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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, Jul 12, 2006

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

After today's workout, I am beginning to think that perhaps I am running just slow enough that my stride on my slow runs may be part of the problem. That or maybe too much running on the roads. I did the following workout on the treadmill today:

0.5 mile warmup at 6 miles/hr

0.5 miles at 7 miles/hr (8:34 pace)

1.5 miles at 7.5 miles/hr (8:00 pace)

2 miles at 8.5 miles/hr (7:03 pace - and it felt good)

0.5 miles at 8 miles/hr (7:30 pace)

1 mile at 7 miles/hr

Boy did I feel good after this run. My stride felt the most efficient when I was doing my 2 mile interval in the middle of the run. I am continuing to do the other things - ibuprofen, icing, also putting absorbine jr on the area before I run. No calf pain today, no calf pain yesterday. Maybe some of it is in my head as well. I think this is about the time last year that I strained my calf . . . :)

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

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 17:46:22

Faster pace gives you a better form. Unfortunately, it also wears you out. So you need to find a balance. My solution (especially when tapering) is to schedule short fast parts during the run where I "have fun". For the remainer of the run, I just jog and thing about the "fun".

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