| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 30.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.50 |
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AM - no running all this week to rehab my calf. Lybi has also graciously volunteered to torture me nightly with scraping and massage . . .
Got out on the bike again and rode 14 miles this morning, average speed of approx. 16 mph, max speed of 18.8 mph. I can relate to Ted - my butt is extremely sore just from two days on the bike. I have also noticed something interesting - my hamstrings and glutes are really getting a workout from the bike, which is something I just do not feel when I get out and run at an easy pace. Only when I run at high intensity do I feel any kind of burn in my hamstrings. I am going to take this as a good sign that I am working muscles that don't normally get used enough during my normal exercise routine. If this is the case, I may actually permanently incorporate some bike riding into my routine to get my hammies some extra workout time that they need. |
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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 |
| PM - 5 easy miles on the treadmill. I was hoping to ride my bike again this morning, but got to bed too late to get up early enough to ride. Lybi was out tonight, so I put the boys to bed and hopped on the treadmill. Calf felt fine during the run, but as Lybi scraped and massaged it again, we could both tell I had a huge old knot in my calf. She spent about 45 minutes working it out. Bike riding tomorrow, probably the next day as well, maybe a little more running later this week. At least the riding is maintaining my fitness. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| PM - 3 total easy miles on the bike riding to and from the church for Webelos Scouts. Later in the evening, 5.5 miles on the treadmill. Calf felt much better, thanks to Lybi's patented torture techniques. Actually, when she scraped and massaged my calf this evening, it was much looser, with only one small (but hard to work out) knot in my upper calf. After about 30 minutes of scraping and rubbing, she managed to get that worked out. Depending on how I feel tomorrow morning, I will either bike or run. Looks like I may be back on track, though! |
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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 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - so much for not running this week. I woke up and my calf felt pretty good and I decided I didn't want to bike, plus I wanted to take Sparky for a run, so off I went. 4 miles on my own at average pace of 7:50/mile, each mile was progressively faster, with the last mile being in 7:10. It all felt good, easy. Even the last mile did not feel hard at all. Then I came back and got Sparky and took him for 2 easy miles at 8:30 pace. More torture planned for tonight - Lybi is a saint for doing this 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 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| AM - 4 miles by myslelf at average 7:40 pace, then 2 miles with Sparky at average 8:30 pace. I started off nice and easy on my run, but my legs just had that "pop" in them today and I could not keep from running faster. I felt good, I can tell I haven't lost much fitness, cardio-wise. This gives me hope for being able to run good times at both the ADT 1/2 as well as at St. George. The run with Sparky was nice and easy, nothing worth mentioning. Looks like I am back on track, thanks to Lybi's continued work on my calf. |
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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 |
| AM - 10 miles on the good old treadmill. Woohoo! This is the best my calf has felt in weeks. I feel I owe it to Lybi and her patented "torture" techniques. Thanks to her, I am down to a tiny sore spot in my calf that is not real sore, I can just feel it when I stretch. We are going to continue to scrape and massage until there are no more knots or tender spots. Back to the run - it felt really good. No problems with the leg on the run, I felt the "pop" in my legs as well. I felt like I could have easily doubled the run without problems, as long as I fueled good enough. I have also decided to change my fueling strategy at the ADT 1/2 and at St. George. I had previously alternated between gatorade and water, but have decided this may have led to fuel issues. I am going to plan on taking only gatorade. In addition, I am going to take a gel every 5-6 miles. I think that this will help me to ensure I have enough fuel. I am going to stick with 6 miles/day this next week, with a 12 miler for the long run, putting me at 42 miles next week, and will bump up the long run the week after to 14-15 miles, leaving my daily miles where they are. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 30.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 32.50 |
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