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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Member Since:

Mar 20, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Mile: 4:37 (HS)
2 Mile: 10:11 (HS)
10K: 35:52 (HS)
5K - 18:15 (ARR Summer Race Series #1 - 2008)
1/2 Marathon: 1:32:00 (St. George 2008 enroute)
Marathon: 3:10:56 (St. George 2008)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get down to 155 lbs
Run sub 18:00 5K
Run sub 1:30 1/2 marathon
Run sub 3:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~qualify for Boston Marathon~~
run Boston Marathon
run sub-2:50 marathon
run sub-1:20 1/2 marathon
run sub-17:00 5K
beat my high school 10K time of 35:52

Personal:

I was married in 1997 to my beautiful wife Lybi (confessions of a piano teacher on the blog), and we have 3 wonderful boys who are just as active as I was when I was little (he he). I grew up in southeastern Michigan, and my family became members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when I was 6. I attended BYU, and served a mission in Berlin, Germany. After graduating from BYU with a degree in Health and Human Performance (pre-physical therapy), I promptly changed careers and started working with computers (although no programming for me). We have moved across the country several times, and currently live in Mesa, AZ. I work in computer security for a major nationwide homebuilder.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Grid C2 Flash Lifetime Miles:						148.66

Wed, Aug 15, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
7.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.90	0.00	0.00	7.90

AM - Lybi went to the early morning temple session, so I didn't run this morning. I stayed home a little later than normal and took Sam to the bus stop for school.

PM - ran 7.9 easy miles. First 5.1 miles with the Garmin, total time of 43:07, average pace of 8:27/mile. Lybi and I talked about my calf last night, and came to the conclusion that I may be causing microtears by stretching before I run (i.e. before my muscles are even warmed up). I tried not stretching this evening until after my run. It really made a difference. Calf felt great, was much looser at the end of the run. Last 2.8 was untimed, but nice easy pace. My long run on Saturday is going to depend on how my calf feels tomorrow and Friday. If it feels great, then I will plan on the 16 miles, with the tempo run in the middle. Otherwise I will probably plan on 18 easy miles. We will see.

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 16:38:44

I never stretch, before or after a run, and I never get injured. I have tried stretching before, what happened was that due to the extra time it took my running volume was reduced, and I lost a portion of my aerobic fitness without any noticeable biomechanical improvements to make up for it.

Whenever a health professional touches my muscles, he starts the long talk about how bad it is for them to be that stiff. He massages them, supposedly makes them loose, I go for a run, and absolutely feel no difference!

Those experiences make me wonder if stretching/massage is merely a workaround for the lack of conditioning.

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