| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Lunch - approx. 9 miles on the stationary bike. Started off with a 5 minute fitness test, in which I did 1.9 miles, then did another 7 miles or so of hills. |
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Lunch - 14.4 miles on the stationary bike again in 40 minutes, average speed of 21.6 mph. Got a good cardio workout, but my foot is still hurting pretty bad. I also noticed during the day that I was walking on the outside of my right foot, whether to compensate for the pain in the foot or because something about the structure of my foot has changed, I don't know. I am beginning to think that SGM is not going to happen this year, and that I am going to have to go see a doctor. |
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| Lunch - 4 miles on the elliptical trainer, which is a progression from the stationary bike last week. Felt pretty good, just had the bottoms of my toes go numb, but that happens every time I use an elliptical, so I wasn't worried about that. I'm going to stick with the elliptical the rest of this week and see how my foot feels, and potentially start running again next Monday. |
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| Lunch - 35 minutes on the elliptical. It was a different make/model than the one I used yesterday, and wouldn't you know it - it showed I only did about 3.4 miles in 35 minutes as opposed to 4 miles in 29 minutes yesterday. Funky. In any case, I got in a good workout, although this one didn't work with my HRM chest strap. It also didn't cause my toes and the balls of my feet to go tingly like they did yesterday. The foot also felt pretty good - a few small twinges. I had to fight the urge to get on the treadmill. But the elliptical kicked my trash today - my quads, glutes and hammies were burning afterwards, since about halfway through I cranked up the resistance quite a bit. |
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| Lunch - 4 miles on the elliptical again. Afterwards, I decided to do an easy mile on the treadmill to see how it felt and how my foot would hold up. That was a mistake. Although my foot felt fine afterwards, the next day my foot was pretty sore, and I have pretty much determined that I don't think I am going to have enough time to regain my fitness to run SGM. I am going to shut things down for a while and not do anything that would affect my foot until I feel it is 100% healed. I will probably try to see a sports podiatrist as well to see if we can figure out what is going on. I may shoot for a winter marathon or something. This news is disappointing, but I have to be realistic. |
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Lunch - still not running, I am going to stay off my foot until it gets better. However, the inactivity has really made me stir-crazy, so I went down to the fitness center today to work with the weights. Did the following:
2 x 12 reps lat pulldowns at 70 lbs
2 x 12 reps seated cable rows at 70 lbs
2 x 15 reps ab crunch machine at 90 lbs
1 x 10 reps ab crunch machine at 95 lbs
2 x 10 reps leg extensions at 90 lbs
1 x 10 reps leg curls at 70 lbs
2 x 10 reps dips, 70 lb assist
1 x 10 reps leg press at 250 lbs
1 minute planks facing down, alternate leg left every 10 seconds
1 minute planks on each side
Finished with 1/2 mile walk on the treadmill starting at 3.5 mph and working my way up to 4 mph. |
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Lunch - worked out with the weights again:
Bench press - 1 x 10 reps at 70 lbs, 1 x 10 reps at 90 lbs
Ab crunch machine - 2 x 15 reps at 90 lbs, 1 x 10 reps at 100 lbs
Bicep curls - 2 x 10 reps at 70 lbs
Triceps extension - 1 x 10 reps at 70 lbs
Leg press - 1 x 10 reps at 250 lbs, 1 x 10 reps at 290 lbs, 1 x 6 reps at 350 lbs
planks - 1:30 facing down, including 1:00 of leg raises every 10 seconds, 1:00 on each side
20 minutes on the treadmill walking between 3 and 4 mph, depending on the incline, which went between 1 and 7
Foot is still sore sometimes, not sure what to do, but I am not going to start running again until it is 100%. |
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Lunch - hit the weights again:
Lat pulldowns - 2 x 12 reps at 70 lbs
Seated rows - 2 x 10 reps at 90 lbs
Ab crunch machine - 2 x 15 reps at 90 lbs
Leg extensions - 2 x 10 reps at 90 lbs
Leg curls - 2 x 10 reps at 70 lbs
Leg press - 1 x 10 reps at 290 lbs, 1 x 10 reps at 350 lbs
Dips - 2 x 10 reps with 70 lbs assist
Planks - 1:30 facing down, 1:00 on each side
Supermans - 6-8 x 10 seconds |
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Lunch - weights again.
Lat pulldowns: 2 x 15 reps at 70 lbs
Seated rows: 2 x 12 reps at 70 lbs
Ab crunch machine: 15 reps at 90 lbs, 15 reps at 95 lbs and 10 reps at 100 lbs
Leg extensions: 2 x 12 reps at 90 lbs
Hamstring curls: 2 x 10 reps at 70 lbs
Dips: 2 x 15 reps, 60 lbs assist
Planks: 1:30 facing down, including alternating leg raises every 10 seconds for the first minute. 1:00 on each side
Supermans: 6 x 10 seconds each, 5-10 seconds rest. |
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Lunch - lifted weights again.
bench press: 2 x 12 reps at 90 lbs
triceps extension: 2 x 12 reps at 50 lbs
curls: 1 x 10 reps at 90 lbs (estimated - too much), 1 x 10 reps on each arm at 40 lbs (est.)
lat pullups - 2 x 10 reps, 70 lbs assist
ab crunch machine - 3 x 15 reps at 90 lbs
shoulder press - 2 x 10 reps at 70 lbs? - this one killed my triceps
Planks - 1 x 1:30 facing down, 1 x 1:00 on each side |
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Lunch - weights again. See a pattern?
Lat pulldowns - 3 x 12 reps at 90 lbs
Seated rows - 3 x 12 reps at 70 lbs
ab crunch machine - 3 x 15 reps at 90 lbs
leg extensions - 3 x 15 reps at 90 lbs
knee-ups - 2 x 15 reps
leg curls - 1 x 10 reps at 70 lbs, 1 x 10 reps at 60 lbs (hammies were burning after 2nd set)
Planks - 1 x 1:40 facing down, including 3 x 10 seconds leg raises each leg, then 1:00 on each side.
Supermans - 10 x 10 sec with 5 second rest between reps. |
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