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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

Mon, Aug 06, 2007

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	10.00	0.00	10.00

Back in the saddle again . . .

AM - ran 5 easy miles. My left calf was a bit tight - I had woken up in the morning on Saturday with a pretty big cramp in my calf, and I am still trying to work it out. Since this was my first day back after about a week off, I took it easy. Total time for this morning's run was 43:34, average pace of 8:43/mile. This is close enough to my goal pace of 8:45/mile today that I am totally satisfied with my run this morning. I plan on doing another easy 2-3 miles this evening. High for today is only supposed to be 96 - yay! It is finally cooling down (maybe for good?), but the humidity is still way up - 65% humidity this morning. Looking forward to resuming my training. I need to get in at least one 20 miler within the next month, and I am debating whether or not to run the White Mountain 1/2 marathon or not (it is on September 15). The good thing is that it is mostly downhill, so I can work on my downhill form and pace, and it also has a monster of a hill (2 miles long) that puts Veyo to shame. The bad thing is that it is only 3 weeks before the marathon. I would appreciate any feedback on this.

PM - ran another 5 easy miles (not continuous), no time, but the pace felt nice and easy. I put some Absorbine, Jr. on my left calf before my run, and that seems to have helped to loosen up the knot I had. Leg feels better this evening. Stretched it out nice and good, ran a little more than I had anticipated, but don't think there will be any ill effects from the extra miles. Another nice easy day tomorrow as well.

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

Comments

From Brent on Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 21:57:48

James, you didn't mention how steep the downhill at the 1/2? I would be more concerned if it were a steep downhill. Likely nothing to worry about being 3 weeks out unless the downhill is real steep that may lead to a risk of injury. *Note, me and Syliv are running TOU marathon 3 weeks out from St. George, I wonder how we will recover running 2 marathons 3 weeks apart. good luck.

From James in Sunny AZ on Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 23:10:17

Well, to give you an idea, last time I ran it, I was running the 1/2 at 8:00 pace (the first 8 miles are gentle downhill), then there is a major uphill for 2 miles, then pretty sharp downhill the last 3 miles. My pace the year I ran it was 8:00 until the big hill, then I ended up walking, and then once I hit the downhill, I shifted gears and was running 6:30 pace. So the last 3 miles is pretty steep. You can check it out - http://www.whitemountainhalfmarathon.com/

From Shauna on Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 00:18:34

James,

I'm not much help regarding downhill running (I stick to the canals), but the timing of your runs got my attention. I think it would probably be OK to run the half, as long as you do your last 20-miler before the half. For my last two marathons, I ran my last 20-miler four weeks before the race, instead of the recommended 3 weeks before, and I did very well. If you decide to do the race, I would recommend taking it easy afterward (you'll be tapering anyway), and treat the race as an extended tempo run. Runner's World recently had an article on tune-up races as part of training for a longer race. Good luck!

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