilizing muscles without causing damage. It was a short run but was highly enjoyable. Gorgeous weather that won't last much longer. I stretched longer than usual in an effort to minimize the inevitable soreness that attends minimalist running for me.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Easy 5 with Maja across the U campus, past the new track (yippee!), over the Olympic bridge, and through Fort Douglas. Calves were sore from the VFF workout yesterday, but not too bad. Note: I haven't been tracking mileage on my Kayanos for months, but they are probably both up in the 400-mile range. They still feel good, though, so I'll hold off on replacing them for now. I think my VFF and Nike Free running earlier in the year may have helped modify my form to the point that I strike more in the mid-foot region now, and that could be one reason why the Kayanos aren't showing the same kind of wear I'm used to after 300 miles or so.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy 3 with Brooke, then went for a second loop on my own. About a mile into the second loop, felt a shooting pain in the tendon between my Achilles and my calf on my right leg. I stopped and stretched it for a minute, then jogged home slowly in hopes of not aggravating it. I'm sure I went too far or too fast in the VFFs on Monday after having not trained in them for a long time. I'll watch this and may take a day or two off. You'd think I'd have known better. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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After taking two days off to make sure I didn't do further damage to my calves following Monday's VFF stupidity, I felt good enough to get back on the road. Did the standard route up to Wasatch, across Parley's on the trail, and out to Millstream Lane and back. Lower right calf was still tight but not painful. Pace: 7:25
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I missed my run yesterday after failing to get up with my alarm (I'll blame it on being awakened in the middle of the night by the crazy storm, which took a 30-foot limb off of our big Ash tree, barely missing our next-door neighbor's car when it came down), and I'm not proud of it. It was brisk out, but I managed to overdress when I couldn't find my long-sleeve base layer and wore a pullover instead. Welcome, winter! | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Easy 5 with Maja around U campus. Hit every red light and had to stop three times for Maja's sake. Nice start to the day. | |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 33.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.50 |
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| Vibram Five Fingers Miles: 4.00 | Kayano 15A Miles: 15.00 | Kayano 15B Miles: 15.50 |
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